Evening journal., 1919-06-04

Z bombarding Nslona. on December 3 Of
that same year The implied menace
FASTENED European displomalic action
on The subject. and on December Il the
naturalization of the autonomous prin-
I cipalily Of Albania. under ihe prolec-
iorate of the great powers. became a
fact
+ ilbania'S Tragic Problems
Then ramc a very sad time for Al
hania with the terrors Of war and Of
advancing hostile armies. with Austrian
menace and Greek intrigue clashing
with each other, hut both bent on cir
cmnycnling The allied influence and in
/ eNiiahlo advance Famine and euideinics
were am over the land. and The danger Of
. disease spreading across the Adriaiic
and over Western Europe, was not the
least among the problems that CON
fronted the Allies
Meanwhile. moral problems equally
tragic and severe had been confronting
Albania an along one Of the most in
4 ioresting and pathetic things that have
been hlppcninc for years in Albania
IS that every foreign power could go
there and open schoo' and Seach in IL
anything from Manchoo 10 Siamese. so
go speak. but not Albanian Austria and
Greece were most anxious 10 invade The
land respectively from the north and
south. and finally swallow the two
halves up With Greece the thing was
comparatively easy. Most southern Al
banlns speak Greek uently pulygloi-
ism is q necessity in The cungesied
Balkans and AN around them. and be-
sides about onefhird Of the Albanians
belong io the Greek church; so the
Greek linguistic invasion ran smoothly
enough Not so with Austria: the Ger
man language. even sOficncd by Aus
trian accents. didn't make such. easy
learning for the people Then did Aus
lria hit upon a clever scheme She re-
membercd the Venetian ruins an over
the hills. the welcome shade 81 the
Venetian olive groves around Nalona.
The traditions Of the Lion Of st. Mark
and Just as on the Adriatic, she had an-
propriated the Venetian symbol and au-
thority for the trade Of her Lloyd
AustriacO' steamers. and the Venetian
mariners for her fleet. Just so did she
take advantage Of the familiarity or
most of ihc Albsni1ns. especitlly on the
coast with the Italian language. and
proceeded 10 teach Italian In Austrian
schools for the Albanian children.
Whercupon one could hear them sing.
innocently enough. poor little things. in
Italian. "Serbi bio rAustriaco' May
God keep the Austrian Kingdoml. and
"Niva % noslro Imperatorw Long live
our Emperor. which was rather sirik-
ing when one remembered that Italians
in Dalmatis were suffering gaOl and
death for wanting TO speak in their
schools. The language that Austria put
herself out 10 teach 10 foreign children
IN foreign soil-for her own purposes
Albania Must BE Protected.
Italy stands by the London Conference
Of 1913. and consequently desires Al
bania 10 be an independent unit and
desires also to prevent her heing dis
mcmbcrcd by her various neighbors. 10
is moreover sclf-evident that Italy and
the ALLIES cannot afford 10 leave Al
bania alone. which would simply mean
allowing Austria TO settle in land
manlfesily incapable Of self-defense at
the present time and not strong enough
TO bar the gates NJ the Adriatlc AZ Va
Iona 10 the enemies Of tho Allies. Mill
tsry occupation Of certain territories.