The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-01-12

IRE is based is the first to be taken IN
Albania since the great census Of Ar.
GuStuS, il::Gc some ! 800 wears aco
Combined Italian and native courts
were instituted and as Il result flo
classic Albanian feud rendered suner
huouS, hence Illegal. Schools for lttlp
children have been opened Throughout
the country. in number 124, with lM
teachers.
Civil police service distinct from or.
binary military surveillance has been
organized with view to granting rs
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 HYGIENE
measures are being carried out.
For the better supervision of the
varied services pertaining to civil ad.
ministration a serretaryship for civil
affairs was instituted. 1t Is defined
as "the organ through which his excel.
lency, General Ferrero, exercises bis
powers of watchfulness, control and
guardianship over the vast field Of
state and autonomous administration
The Office issues periodical reports to
one Of which l am thankful for most
of the information herein contained
The secretary, Count Hugo Capialbi
is an enthusiastic worker.
Making Over Ancient Cities.
A list Of all the various things &C.
complished would read like circular
advertisement for new western town
Of q recently opened suburb. The
ports of Avlona and Santi Quaranta
have been literally transformed by
piers, sheds, warehouses, various ad.
ministrative buildings. A general sur
vey of the entire country has been
made and soon new map will 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 Decau.
vile narrow gauge railroad. There
are two ice factories, for the hospitals
an electric power plant, llmekllnS
Various existing buildings have been
made over and serve as prefecture as
central office for the military engi.
neerS engaged in civil works, as post
Office, courthouse, agricultural on1ce
and civil affairs building. Within
short time new customs office pub
lie slaughter house. covered markets,
town hall and courthouse will be built.
The transformation of Avona
seemed Mt first beyond human capac'
ity. 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 al
tempt to clean these truly Augean
stables. But fortune favored the new
corners. 4 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 Wnere
the hopeless bazaars had once stooo'
To the Italians m open spot ana leave
to build on 1t are all a man needs ~
enjoy perfect bliss. They set up ten
Torary bazaars and set to work. FROM
buildings of immediate need they nave
passed to monuments and plan
now on foot to adorn the new puDii.
square with a tail clock tower aho
adequate fountains. for which Ut"
aGueduct four miles long has been con'
structed and another Is about 10 "
built.