The sun., 1910-05-05
CAUSES or THE REVOLT IN
.iLBlNIi.

lWlhNs 'huntueIdule uAnA uu luN potitA'
cal conditions IN Turkey and the Near
Fast generally The lighting has bseH
going on for more than a month. The
latest cable despatChes say that in spite
of defeats there arr $1,000 insurgent
Alhanians lowering above the mountain
passes il can hardly h. called being in
thu field. last WerS IL was said that
the Turkish Government realized the
necessity of sanding oo.oOO troops 20 sup
press IN" rebels. There is a problem OF
magnitude 10 be solved Vet il IL diiii-
cult to guess and impossible 10 determine
what all the trouble is about
, II Is hardly about tho use Of the Roman
or the Arabic alphabet in the new schools
which the Young Turk regime talks Of
establishing in Albania There was some
rio,ing at Janinl las. month over this
important issue hu; It il hard to believe
that such a question would lead to battles
IN which 600 men ara killed and wounded
even in Albania Besides. the fighting
has bean not In the neighborhood Of
Janina bat more than 300 miles away
from Il IN tho nrthest e1stsrly and in
land region of Albania. bordering upon
Scrvil and Just south oi the sandjak oT
NoyihazaT which Austria relinquishsd to
Turkey when she made her definite annex
alton Of Bosnia and Herzegovina a year
and half ago.
Even though ths alphabet issue il not
tho direct cause Of tho rebelli0n. however
u is an indication ~ the state NJ feeling
all through the Albanian territory. There
can be no doubt that these wild people
have heen greatly disappointed in the
results of the Turkish revolution. What
they expected when they helped the Com
mittee of Union and Progress to over
throw Abdul Hamid and his despotism il
il hard 20 understand l. il certain that
the policy of the new Govsrnment in
striving to Turkify II not Mohammedan-
ia'' all the subjects ~ the Porte. of which
tho attempted imposition NJ the Arabic
alphabet Is an outward sign has aroused
intense Indignation and fierce spirit Of
resistance among them.
With such a state of feeling. naturally.
il takes no great Impulse 10 starr active
hostilities In a Constlntinople despatch
20 rench paper on April some Il the
Albanian chiefs were auoted a. saving
that tho outbreak was planned simply
in retaliation fo- Djiyid Paahes bloody
suppression of the revolt n last year
Another report about the same time was
that the people had heen goaded into
armed resistance by the sxactions and the
overbearing conduct Of the Turkish Of
fcials. In support n this statement the
fact is established that the attempt to
introduce tho octroi or system Of lo-ll
tolls and duties az means of raising
revenue met with strenuous opposition
m all the Albanian toWns The troubles
which preceded tho state Of actual war. IL
will h. remembered, caused riots in vari-
ous places in February. and the murder
seward the end og March of tho Turkish
Governor and his aide do camp in lpek
or P@lrh. a. the Alhanians call II The
rurkisH Government actually counta-
nanCed an attempt AZ mediation nv the T.
ulcfnas and notahles n Sattle these as
perities a. Prishtins ~ late a. April . J
The mediatnrs found. however that tha f.
riisnTected chiefs would moi e further .
than 10 consent IN brief post ponement .
" operations in the held q position which .
was taken - mean simply that they eH-
pected re'nforcemsnts and perhaps out.
side aid
just AZ the time when the negotiations ,
we're going on the Albanian deputies n
the Turkish Parliament came forward
With a new grievance. and IN this Europe
has chosen N see more or less plainly tho .
source from which outside aid 10 Albanian ,
might emanate The grisv-
sn-a was the prospect ~ a now railroad /
being run across Albanian territory from
some point On the S"rvian frontier n the .
4 triaiic Sea The prospect aross from
ho visit which King Peter psld to Con-
stantInOpl" ln the early days ~ April
accompanied hv his Prime Minister VI
nachi'ch. and hrs Minister ~ Foreign
,fairs. VI Msnpvitch This visit un-
iouhtaily caused a great increase ~ cor-
iality between the Turkish Government
md that n B"lgrlie u - Understood
hat guarantees we're given hv Peter and
iis Ministers hat should q Balkan confed-
ration come INTO rhe realm NJ reality
yrrvia would favor tho Inclusion " Turkey
N n and under No circumstances would
he consent 20 compact hostlla n Turkov
N return % - u1i,ra' lpi tho visitors
'l'aind hard With the Turkish leaders
- free 'her country from IN" economic
domination = NIstvip- -Huncarv hv giving
he-r tlreC' railroad accrss 10 the sea.
.iihar A. Salrnioa IN he kRean or prefer.
bv A. some port upon she Adriatic
The Porte - said 20 have entertained this
NqurEt fsvorablv Although No definite
.ompact vas made IN an likelihood II ia
,alevei m" construction ~ the railroad
vill soon b' undertaken Tho Albanian
Deputies demanded guarantees that n
houi not cross their territory Hakk
'ashl. i5r Grand yizlar. put them oH
nth assurances that nothing had been
lone YET and they would be consulted
'efore any action was taken While this
en~rnE vas still IN progress the fighting
'egan about Prishiina and Mitrovitza.
nd instead n thinking ~ building rail.
osds tho Turks are nov A. their wits end
o paclfy IN" country without r,linous eN.
,~ndtgrr ~ blood and treasure
The theory that Austria Is the instixatnr =
nd tho baCker ~ tho revolt IA based on
ns more or less accepted belief that Servia
. next on the list n States that the dual
lonarchy hopes sooner or later 10 amer Z
% her dofninions The unfortunate little q
ingdom u ~ completely shut in from
he sea a. Switzerland Servia IL wholly ,