Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-04-23 | Page 22 | Civil War in Turkey Bothers New Rulers

CIVIL IR II TURKEY BOTHERS WEW RULERS Albanian, Who Have Never Paid Taxes' or Been Drafted for the Army, Are in Revolt. BY.EMIL ANDRASSY. Spoclal Cable to The Tribune. VIENNA, April 22. While Richard Pasha, the Ottoman embassador at Vienna, claims that the Albanian revolt is merely a matter of local interest and of no great Importance, he observes that the Albanians, who for centuries have paid no taxes and have been exempt from military service, have not Jiocomc accustomed, to tho young Turks regime. I m.CWs ,rc;iching here shows that the rebellion re-bellion Is continually spreading in northern north-ern Albania. Soutnrl Is seriously threat-' cned. and the Landstrum in that district Is being1 mobilized. Including all tho reserves re-serves under 40 years of age. According to these Jatesl reports, serious fiuhtlng has been going on. and portions of the country, present the appearance of an armed camp. t,!1C JoTC s.lnl.'?s lIl!lt 'J10 K;ir!,Ison of liisi. which during the last few days has been surrounded at the Sehlpchunlk blockhouse, sallied out during t10 morning, morn-ing, and. Joined by the Mussulmans, attacked at-tacked the Albanians, who arc in occupation occu-pation of Tusl. whero several public buildings have been burned liv them By midday, the garrison had to fall back on tho blockhouse with tho loss of twenty men, while the .Mussulmans, who had been helping It. had to stop at Tusl Fearing, however, that. belriR abandoned Jjv the garrison, they might fall victims to the Albanlnns. thirty of thorn fled Into Montenegro In the evening and another lf.O during the night. Two thousand I3ashi-baztiks, who were hastening to Ihc assistance of the Tusl gsirrlson have become engaged In fighting fight-ing with Albanians on their way