The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09


the heir to his fathers estates. Earl
| Percy. IN aide-de camp of Earl Grey
GOVERNOR General of Canada is now
in that country with his chief No
date has been set for the wedding
orally the friendly hand recently en-
tended to them by the Sultan The
truth is that the offer was only one
OF Turkeys usual despicable tricks
in a tight place
outnumbered twenty to one are still
vowing that they will rather die than
| again intrust Themselves to the Turks
The whole of the original band or
| nsurGents-the men of the five large
tribes Gruda- Hou, Kastrati. Element
and Skreli-have now been driven up
right to the Montenegrin frontier.
Every woman and child of the Chris
tians is at present taking refuge in
Montenegro. They have poured over
! the border in thousands to escape the
Turkish soldiers, and are now desti-
trte upon the moan .ainsides.
! On the slopes of Korito are 500 fami-
lies. averaging eight per family. shell
terless. foodless. destitute of 4very-
thing, and exposed to the tortcntial
rain which keeps falling 1T this tir:e
/ leaves of the asphodel--rank stun that
not even goats will eat-and stow ing
it Several cases of starvation naI.
; already occurred
! The misery and want is greater than
thnt after the rising in Macedonia in
I 1903, for the Turkish army has now
reached very high pitch of efficiency.
II is now armed with the latest rifles
artillery and machine guns. Instead OF
! developing their empire, the Turks are
/ devastating ii. The district was cru
ely poor before. Now, for the sake OF
wringing taxes from a set Of ignorant
and poverty stricken peasants. they
have turned the land into a barren
wilderness.
Every house is burnt; great columns
of smoke are visible daily No hay
stack, no fruit tree, no garden or vine
, yard. however small, is spared. The
churches are pluRdered and hlthily
desecrated. few unfortunate inirn
and aged persons who were unable to
fly, have been burnt i'll their houses
In one case, at Skreli, an old woman
of eighty years was cast into her
I burning house
AS usual with the Turks, no aid has
been given to the wounded y wound
ed man was burnt To death in house
Nastrati y band of Insurgents
hearing his shrieks for help, made a
pluoky dash to rescue him. But a
macnine gun was turned on them To
put il briefly. the conduct of Torgut
Pasha and his army is that of Attila
and his Huns, but Torgut Pasha is
equipped with all the modern means
of destruction.
wonder how much longer Europe
intends to give the Turk license to vivi-
II &c 81, No, ,t,,a u s-A. ~
put to reforms" that have for theil
object the destruction of whole peo-
pie. For unless help be Forthcoming
the whole of the Christian tribes OF
North Albania will be destroyed
Even If peace be made there are nc
houses for the people to return TO
Nor is IT likely that they will consent
TO return. The Constitution. whicf
they hailed with such JOY three years
ago has to them proved to be crue
engine of tyranny and injustice Fol
1t is we'll known that the people have
been soaded TO insurrection by a long
series of unjust and barbarous acts
No single effort has been made by the
government to meet the people anC
learn their condition and needs Al
proclamations have been given out ir
Turkish a Language which they dc
not know. Had they been handled
with the smallest degree of under
standing or tact the Turk would have
had no more loyal subjects.
Turkish vengeance is now being
meted out not only TO the insurgents
but to any recc:iu; Catholic tradesmar
of scutari whom the Turks rightly oil
wrongly suspect Of sympath with the
uprising. Sixty have already been ar
lrested and cas-, into prison without
trial or explanation. and before the
guilt of any has been proved THEN
shops have been pillaged
Panic reigns. and no Christians life
is safe. Last autumn the Young Turk
officers of Scutari were boasting that
in short time ali Christians weulC
have TO keep Ramazan and close their
SHOPS on Friday. Every one" they
said. will be Ottomanised
the situation is urgent The live:
Of the 10000 refugees scattered through
the Mo nteneerin villages and mountain.
can Vet I've saved If funds are speedily
forthcoming. Montenegro. too poor Il
support her own population. is giving
doles Of maize. but can AFFORD only Ia
give for one month the ration which
the relief committee in macedonia
judged necessary for week And
only too often the wretched women
who have tramped SIX OF seven hours
over the rocks to fetch this dole, have
ITO return empty handed. for the relief
fund is low.