New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1917, Page 11

| 4 Second Section & " "BRITAIN HERALI SEPTEMBER 7, 1917. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, more problem into the European patchwork which will have to be settled at the peace conference. Just now the question is bofling here, and at Parls, Rome and Athens. There are three distinct currents—the Ital- ian, which supports the protectorate as a measure of self-defense for Italy’s exposed front on the Adriatic; the Greek, which looks upon Albania as northern Greece and calls it Epi- rus; and the southern Slavs, that powerful and growing union of Serbs, Croats, Slovaks and all other Slavs of the Western Balkans. These latter, the Slavs, look upon Italy’s WHAT IS ALBANIA? - THREE CLAIN 1T Italians, Greeks and Salvs Insist In Interest in Land of Rocks protectorate as a move to encircle the th:‘mssenl-;)?::";iflws’l’ not accepted by | stead of the Austrlans. The natur-|fled. But the minister fecls that all 1:"’ (:r,eekAmmm"i ““es‘::"v of | *E0ut of all the discussio Cortu, Island of Corfu, Aug. 4—-|Adriatic and close out the Balkan | o' BEVAR Snd SV SEREE ofe fll—;"fl ;"“g fé’{ the Yougoslav state | countries having the cause of the | * CGTeek-Italian entente on ania | (he one essential point whi (Correspondence of The Assoclated ) PeOPle from ever getting to the mea. | 6/ ETC ° Q¥ (00 ren “eestpdl_ émbrac ngs erbla, Croatia and all the | Ententé allies at heart should seek | May Vet.bccome the solution of the | pe emerging is that the 0ve O q southern Slav territary, is toward the | to reconcile their differcnces. There- | problem, for it seems to satisfy Italy’s | nationality _will have.to.he Albania’s Opinion Not Sought. What Albania herself ‘thinks of it 10 one seems to have considered. This seems rather singular at a time when the great powers are talking so much about the principle of nationality and the right of all people to determine their own ‘political destinies. The Albanians are never heard from on this question as to who shall - rule them, and apparently they care noth- ing about how it is settled. These Albanian men and women who come here are looked upon as docile peas- ants, incapable of having any politi- cal aspirations or of the desire to form a nation. \ Albania appears to be the one country abandoned by nature, as so poor is resources as not to be worth deveropment or progress. It has lain here for centuries, alongside the great centers of anclent culture, mid- way between Rome and Athens, and yet it is as backward today as it was centuries ago, and the people are as primitive and uncivilized as some of the wild tribes of central Africa. In northern Albania the people are savage mountaineers. There is noth- ing like organized industry or agri- culture anywhere; no gathering in towns and cities and the development of soclety. There is no such thing as a bank in all Albania. There is no railway. Roads are the foot-paths of ages, or the old military highways of the Ro- mans. Although Albania has an Adriatic front rivalling Italy’s, yet she hasn't a port or harbor from end to end. And yet the Albanians are a distinct race, with their own lan- guage, but without the ability through all the ages to lift themselves into an organized state. It is this indifference of Albania itself, that has brought the rival in- terests clashing from three sides. Coming through Rome, the Itallan position was explained to the writer as follows: Italy has a geographical relation to Albania much like the United States has to Cuba, Porto Rico or the Panama Canal. That is, it is the great power nearest to Al- bania, and naturally having the most intimate concern in its future. 1\‘[01‘:- taly has an exposed coast- ;::&6: the Adrlatic immediately across from Albania, and only 60 miles away at the Strait of Otranto. Italy’s eastern coast is exposed in the sense that it is a low marshy front incapable of having a fortified port from one end to the other. “Naturally, therefore, with Albania just, across the way and very near at GOLD CARRIAGE CO., GARAGE Auu)mo_bfi% Repairing and 0] rging % Service Station' and Dis- | tributors for INDIANA TRUCKS STREET 332 PARK ‘Bhone 1437-12—1435-2 SMOKE ‘OXMOOR 4 MILD, PLEASANT 8o CIGAB Press)——Just across this narrow strait lies Albania, that no-man’s land over which Italy has just proclaimed a protectorate. One can see plainly from here the barren grey mountains of Albania, making a ragged line along the sky. They lie very near, hardly more than ten miles off, and an optical {llusion makes them seem nearer. Many Albanians are seen on the streets here, the men big- bodied and rather fierce looking, wearing their picturesque