The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06
Prompt ACTION
MUST Be TAKEN
If 1t Is Not, Peaceful Alba
mans Will Be Exter-
minated.
S TON Is GRAVE
Special Investigators Sent to
Harassed Country Make
Startling Report.
S TUATI0N is GRAVE

Especial Gable to The Times-Dispatch
London, August Especial investi
gators sent to the harassed region of
<loania report a situation grave be.
You'd belief. They state that unless
prompt action is taken by some power
iul Christian nation, whole tribes of
peaceful industrious Albanians will
! soon be eXterminated.
Ihey assert that women and chill
dren are made TO hear the brun; OF
turkish cruelty. anu they picture Il
feHer-infested country. swarming with
turkish soldiers whose prediction for
raplne, murder and Dissertation com
pares favorably with the tabled
stories that are handed down from the
wars of the Holy Land.
Particularly do they censure Torgu,
shevket. the general in charge OF the
lurkish troops Their reports state
mat though Turkey has produced
some INSCRIPTIONS and bloody gen
erals. she has never produced one more
o!aoo!ically direct in his application OF
age-old Turkish methods of warfare
than Tongue Shevket" 1t is he. they
claim, backed by the Turkish govern
ment. who is behind the vindictive
cruelty shown by the Turks in dealing
with their opponents.
In order TO appreciate the fun signi.
=
being enacted in the southeastern
corner of Europe 1T is necessary to
realize that the people whom Torrut
SheNket Is ruthiessly destroying
possess none of the attributes eithe,
OF Turks or of comic opera brisands
with which they are usually associat-
cd They are a handsome, intelligent
race, Catholic in religion. and essen
tally European in descent Although
to the brutal domination of the Turks.
they have never adopted the Turkish
language or religion or method OF
life
The warfare which Torgut Shevke,
is now conducting is one of concentra.
ton, starvation. taxation. pillage, de.
struction by fire. and simple brutal
butchery.
The Malissoris having demanded tina,
the Turkish promises made when the
Young Turks assumed power at Con.
stantinople Should be fulfilled Torgut
Shevket has replied by burning thei,
villages, driving them from the noun
tains. taking possession OF the noun
tain passes, forcing them to remain
during the hot unhealthy summer in
the lowlands. where their sheep and
cattle will starve. shutting off all
sources of food supply and declaring
all those who give them assistance tot
be rebels.
Nearly one-half of the highland
clans have been accustomed from time
immemorial to descend every autumn
with their flocks and families intoI
the Bregumatia and TO winter there
But in June great swarms of mosqut-
toes make this lowland country unin-
habitable, and therefore early in sum
mer. the highlanders return 10 the
hills. Torgut Shevket. taking advant-
age of this annual migration, pro-
ceeded to eNterminate those highland
ers who remained in the hills through
the winter. Such as he could not catch
he drove over the border into Monte
negro. Early in spring he took pos
session of the mountain passes through
which the emigrants expected to re-
turn 10 their homes, and he refused tol
let them go back. The clans are now
concentrated in low, malarial coun-
try where they are Strengthening their
nocks upon which they are depend
ent for existence. but which are in
sufficiently supplied with food in the.
low country, where both humans and
beasts alike are dying from fever
caused by drinking the foul water OF
the now staSnant marshes
IbrihSrl Efendi Kjori. a superior
Turkish ofticial at Skutcrai has pub
licly declared that the Ottoman gov
eminent intends to depopulate the
highlands in order TO bring in new
settlers more in sympathy with the
Turkish government and religion. This
same Turkish official adds calmly that
the government intends TO let the
Malissori die in the Bregumatia like
swine in a hog
Toreut Shevket appears to be near
the attainment OF this object Only
the united action Of the Christian PEG
pie OF Europe and the United states
can prevent him from exterminating
ZOO, 600 Christians in Northern Albania.
jII!R YOUNG HUSBAND