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Show EUD MINIS for en PEACE Interest, However, Is Not Through Love for the Involved In-volved Countries. FEAR GENERAL STRIFE Albanian International Commission Com-mission in Much Complicated Compli-cated Situation. By PHILLIP EVERETT. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Jan. 31. England is not interested in tho Albanian question ex-copt ex-copt in so far as she desires to see peace permanently restored in tho Balkans, Bal-kans, not so much for tho sake of the Balkan nations, as because a spark in tho Balkaus may at any time result in tho ever-dreadod European onilagra-tion. onilagra-tion. Nothing illustrates tho present political po-litical situation better than tho fact that not even tho members of tho Albanian international commission sitting sit-ting at Valona have been able to attend at-tend to business in a calm and judicious judi-cious manner, but from tho very first havo separated into two distinct groups representing respectively the triple alliance al-liance and the triple entonto with the inevitable result of producing a deadlock dead-lock which effectively blocked all progress prog-ress and which tho Turks were not slow-in slow-in trying to take advantago of. To put an end to the deadlock Italy and AuBtria suggested adding as a Boventh member of tho commission a member of the Albanian provisional government, govern-ment, Mnfid Bey. Tho triple eiitonto fell into tho trap with the result that the triple alliance since then has controlled con-trolled four votoa against the entente 'a threo. Two Nations Vexed. France and Russia aro now seriously displeased with tho situation, which, is so much more serious, as tho oommiB-siou oommiB-siou is to continue in existence as permanent per-manent controlling authority, oven when the chosen Prince of mod becomes be-comes the ruler of Albania. The prince, by tho way, is in no hurry, which is hardly to bo wondered at when it is E ractically certain that his arrival will o tho signal of a fight to a finish bo-twoon bo-twoon Scutari and Valona, as to which of tho two towns is to bo tho official residential town of the country's new ruler. Neither of them is really fit to receivo a prince, for Scutari boasts only two tolerably modern houses and Valona Va-lona only ono. At present it looks very much, as if the triple entente will retiro from tho commission, though this would immediately imme-diately result in the fat falling into tho fire, for Italy and Austria, who both want Albania, would not be long in making up their minds to fight out their difficulties, and this, of courso, Germany and the kaisor want to prevent pre-vent at all costs. As will bo seen, there aro certainly wheels within wheels and a satisfactory settlement of tho Balkans Bal-kans question is still far off. Fight on Churchill. "While wo aro still in blissful ignorance igno-rance of what is really happening inside in-side tho cabinet, it is cortain that the enemies of tho present government are using every means trying to induce Winston Churchill to break oponly with tho Liberal party. Very littlo indeed is heard or road at present about Ulster Ul-ster or tariff reform, tho main object of the torios being for the moment to prevent Churchill and a number of younger torios who aro oiceodingjy dissatisfied dis-satisfied with Bonar Law's: leanorship or lack of it from forming tho threatened threat-ened now Imperial domocratic party, which would probably hold tho balance of power, at any rate as soon as tho numbor of Irish representatives at Westminster is diminished. A rumor is afloat which I personally tako no stock in, to tho effect that Winston Churchill has practically con sented to como into the Unionist camp on tho condition that tariff Teform be shelved forever, which might be dono now that Josoplv Chamberlain has officially offi-cially retired, and that a big fight for the "control of the house of commons shall bo mado at tho earliest possjblo moment on a platform, the principal plank of which is to be a big navy and home rule for Ireland with Ulster excluded. ex-cluded. Strife Not Serious. If I wore, for once, to try my hand as a political prophet, I should venture ven-ture to predict that those who build their hopes on a serious quarrel between be-tween tho chancellor of tho exchequer and tho first lord of tho admiralty aro doomed to disappointment. No such thing will happen or we should nover havo Hoon Mr. Asquith going to tho Riviera to enjoy a short rest with tho mombors of his family, a fact which tho tory papers tried to mako tho moat of. usinfr tho different lino of arimmont that tho family was only a convenient excuso and tliat tho prime minister really went to Franco to make an attempt at-tempt to Boothe tho feolings of Franco which had been rufflod by Lloyd-George's Lloyd-George's oxprcssed hopo of a limitation of armaments. The argument wtib kept before tho very much scared readors of tory papers until tho very moment when Mr. Asquith boarded the channel stoam-or, stoam-or, and I can imagino tho curses of tory editors when he was mean enough not evon to leave his car in Paris, but go straight on to the Riviera to join his wife and children. May Make Rich Pay. What I think will happon is this, Winston Churchill will bo permitted to ask for all tho money ho can provo within reasonable doubt that he must havo to safeguard tho country, and no word of protest will como from Lloyd' Georgo, who knows that ho shall bo able to raise tho money by taxing the land of the idlo rich and mako thom boar their share, and who will bo sat-isfied sat-isfied as long as ho is not forced to put increased burdons on tho masses of tho votors. It is his ambition to carry out his social reform programme without asking for a single additional penny from thoso who can ill afford to pay their prcsont taxes as ho has dono heretofore, and as long as ho scc3 his way clear to do so ho will mako no protest against the demands of Mr. Churchill, so much more as he knows tho latter to bo anything but a jingo, but just as interested in tho promotion of poaco as ho is himself. A numbor of additional battleships ; may bo built outside tho naval pro-: pro-: grammo originally laid down by the government, but I am not so sure that tliis will be groetod with tho oxpocted exclamations of joy by the manufacturers manufac-turers of armor, for I hear that it is almost cortain that tho government will build an armor plant oi its own. |