The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-30
BALKAN WAR CLOUD
AGAIN GATHERING
Turkish Cruelty in Albania Will
Provoke a General
Uprising.
MONTENEGRO MAY LEAD
Bulgaria, Greece, Roumania and
Servia May Unite Against the
Unspeakable Turk.
BY EMIL ANDRASSY,

Special Cable to The Tribune.
VIENNA, July 29.-There has been no
Improvement in the situation in Albania
and II is now regarded as certain there
Will be none until the powers take the
matter In hand, The Turkish govern
ment has been warned that conditions
cannot be allowed to remain as they are.
but Torgut shevket Pasha continues his
campaign of determination in Albania
and murders. crucinxions. assaults. fog-
gings and mutilations go steadily on.
IL is with difficulty that Montenegro is
restrained from taking an active part in
and IT would not be surprising to hear
any day that actual war was in progress
between Montenegro and Turkey. In
fact. orders had already been given for
the mobilization OF the Montenegrn army
but at the urgent request Of Russia and
Austria these orders were held up. The
Montenesrins, however. cannot much
Meanwhile, Bessim Bey has raised the
flag OF rebellion In southern Albania add
ing fresh fuel TO the confiagration. II, as
hand TO the Greek bands across the
frontier, this will mean further trouble
for the Turkish commander whose hands
are full enough already in the Malissori
II the issue should be joined between
Montenegro and Turkey II Is practically
certain that Bulgaria and Greece would
Roumania and Scrvia would doubtless
also be drawn into tho fight.
There Is no doubt that the Balkan sit
uation Is much more grave than IT has
The Hungarian government is organiz-
Ing fetes IN honor of the centenary of
Franz List. which Will take place from
Francis Joseph has accepted the presi-
dency Of the fetes. The chief event Will
be grand concert. at which d'Albert,
Rosenthal. Sauer, Stavenhasen and other
celebrated artists will appear
Monarchs Estranged
1t is whispered in court circles that
there has been still further estrange-
ment between the emperor and the heir
apparent. Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
The story has 1t that the emperor.
urged by the Archduchess, had demanded
of the archduke restoration OF the
pledges that he would not after his ac-
cession 10 the throne seek to change the
status Of his wife and children, This the
archduke refused absolutely to do. with
the result that archduke and emperor
now meet merely TO transact the neces-
sary business Of the dual monarchy AT
one OF those meetings recently the en-
peror wished Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand TO visit the Belgian court his
representative. Tho archduke asked II
his wife was to be raised to his rank
so that she might be received al the court
In Brussels, Emperor Francis Joseph
answered that she was not Thereupon
the archduke refused to represent the
emperor in Belgium.
An Englfshwoman named Johanna Mar
kowski has been sentenced here 10 eigh-
toen months Imprisonment for stealing
jewels belonging TO Princess Fuersten-
berg. The accused. a slim woman, who
had evidently seen better days, told
pathetic story Of marrying man who
ill-treated her and her little child and
finally descrting her She came from
noble English family.