Show Italy Plans Railroad To Albania and Turkey R DOME ROl IE OME Dec Doc 7 Ital 7 Italy 7 Italy always has tho the balance of power inthe in inthe AV the Balkan peninsula by supporting all the efforts of the thu single states to create conditions that would make hake each ench one independent ent fin and emancipate it from tho subjection ill m In which it was held b by the central powers Italian policy in the Balkans ns never nc has aimed at acquiring e b territory has but but but- has bas been heen wholly to develop interests essentially economical Italy Itai la is forced toward to th the thA rn n t i hv by- by v I the the need cell for tor a trade trad outlet uti t and Ii t to safeguard Us its emigration H Italy ly geographically la In ono of ot tho the countries nearest tho lk Balkans ns la Is the tho most moISt remote from tho the viewpoint of Or communications because of or lack of or ofa ofa I railroad to tho the 1 a 3 peninsula Tho rno central central central cen cen- empires have o used their economic supremacy In the Balkan states to or organize or- or railway systems and nd to introduce Intro intro- Introduce duce uce the business methods practiced b by the tho governments co Of or Berlin Vienna on and 1 Budapest Their policy always has s aimed at keeping Italy away from tho Balkans Old Project Reappears Reappear Tho The proclamation of or Albanian lade Inde In Independence e- e under the protection of ot Italy I has revived the old project of or extend extending ing th the l railway to tho the Adriatic to lo carry out the Italian trans trans Balkan lIn About this problem lem G G. G Buonomo an engineer has made which Is la an nn interesting study published by the tho of Or Commercial and Colonial Expansion When In 1890 the Ottoman government government government govern govern- ment gave the Deutsche bank the tho franchise of the tho Salonica railroad tl It obligated the society to tu present a n project for lor the tho construction of or a n DurazzO o roa road 1 This Project was abandoned so the tho bank wanted wante a n guarantee of lires 1110 to tho the milor Tho effort of or I Final ImI Italian con consul ul general at nL Salonica to tho the surveys survey's for tor a a. lino line across nero I I Albania likewise having a n terminus at nt Durazzo shared tho the same fate tato I Today however howe the tho situation In Albania Albania Al Al- bania requires that Avalona Ins Instead tend of Durazzo Durano should bo be tho the seaport of or orthe the road load to unite and antl Italy In regard res-anI to this Buonomo the tho en engineer engineer en- en says e It 11 R. R Jerr Kerry Ferry to ne Dc Used Tho The situation of or Avalona A with re respect respect ro- ro to tho the Italian coast suggests tho iho connection of ot tho the Albanian road with I file th railroad system of Ital Italy thanks to the railroad ferry terry across tho the Straits of or Otranto In a awn way that would Mould cre cro- create ate tho trans Balkan an s system as follows follows rallow fol ral- lows low a The rhe existing tine railroads connecting connecting con con- con con- Constantinople Burgas Burgat Bur- Bur gas ens and antI Salonica an and Sa- Sa b tho the A Avalona lino to be built c a service to ferr ferry trains across th the Straits of ot Otranto nto d an agreement l between governments ho and companies hol holding ln the tho concessions which would comprise comprise com com- prise tho trans-Balkan trans 5 system tem outlined out out- outI lined BO so that by un an agreement of or time timetables I tables 8 and antl freight tariffs a continuous I ous train service could be established between Hal Italy and the Balkan pen InI In- In I H sulu ulu It Is not to the tho point t to discuss tho the I existing railroads which have havo a total length from Constantinople to Mon Mon- astir of ot kilometers Tho Avalona- Avalona Monastir road raad Signor Signer Buonomo C tull fully tracing with great de detail J taU the route which should 1 bo be followed In 1 crossing Albania II Tho line to ho bo built would woul bo be 2600 20 kilometers long i i iI Albania Would nt at Last I ITo To the tho Immediate end ond of or uniting the Balkan p peninsula to Italy tho the projected projected projected pro pro- road adds s that of or reviving ro the activities of many parts of or Albania Avalona A Fieri Merl Berat Co- Co I co-I would como come Into immediate I pro prosperity and another Interior railway rail railway W way system might connect all parts part of or Albania putting an end to the legend legend legend leg leg- end about tho the poverty of oC the country which resulted from the disastrous indifference In Indifference In- In difference of oC thu tho Ottoman Ottoman govern govern- go ment Sl Signor Signer nor Buonomo says ays the railroad fen ferry across the canal of or Otranto f would require two boats boata of or 2180 tons capacity each with a maximum speed I of or 1012 1613 miles an nn hour It Is unde I elded whether Otranto or of or BrIndisi should be be tho iho terminus In Italy I Signor BIgnor Buonomo gi gives es preference to Otranto The rhe arguments In favor of I Otranto however howe are iro open to dispute rs while Brindisi otters offers such uch great t a advantages advantages ad ad- vantages that those of Otranto are Included In them except only that ot of otI I being the Italian seaport nearest to toI I Avalona Tho war being ended It Is 18 not be believed believed be- be anything will arise to dela delay tho trans Balkan railroad and an nn agreement agreement agree agree- ment among the governments Band F and companies to control tl the I e I railroads nn and to fix tb tho the time continuous luni iuni and mako make the line c eft ctt l n necessary cessar to t estimates Signor Buonomo would take lake forty eight hours hour I of ot tho the Un the tho length Home to Con Constantinople by byA A Avalona valon |