The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-13
Baron AliOtti to Represent Italy
at Washington.

| buEOu CAhLO aLlOTTI mas Deeu
named to succeed Baron AvEzzANA as
Italian Ambassador to America, ac-
cording to cable message from Rome.
Baron ALIoTTI is considered one of
Italy's ablest diplomats; he has had
a long and varied service in foreign
countries and owing to his familiarity
with international politics he has been
Premier GIoLrTTI's trusted adviser.
His counsel was of especial value
to the Italian Premier in the recent at
tempts to settle the Jugo-Slav and
Adriatic controversy, since Baron ALI
oTTr has represented italy at the Bal
kan capitals and was Ambassador to
Albania during the reign of Prince
WILLIAM of WED. He knew the coun-
try from the ground up,".for he stud
led DurazZo in the light of his knowl-
edge Of the ancient Dyrrachium and
by excavation and research showed
that on the site of the poor modern
town stood great Roman commercial
city, that the present barren hills
were covered with gardens and villas
and the low swamp lands with great
warehouses and piers where the Ro-
man legions landed TO march over the
Via Egnatia to Salonica and Constan-
tinople. At the same time he learned
more about Albania than most of the
Albanians themselves knew.
The situation along the Adriatic at
this time. in the spring of 1914, was
most tense; the bitter rivalry between
Italy anu Austria led each nation to
watch every move made by the other.
Albania was the seat of political in
trigues and filled with international
spies. The advantage was apparently
with Austria; she was represented by
DR.. L0wENTHAL DE L1NAU, one of her
shrewdest diplomats; she had in WED
a man Of her own choosing on the
throne and she was backed by Ger
many. 1t seemed losing game for
Italy and it would have been If she
had had there less astute represen-
tative than Baron ALIoTu.
Without warning a Moslem revolt
swept central Albania and civil war
broke out In Durazzo. The Prince
fled in alarm-he was ''the victim of
n false report" IL was said-and
sought refuge on an Italian man-of-
war in the harbor. lie remained there
only three hours, but In that time all
Albanlans knew Of his flight. Their
Mpret had shown himself in their
opinion guilty Of cowardice, the great
est offence of which an Albanian could
conceive. His reign ended there, as
did also the Austro- German scheme to
rule on the lower Adrlatic.
Austria, beaten, retaliated by ar
resting EssAp Pasha, whom she held
responsible for the uprising, and took
him aboard IN Austrian warshIp
ALoTTI demanded that he be turned
over to the italian squadron. When
Austria refused there occurred little
known incident of the time that might
have proved as disastrous TO the
worlds peace as did the SarajevO
tragedy month or more later. The
two squadrons cleared for action and
wireless messages flashed between the
naval commanders and the heads Of
their governments at Vienna and
Rome. That naval battle was not
fought was due to the fact that Italy
had been prepared for just such an
emergency and had preponderance
OF armament and war vessels. EssAD
was surrendered TO the Italians: he
returned TO Durazzo later, took over
! the Princes residence and The reins
of government, remaining 10 the last
friendly to Italy and the Allies. Baron
ALIoTTr saw the end OF this Adriatic
! incident. one Of the most interesting
phases Of his diplomatic career, when
I he concluded recently n peace with the