I'lioto. by Theron J. Danuin 

 THi: MAIN STRE;e;T of SCUTARI, ALBANIA: TURKISH SOLDIKKS WHO HAVE; COMi; TO 



PUT DOWN the; re;voIvT 



in Europe whose political interests can 

 be furthered by championing the wrongs 

 of the oppressed ; and though hypocrit- 

 ical motives moved many of the Euro- 

 pean statesmen who aided the revelation, 

 the truth of the Young Turks' accom- 

 plishments in Albania and Macedonia 

 gradually became common knowledge. 

 The Young Turk had revealed himself 

 as the true son of his father. The lead- 

 ers saw that they had made a mistake ; 

 but they would make no acknowledg- 

 ment, and subsequent events have shown 

 that they have had no change of heart. 



In April, 191 1, occurred an uprising of 

 the Malissori, or Christian Albanians, of 

 the province of Scutari, in northwestern 

 Albania, along the Montenegrin frontier 

 The revolt was one of the unfortunate 

 and premature attempts of a desperate 

 and brave, but disunited, people to throw 

 off an intolerable yoke. Instead of de- 

 veloping into a general revolt, the upris- 

 ing remained confined to the furthermost 

 corner of Albania. 



The true patriots of all Albania sink 

 differences of religion and tribe in the 



great facts of a common heritage and a 

 common yoke. They, the educated mem- 

 bers of their race, were striving last year 

 for a united effort toward attaining jus- 

 tice for all Albania. These leaders were, 

 unfortunately, ill - organized, without 

 funds, and without experience. They 

 received no support from the great bulk 

 of Moslem tribes, many of whom, how- 

 ever, had been so thoroughly disarmed 

 that they could not think of joining a re- 

 bellion. The Catholic Mirdites, a strong 

 tribe south of Scutari, had few rifles, all 

 of old type, and hesitated about coming 

 to the support of the Malissori revolt 

 until it was too late. 



Montenegro was the backbone of the 

 uprising, through the support which she 

 and her people gave to thousands of 

 Albanian refugees who in the previous 

 winter had crossed the frontier and who 

 in the spring went back to Albania pre- 

 pared for fight. Thus in a remarkable 

 manner was buried the hatchet, or rather 

 the knife, which for generations and cen- 

 turies had been unsheathed between the 

 Slavic Montenegrin and the autochthon- 



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