The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24


deal from the new Governmsne In Turkey.
lhey had given the cause their hearty
support and ~ they had always been
ranked a. valiant lighting men Albanian
troops were conaidsrod valuable addt-
lloils 70 the early revolutionary iorcen.
greatest enihusiasm And in thar cslobra-
ZION they abandoned their blood foude
which was aDous the greatest 0onoosoion
that thsy could make. 'yss !,
lhs Fssnlts which tkay had expected
DID NOT come. They to1nd that order
and that uhsy we're 40 mora oorsidsTsA
eqaAls, in an olklcial @ersBa, Of tire TURKS
than they were before. 10 their many
Demands dtlatory promiaos were given
Finally TIE ooycrnmsnt onsred them
mands By undor1a king 20 establish state
schools IN which the Albanian AnnguAgs
wes TO be taught.
1hs rejoicing over this had scarcely
subatded when they we're told that al
language Coz use in the sGkOos a must Do
priniaa N Arabic cAaraossrs. From the
Latin and orsok so.Tcoa of their language
IL was evident that these characteFs
were poorly adapted for tire purpose,
and the AlbaniALs and Chrissians'nS well
The Government itsslf danied thas Il wss
terra. but 4 had difnculty making the
people believe tkia.
Tho Albanian dearly lovss . scrap.
snd hers vas z cnaiss th@t. 1pps@l.d %
soOn insismsd Pubic %estIS S w sr@S Md
a. which thu Arabic charbcesrs were con-
demned and tho Latin favored.
AZ ono of thsso gashsrings a. DsrAt
thero were ABOUT nftsen th0asand per
sons. After address and uusic q nrsn-
81 AracterS wore collected. piled upon ths
platform and burned amid wild exprsss-
ioils Of enthusiasm.
K0riszA. which Is. ops' Of ths most pro-
gressive Albanian towns. became the
s S,,, Of , tss ,l.ns1sss movsmsns;
schools be0anss they would noe study
their Lessons IN ArsbIc chaFacters.. Thetri
teachoFa declared that thay had strict
orders from ConstAntinopis fcrbidding
tbs uss Of Lasin lstters
Y z, ta a. !: go g. s.id TIN stedsnss good
Tssy Isft and were sOlle~sd 5000 sfssr.
ward by most Of the pNpjs IN The Mcslem
oeicsals heard that a dsmonstrsAtcn was
20 BE- got up In honor q the rsbsllious
Il = q ne .s Ss ~ 1ScS 10
oficiAl side % tbs caaa had that sor their
procession they could not collect more
than ons hundred Villagers. q few troops
% gypsies nl'd . gang 81 road nlsndsrs
Who were Told that GeheY would march
thar wages would b continued The aamS
a. y they wOrhsd.
The Albanian dnuonssrAtion which
follow cd this was one OF ths greatest
mestings that ever took place IN the
country. IL 10 estimated thMe there we're
almost twenty tho &sand peepls present.
Thsy hrouGh8 with thsm thsir musicians
and all thslr war banners. An eye wit
neas gives this description:
-First % arrive from tire Surrounding
Al5anian Districts we're 500 mon from
colonia lcd by their Babas lheads Of
bsk taahi monasteriesl .Hedjm szxd village
head men. Merit came deleAxeions from
other Albenian districts. The man OF Dora
we're toe Tar s-:v - come. but ssnt thsir
good wishss. and gave their bssssto stand
Of blood in tts dsfences
The feeling aroused by the language
revived many % the old
causes for complaint against the TURK
Ish Government. An uprising In the
Ands IN particular resulted
and troops were sent out from Salonica
20 suppress the revoluttonfsts.
In a hefale near lock tho O0rernment
troops wero repoFtsd 60 have 6ssn vie
oorious. bui the only advanan3e that they
took Of thetr victory vas % eG@nf q com
them q better govsTnmeat and moye iree-
dom. Most % the AlAepisna qnnsid@r
this q mere truce in thur NRht. They
DO not believe ehmt. TN oEamM1inn ID vet
settled. but h@llevo that they must con-
.inue hGhaing, not only Tor ellatP freedom \
but Cor their alphabse aud they are
likeiy 10 do so.