Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09


lice her desire Ia conform o. the interests
az the great powers aud her respect for
the rights of other nations
In return for this Scrvia hoped that l"r
own rights w"uld he resp ted rights
which were no; opposed to thu legitimate
interests of amy great power. Scrvia then
proposed d"limitation Of autonomous
Albania inspired Ia her historical. cih-
meal and cultural rights.
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First. historical rights: IN tho middle
ages the kingdom of Serria was com
posed of I-ppcr Gotta Nion-
Servian tenegro actually and Lower
p:u,.. Zctta. which stretched be-
"isH's' yond the left bank of the
Drn. The capital Wa Skaddar ,Scutarl.
Until the fourteenth centur, Zctta a.
WAYS constituted a Il. pcnd,acc nf the
heirs of the crown. who resided at Skad-
sdar.
Second. clinical rights: Numerous Ser
vians inhabit the country extending along
the two banks of the Drin situated be-
tween the White Drin and Scutali. on
the one side. and between the Drin
proper and the Montenegrin frontier on
the other side This country was essen
tally Servian. Ipek and Diakova are the
principal cities. That region lpek. De
chan: and Djakova-is sacred ground, or
which the Servian nation can make
neither concession nor compromise. Eu-
rope-does' il desire today that Servia.
who has retaken in a loyal war the ter
ritory taken from her by violence and
usurpation. should surrender il to the
usurpers? SerVia could not subscribe To
that.
Third. the rights of civilization: In adj
hitting that there are territories occu-
pied militarily by Servia mixture Of
h.. Scr -'a-
civilized and accustomed TO civil and
political liberty. should they hn subject
to Albanians. who are unriNil.-ed.
And the Servian memorandum con-
cludes that the history % the Scrvian
nation proves that her national interests
have always been in harmony with those
OF Europe.
The demitation of Albania. as pro-
posed by Servia. viii be a great measure
i'm conformity with her historic rights and
the legitimate interests of the nation. /,
will enable her to become pillar Of
peace, progress and order in the Balkans
1t is OF the dearest aspirations Of
the Servian people.
Albania an autonomous state, This
near-eastern waif recalls a far-eastern
creation. Korea. 1t is to be hoped that
Albania. if given autonomy. VIII prove
more worthy than poor little Korea.
which. having passed through all the
stages of grandeur. even 10 that OF great
empire" was barred out OF the Ports
Japan as a sheep to slaughter
Korea was never a nation only a tribe
No more is Albania. The difference is
that Albania is sad
Albania Is medley of tribes. NJ
nj. N.. Saint Briee. writing I'm
"o Aso'ioh' the Journal of Paris o.
the delimitation OF the frontiers of thu
new kingdom of Albania, says: There Is
no Albania. There are Albanians spread
throughout all the Balkans. There are.
in fact. many kinds OF Albanians. The
Tosques in the north. and the Guegues
in the south. There are Arnautes Mussul-
mans. Mirdites Catholics Malissores Or
thodoX. and other tribes divided by the
animosites and jealousies of clans AL
bania is macedone in Macedonia
The Albanians appear as a pest in the
territory of old Serva claimed by the
new Servia. pest in the Epirus claimed
by the Greeks. pest in the region
about Tchernagora the object OF covei-
BUSINESS of Montenegro. Austria on the
other hand. exercises religious prOtcc-
torate over the Albanian Cathode tribes
and with these would constitute in the
heart of the Balkans buffer state with
frontiers as large as possible. d.
Between these desires. the powers have
sought the basis of compromise.
Italy insists that Scutari should be left
to Montenegro and Russ a claims for
Serv.a the regions of Ipek ANA Djakova
Among other difficult questions whica
confront the powers is that OF the u s.
posal of the islands of the Aegean sea.
1t was NJ. Po!ncare who proposed that
the powers should suggest the surrender OF
Adr.anop.e to Bulgaria and the ISLANDS
To Greece Italy, s.n4 ular 10 leIate. pro-
tested that the stands should he given
up to Turke Y. Apart from the aDsurdity
OF that protestant on Greece holds possess
on of the lsiar'ts, Of which she may
not be diSpoSseSSed.
There is nothing more Greek :han these
islands. and notably Chic and MitYls ne.
Since the sixteenth century the inhabitants
have revolted again and aga-n acainst
the Turkish domination. Mhen the
Greeks took possession few Wcs ks ago
they We're received with acclamat .orS Of
JOY as Hberators. The popu,at on of the
islands a-sresate 1't,Ut@ of which 4In.tHtb
are Gre ekS.