The evening times., 1911-07-20

at Cettinge. chief among which are
their right to speak and write their
own language and devote the income
OF taxes to local defenses.
1t has always been q penal offense
to reducve the Albanian language to
writing, the Turkish policy being to
Keep them in subjection through ie-
norance. The Albanians, therefore.
are really fighting now for the right
to become civilized.
o. 8. May Have Hand.
That the United States may have q
mana IN Intervention when it comes. IA
the belief Of Noel Buxton. member Of
parliament and. chairman Of the Bal
kan committee. He said today when
Mtervlewed In the house Of commons:
nave always regretted that the
american government never saw it's
way clear to join with the powers in
the Macedonia Intervention. The
reason then given was that the Unit
ea states was not a party to the Ber-
I'm treaty. Since then Americans
nave taken an important part in af-
fairs nearest there. There are prac-
tically few sources of information
other than native, except American.
Educational work in the Balkans is
almost entirely American It ia a
common saying that the Bulgarian
nation was educated at Robert Col
lege, Constantinople, an American in
stitution. When the question of relief
work has been involved, although the
money came mainly from England, it
has been chiefly distributed by Amer
leans through the schools and mis-
sions. Only lately the Balkan COM
mittee collected funds in order to as
sist the educational propaganda
among all the people of the Balkans,
not only Christian, but Turkish. The
position held by the Americans there
was 80 strong that his money has been
distributed by American hands.
I'VE hope that the recent establish
ment of an American embassy at
Constantinople marks the intention
of the American government to take
an active part there in conjunction
with the other great powers"
Powers May Join.
"Is there probability Of the pow
ers taking an active part?" l asked.
Mr.. Buxton replied slowly and guard
edly, weighing each word,
ut was hoped three years ago that
the Young Turkish party would so
far succeed that Intervention would
be thing Of the past. but it is very
significant that recently 1t has become
a subject Of discussion among the
powers. It was not thought the AL
banians would make 80 serious a re-
sistance. but they have shown that
they can produce crisis which en-
dangers international peace. and this
is the only motive which does actually
drive the powers to Intervention; I'm
less the conciliatory party in Turkey
keeps the upper hand, active inter-
vention certainly may result. Dis
cussion among the powers is known
to have taken place already"
This admission is significant. for
Buxton is reputed to be the strong
English friend of the. Young Turks.
He, more than any other man, in
f1uenced the British official and public
sympathy for the revolutionists who
dethroned Abdul Hamid. He con-
tinued:
"The immediate practical thing for
the general public to do now is to
send relief to the refugees in Monten-
egro. "A fund has been started al
ready. Volunteers are urgently needed
to help in this distribution among
ten thousand people dying Of starva-
ton"
{ There is an interesting fact in this
connection. Mr.. Buxton, who is TAX
ing the official lead in England in the
movement to liberate and civilize the
Balkan peoples. is the grandson of
Sir Thomas Powell Buxton, the great
who had most promi-
nent part in freeing the slaves of the
British empire and who actively CO.
operated with American abolitionist
aociotios nreviOus IN 1870