native cos- , tume. With Albania so near at hand, this 1s a good place to look into the Albanian question at close range. Italy’s proclamation of a protecto- rate over Albania has thrown one NEW MODELS ALL COPY THE MILITARY JAUNTINESS ITSELF, ‘Navy serge, cut with a yoked coat and straight skirt, gives this smart new trotteur. Military braid and bone buttons achieve quite swagger sleeves, and the pocket is strictly mil- itayy. ANOTHER SATISFIED ~ CUSTOMER e B e e That’s the way it goes, every day, down . at Jack’s little tire shop. After you drop in and have a little chat with Jack, and let him look over your tires, you’'ll know whether it's wise to buy. If you don’t need a new tire Jack will tell you so—he won’t force one on you. But if you do need one, Jack’s got just what you want; and be sure it’s right X Flat Tire ? CHARTER 4641 ENTRUST YOUR TIRE TROUBLES TO US THE AUTO TIRE CO. JACRK THE TIRE EXPERT 137 Allyn St. e, b Hartford band, Italy’s action was one of self- detense. with. Italian military lines stretching across Albania from Valona'to Sa- loniki. self-defense made necessary. torial aspirations over Albania, be- yond the defense of its own interests. The protectorate, therefore, is mere- ly temporary; and Italy will leave to the powers to settle at-the close of the war what shall be done as to Albania. Protectorate Considered Conquest. rectly opposed to the high aims pro- claimed by the.Ententesallies. Dr. Ante Trumbic, the distingulshed head of the southern Slav movement, ex- plained this Slav view-point. Dr. Trumbic is a former member of.the Austrian parliament, where he repre- sented the Slav-Croatsi of. Dalmatia. He looks upon this whole region along the eastern Adriatio as essentiglly Slay, with Slav population at all the ports and towns, and with practically no ,Italians. Why, then, he asks, should the upholders of the doctrine of nationality seek & foothald where they have no nationals, no citizens. The Slavs resisted the Austrian ef- fort to dominate the eastern Adriatic, and they see no particular difference in having the Italians dominate it in jan extension along the whole eastern ;&irla.tlc, making it in effect an Italian ake. The Greek side of this Albanian question was explained by the Greek Minister of Public Domain, Mr. Mi- chaelacopoulos, on the way through Athens. Albania is essentially Greek territory, he points out, and is repre- sented in the Greek Parliament by 12 Albanlan delegates. Greeks and Al- banians have long mingled together in this territory until the two races are practically merged. From the stand- point of nationality, therefare, the Italian protectarate cannot be Justi- in the spirit of territorial extension or | aggrandizement. The Slavs, to canquest. Second, Greece would be | probably Ve satisfied if I disposed to recognize Italy’s right of | pirations were ekl military self-protection on tho Alban- | limits in Albania, ;&8 the ian coast, as long as the doctrine of| of the Slavs with nationality is not violated. Both theso ;umlu.Tml t:m lar&& i o5 a - L fr rieste an : R objects could be secured by an Italian: om M‘u This was particularly true Milftary necessity as well as the protectorate But Italy has no terri- Greek = commilssion, which Wwauld These three 1 2 strictly 1imit Italy’s military zone on | Greek and Slav—sum the coast, and not permit it to oxtend:| currents in this la into the interior. Third, an economio | cation™ over, the ci agreement between Greece and Italy | Muth iis being. sald! would further assist in mutual accord | probably it was or over Albania and the trade of ‘the | jects discussed at two countries in genoral.” conference on the Paris. Ralkah Adriatic, and while this outlet is north of Albania yet the Slavs look upon the Itallan protectorate over Albania as one move in the general plan for Ital- by all the partiesc, and that i nition will confine Itafys sph fluence in Albania strictly to self-defense. fore, he believes a compromise or en- tente could be made, based on threc principles, namely: “First, no territor chief aim of military. self-deense, and at the same time satisfles the Greek aim not to have Italy make Albania COME TO HARTFORD OPEN ALL DAY FRIDAY FOR THIS SALE COME TO HARFOR Slater’s Moo NEW FALL STYLES Xt o Sharp Cut in Prices Right at the Start of the Season Why Slater’s In addition to qur wonderful Retail and Mail Order business in Dosion, we: 5 IX?S:ays retail stores in NEW YORK, WORGESTER, PROVIDENGE, HARTFORD, Si Lowest NEWARK, giving us such unsurpassed wglume that our prices gre, Women’s and Misses’ Men’s and Young Men's New s+ *5" Footwear Style ~All Marked Three Fifty S . 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