The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-14

ure is based is the first to be taken ir
Albania since the great census of Az
suStus, made some 1000 years ago
Combined Italian and native courts
were instituted and as a result, the
classic Albanian feud rendered super
fluous, hence illegal. Schools for little
children have been opened throughout
the country, in number 1874, with 49,
teachers
Civil police service distinct from or
binary military surveillance has beer
organized with q view to granting as
large a liberty as is compatible to the
civilians The horrid Turkish prisons
were in some cases abolished, in 9th
ers thoroughly sanitiZed. New build
ings will soon be erected. Coastal
navigation between Albanian ports
and linking them to nearby Corfu is
encouraged within the limits of naval
exigencies. Customs offices with coast
patrols are already in operation and
all the money taken in is spent in i'm
proving the country. Vast hygienit
measures are being carried out.
For the better supervision of the
varied services pertaining to civil adj
ministration a secretaryship for civil
affairs was instituted. 1t is defined
as "the organ through which his excel
lency, General Ferrero, exercises his
powers of watchfulness, control and
guardianship over the vast field OF
state and autonomous administration
The Office issues periodical reports, tc
one of which I am thankful for most
of the information herein contained
The secretary, Count Hugo Capialbt
is an enthusiastic worker.
Making Over Ancient Cities.
A list of all the various things ac'
complished would read like a circular
advertisement for a new western town
of a recently opened suburb. The
ports Of Avlona and SAINT Quaranta
have been literally transformed by
piers, sheds, warehouses; various adj
ministrative buildings. A general sur
vey Of the entire country has been
made and soon new map viii appear.
corrected to the slightest detail. AT
Avlona the port is linked to the near
by camps and military positions by
more than ninety kilometers of Decar
vile narrow gauge railroad. There
are two ice factories, for the hospitals
an electric power plant, limekilns
Various existing buildings have been
made over ard serve as prefecture, as
central Office for the military engi.
ncers engaged in civil works, as post
office, courthouse, agricultural Office
and civil affairs building. Within a
short time new customs office, pub
lie slaughter house, covered markets,
town hall and courthouse will be built.
The transformation of Avlona
seemed at first beyond human capac-
tty. Only those who have seen some
thing of the orient will appreciate the
filth, the tortuous plan, the general
baseness of this semioriental port, as
it was before this war, as it had been
for centuries, as it might always have
been, it seems, had not some newcom-
err arrived to make the herculean at
tempt to clean these truly Augean
stables. But fortune favored the new
corners. A fire burned out the old mar
ket and the center of town. Austrian
aviators destroyed many of the sur.
rounding dwellings. A great open
space was left in the very spot where
the hopeless bazaars had once stood
To the Italians an open spot and leave
to build on it are all Man needs tc
enjoy perfect bliss. They set up tenn
porary bazaars and set to work. From
buildings of immediate need they have
passed to monuments and plan is
now on foot to adorn the new public
square with a tall clock tower and
adequate fountains, for which a new
aqueduct four miles long has been con.
structed and another Is about to be
built.