Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-02

whole districts-without a place Of
worship. The Albanian mosques have
no minarets. How foolish II is," says
the Albanian Moslem, ito go to the
trouble Of building a minaret, for sure
ly God can hear the muezzin's voice
as clearly from the ground as from ten
yards above It," On the other hand.
the Albanian Christians religious no.
tions are as loose, hazy and free and
easy as his Moslem brothers. The Al
banian Christian has been known to
pray to Christ to put in a good word
for him with this, that or the other
saint. The religious motive-and mo-
mentum characteristic Of national
movements In Bulgaria, Macedonia and
Servia scarcely exist in Albania. Hence
the readiness Of the Moslems, Catho-
lies and Orthodox Christians Of Al
bania to rally to the cry Of albania
for the Albanians." The Mosiem AL
oanians exceed million, the Catholics
count some 150,000-20.00O or 80, 1000
more than the orthodox muster. The
latest OF the Albanian Instructions is
the work Of the Moslems-the "Ar-
nauts' OF western literature-princi-
pally the work Of their hero and out
law Boletinatz, clan chief Of the pa
triarchal kind, the typical Albanian,
%hom every man and woman OF the
last two years. with his hardy, WELL
equipped "brigands" (say the Turks)
at his back, has been defying the new
rulers OF the empire.
SO threatening Is the situation that
the Constantinople committees of pub
lie safety Gas 1t may not unfairly be
called has despatched a special en-
yoy, Nadji Bey, to confer with the reb-
ell leaders. II Is known that Picciotti
Garibaldi will consent to assume COM
mand In a national uprising two or
three months hence II the Albanians
nave by then completed their prepar-
atoms. The Red Shirt General would
have done 1t during the agitation of
ten years ago IL the Albanians had
Mahomet V. himself-the "Caliph of
lslam," as he was significantly named
In a recent hot debate in the Turkish
commons; the "Caliph Of Islam," for
there Is no Caliph Of the Arabs-has
announced his intention to make a
tour Of peace and good will through
Albania In May. The Caliph, the Com
mander Of the Faithful, the Shadow Of
Allah, on the parliamentary stump,
deputations, making speeches from the
windows Of his railway carriage! The
times have changed since Selim the
Great, the first Turkish Caliph, and
Solyman the Magnificent
May Is far on, and the crisis is near
and growing more complicated. The
Albanian territory adjacent to Greece,
being Greek, desires annexation to the
Hellenic kingdom. And says the Young
Turk menacingly, I'VE shall not suf-
fer another Crete in that quarter"
Austria means to grab northern AL
bania and Italy southern Albania It
Is surmised that the Red Shirt Gene
rails projected campaign has some
connection with the Italian ambition.
But II Garibaldi II. does go 1t will be
to fight for the autonomy of a united
Albania. The Albanian hatred of the
Austrian destroyer Of Bosnian nation
ality" is bitter and deep and has beel
venting itself in the expulsion OF the
the encouragement Of Vienna have
been worming their way into "the saw
age land" The doom of Turkey in AL
bania might be STAYED Off IL the Young
Turks would grant and scrupulously
fulfill the pledges demanded by the H.
900 or $4,000 refugees now in Monte
negro.
Let 1t not be supposed that the AL
banians are fighting for separation.
The Albanians have been the sheet
anchor Of the Osmanli ship Of state.
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the imperial governments inroads up
on their autonomous institutions
Though conquered the Albanians have
never been subdued. They have been
in the empire. but not of it-in the
sense In which the Macedonians and
Anatolians are OF II. Believing that
their liberties would be respected by
the revolutionists Of July, 1908, they
enthusiastically swore fidelity to the
new constitution. Boletinatz was one
Of the first to take the oath. But be-
end the Albanian saw, to quote their
own expression, that they had been
deceived" The Young Turks were
making an end Of the old order under
which the imperial government levied
taxes, raised recruits for the army,
made administrative changes, not d.
rectly through its own officers but only
through the clan or tribal chiefs
(Begs). The Albanian individuality
must be absorbed into the general "Ot-
Communication" Of the empire. And to
expedite the process the Albanian
must forsake his mother tongue and
learn Turkish at school, the Roman
alphabet, which he had been intro
ducing, must be replaced by the Ara
bic; printing presses using any alpha
bet except Arabic must be shut up
journals printed In European type OF
publishing articles Of a nature ito
cause public dissatisfaction with the
new regulations" must be confiscated--
and so they were and editors were I'M
prisoned and banished and Albanian
newspapers have had to be printed In
New York, Paris, Cairo and smuggieu
into the savage land" The Young
Albanian League Is an excellent SNUG
gler. And the Albanians Of southern
Italy and Sicily-where they have been
settled since the days of Scanderberg
(four centuries)-are literally financ-
ing the new insurrection. The Al
banian programme is clear, simple, ra-
tional, just; general amnesty, reopen
ing of Indigenous schools, teaching In
the indigenous language, use OF this
Language in public documents, public
offices and the law courts, reservation
of public appointments for Albanians'
construction Of roads and railways, es,
tablishment Of agricultural banks ana
of a national assembly for home al
fairs. right of public meeting. freedom
of the press. inviolability Of domicile'
Grant this the insurgent chiefs pro-
-iat... oad Alhonia will once more De-