The Albanian Insurrection
The Turkish dominion is far from quiet. According to the latest news, the insurrection in Southern Albania is spreading. There are 6,000 insurgents in the field, but behind them are 200,000 patriots who will fight for food and home. Many of the 40,000 Albanian settlers in the United States are returning to assist their fellow countrymen. The watchword of the Albanians is "Freedom or death." Ismail Kemel Bey, as the chief of the Albanian committee, is going from city to city in Europe pleading the cause of the distressed Albanians. He has had thus far little success. His only hope, he declares, is in America. "There people are not selfish like the nations of old Europe; there they have hearts." He contends that the Albanians want nothing that has not been clearly promised in the Turkish Constitution. That granted, they are loyal to Turkey and will stay by her.