Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-02
OvESRSILADOWED IN PUBLIC IN
TEREST BY TROUBLES OF MEN
ICO AND ULSTER. But Still.
MASSACRES GO ON.
ALBANIA ACTION CENTER
EVERY POWER CONCERNED IN
NEW ALLOTMENT IL BOt-NDA-
kl CHANGES IL TRYING TO M
PRESS IT'S LAWS.
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80 ~ 49,
LAS during recent months. But the
formal ending of the Balkan war has
brought no rest 10 that long suffering
region Thracc. Macedonia and Albania
are boiling with racial and religious
strife. Stories OF fighting. Of persec1
uon ami OF massacrcs come 10 the Lon-
don papers from many correspondents
and are printed N small type with lit
Tie comment. Europe has come 10 ac-
cepf these conditions as a matter of
course.
The change Of boundaries and Of
sovereignty which resulted from the
peace treaties and the launching of Al
bania as an autonomous state. are re-
spOnslble for the new era of struggle
and butcher. Every power concerned
IN the new ailotments is trying 10 inn
press not only It's laws but its own
state religion upon those who have he
come its subjects. II the current histori-
ans are to be believed.
Forcible conversions by wholesale
seem the order of the day. Between the
Christian and the Musselman dispense
tions. between Greeks. Turks. Bulgar-
ians. Roumanians. Servians and Alban-
ians. there is little choice of standards
of civilization. Much Of the informa-
ton comes from Athens which presents
events only from the standpoint Of
Greek interests. much is disseminated
by the newspapers of Vienna. which IS
a fountain Of canards.
The Turkish government is deter
mined to drive the, whole Greek popu
lation from Thrace. according to ac-
counts from Greek sources. II has or
gained a campaign of oppression
which is making life impossible for
people of Greek affiliations in the coun-
try about Kirk kilisse. Lulu Burgas and
all the land which Bulgaria conquered
I'm the first war and lost through the
final treaty. BY Greeks is meant the adj
herents Of the Greek church. since ma
fonality is recognized rs following re-
ligion rather than blood i'm those re-
gions.
The Greeks are pictured as having as
desperate times in Thracc under the
rod of the Young Turk. as the Bnl-
garians he'd IN Macedonia under Ab-iul
Hamld. The methods Of terrorism are
the same.
Irregular troops. who get their Nv
ing by loot. and bands Of so-called bri-
gands, all supposed 10 be acting under
inspiration from Constantinople are
over running tho country. Burning vii
lagos light the sky. as during the days
of war: cattle and sheep are driven
away pillagc and ravishing 90 ON. Life
is made So intolcrable that Greek in
habitants are glad to escape to the
coast with what bundles they can ear
nv on their backs. Athens reports that
5000 refugees have arrived at Salon
ika by ships. and that $1,000 more are
waiting on the coast to get away.
The head of the Greek church at
Constantinople persuaded the British
Ambassador Ia demonstrate with the
Sublime Porte. and orders were tile
craphsd 10 the local governors IL repat-
rate all refugees. ''Truth" SAYS that
these orders were meant only for the
Ambassadors benefit. and that the gov-
errors were given the word secretly t.
disregard Them. That was a familiar
strategem of the old Turkish diploma
". when pressure from the Powers he
came too acute Ia he ignored
The Greek government. ON Ms part.
does not lack enterprise al oppression,
II witness from non-Greck sources be
credited. Restrictive laws asainS; tAe
Jews in Salonika have been made SO
strong that $4,000 are leaving that once
nrasperons place. The battalinns of
Greeks from Thrace seeking asylum.
and Of departing Jews. number be-
tween two and three thousand persons
daily. so that all shipping is crowded
and the normal life aud business are
as much disturbed MS they We're during
the days of the war. I'm important fac
for of the upheaval is that both the
Greeks Of TlEace and the Jews OF Sa-
lonika were the most prosperous peo-
ples In those communities. and their
exl@lsion means disaster aud ruin 10
both.
Meanwhile the new ruler of Albania,
Prince William of WED who bears the
title of Moret. is having a troublesome
honcymoon with his domain. Civil war,
which customarily is the chief industry
Of that more than half barbarous prin-
cipality is proceeding as usual. The
Greeks clam 100000 a,lhcr-
ents ont Of the southern portion OF the
new Albania. These people Of Epirns
Known as the Epirotes refuse allegiance
~ the Morrt. Fierce fighting has been
going on about koritza. and the rebel
Ion i said Ia be led by officers i., M
the Greek army. The Epirotcs have the
advantage Of an organized army pos
sesscd of some artillery. Apart from a
small force Of gendarmes. tome 1900
ar 1000 the Albanians rely upon volun.
teers recruited from the Southern AL
hanian clan. No attempt 10 mohi.,z,
them has been made and they scatter
along the front, fighting in the old free