Evening star., 1912-09-22
TURK0-ITALIAN PEACE MOVES

Montenegro has betrayed Russia her
traditional protectress; MONTENEGRO has
betrayed Italy. to whom she Is bound by
tho tie OF parentage: Montenegro finally
has betrayed eervia. which is for her q
exist in the spirit of a modern nation.
and least OF ell that government whose
king commands tho respect and esteem OF
all Europe. Tho Russian press. which
has received and mentioned this note In
good faith. Is perhaps the unconscious
victim OF an apocryphal document. In
which Turkey may seek to deprive Mon.
tenegro Of the protection OF Russia.
Tho Ottoman cabinet as proof OF its de-
sire for conciliatfon has ordered Ibrihim
Pasha at Cskub to make known TO the
Armote chiefs that Il accepts the -four
teen different reclamations" which they
had made to the cabinet Among these
was the Transformation Of the lyceums OF
Uskub. Monastir, Scutari and Ianina into
universities and TO open new iyceums In
All cities numbering more than 1900 in
naoitants. Religious establishments will
be augmented and the Albanian chiefs
are accorded the faculty OF opening roads.
or the cabinet. Hakki and Said, the gov
ernment left the execution Of that re-
quest to the chamber. Also the govern
ment. careful OF the prestige OF the sultan
aha the interests OF the empire. refused
70 raiiy to the principle OF regional mill
tary service.
The official report on tho mas,aer. oe
bulgartans at Kotchana has been made
promptly a. promised. The vail Of Kos
sovo. who was charged with the inouest-
declared that fifteen Bulgarians had boen
wounded by blows with butt-end OF rides
and as many with bombs. There were
ABOUT thirty Mussulmans wounded. -Four
o9'bonbeo. 81 bo,nbe NOBODY except those victims
vail has made the AFFAIR even-up.
Tnere has been considerable agitation
throughout the Balkan states. At Bel
grade and Sofia there
0aIK2n have been manifestations
nnra.t OF general discomfort AZ
the latter there waa q
manifestation in front OF the ministry OF
the Interior. where the popuiace cried
'Vive war with Turkey" Enough OF
patience"
The legation OF Greece has presented q
verbal note inviting the attention to the
several incidents which have happened
on the Grecian frontier, and asking In
vestigatfon. The cabinet has promptly
acted in all these cases. In the latter il
ordered the 82d Regiment to establish
order and report
The Messenger d'Athenos. in publishing
the text OF treaties and diplomatic notes
concerning Samos. where there has been
great agitation. writes that the agitation
OF the Samians can only be stopped by
the application of the firman, article , OF
which specifies that no Turkish troops
shall remain In Samos.
The action of the powers. adds the
journal. proves that notwithstanding
tolerance they propose TO maintain in
tegrally the statute Of Samos.
There is another interior trouble that
confronts Turkey. and this one is more
dangerous, perhaps. than the agitation
in the Greek islands-the committee OF
union and progress. which has been hold
ing meetings I'm Constantinople. These
meetings have been convened to decide
upon It's future action. The debates
have been marked by considerable i'll
humor. Two currents have been develop
ed. One. led by Djayid Bey. would alb
stain from all participation I'm the coming
elections on the ground that the recent
dissolution of the, chamber was Illegal.
The other seeking practical results. would
engage in the political struggle ana VI
possible regain the power II has lost
The committee of union and progress
the frreconcilable adversary OF decentra-
ization. which in its opinion means ths
weakening, decadence and death or T'ur-
key.
The Messenger d'Athenes publishes an
interesting as well as curious document
memoir from the Al
Albanian banians OF the south
which Is destined 10 be-
UemHuus. come historic.
A party of six Albanian chiefs follower
bv their partisans recently entered tho
little city of Avlona, I'm southern Albania.
and made their way to the telegraph bu-
reau. taking with them an Albanian op-
orator. The chiefs demanded communi-
cation direct with the sultan. An aid-de-
camp refused, whereupon they sent the,r
dispatch all the same to the sultan. ahu.
having taken copy, communicated ~ to
all the consuls OF the powers Represented
in Avlona.
The dispatch is too long for reproduc-
ton. but the following extracts will show
that 1t is out Of the ordinary;
.'It ia we'll known that since six hundred
years We have maintained the mono, OF
the Ottoman empire and defended it's Inn
its without measuring the sacrifice OF our
blood. and when Turkey was about To he
and destroyed there was no
one but us Albanians to defend the idea
of the conservation of her integrity ana
her grandeur.
but We were first and principal mar
tyrs Of the constitutional regime: We were
the first and only victims OF that eNtfaV-
aeance. Our faithful services were not
recognized and We have been i'll treated
and humiliated by certain crafty func-
tionaries who hold the reins OF govern
ment Because OF these fnjustices ana
our extreme despair we have taken TO the
to defend our violated rights.
the government would not
treat with us wisely. as II should. but
had recourse again to methods which tho
sultan would never have en-
ployed In burning and devastating VIII
lagos, in striking and killing innocent peo-
pie, in dishonoring honest women and in
causing us great injury"
This quaint Interpolation of the sultan.
It appears, went straight TO the mark
and secured those -four
Concessions teen concessions. which
the government fastened
GRANTED. to formulate. and which
constitute, in fact. the quasi autonomy "e
Albania, II not the quasi autonomy OF All
The Balkanic states.
Thus the audacious act of the SIX Al"
banian chiefs who interpellated the sui-
tan himself by telegraph from AviohS
will pass into history as having achleFe"
the Independence Of Albania
The mystery of the dispersion OF tno
imposing force Of Albanians that occu-
pied Uskuf is explained by the con-
cessions made to the chiefs at Aviona.
The Albanians dispersed on the promise
IF the fourteen concessions, which con-
bill of rights These concessions ~
u,os c@t,,,la tod shouid go into effect not