Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-12-26 | Page 3 | Albania, Beset by 3 Nations, Makes Appeal to U.S.

ALBANIA BESET BY 3 NATIONS MAKES APPEAL MS TO U. U S. S I Forsaken Country Is Object of Unwelcome Attentions From Neighbors By Robert S. S Doman Special Special Correspondent Correspondent of International News Service TIRANA Albania Albania Dec 26 Throat 26 ned with being gobbled up by three nations Albania is appealing to the United States to accept a mandate to save ave her from It Italy l Greece and the Jugo fugo Scarcely a week passes that some Albanian society docs does not ot adopt reSOlutions resolutions resolutions reso reSO- calling upon upon Uncle Uncle Sam to step stepin step stepIn in and safeguard her interests The rhe Albanians say that they want nothing but to be let alone Yet while they are petitioning Italian troops are oc occupying occupying oc- oc ae as much of the country as they can the Serbs and Montenegrins of f the newly formed Slav Jugo-Slav nation arc tro edging in from the tho east and Greece 13 is 5 cautiously putting out it its paw raw for fora in 1914 a a slice of the kingdom which Prince William of Wied tried to run from his yacht yach t anchored off Durazzo harbor harbo SADLY FORSAKEN Albania is perhaps the most God Godforsaken Godforsaken forsaken country in Europe Nema which is the Balkan for nothing doing applies particularly to this country of wilderness and mountains There are arc no native doctors doctors doctors doc doc- tors nor hospitals no schools no heaters heat heat- ers no newspapers no national lan Ian language language guage no modern sanitation no postal nor telegraph system no trains no hotels no iron plows no government and not a single bathtub In their tribal system of government government government govern govern- ment the Albanians resemble the North American Indians Every man and boy carries a a. gun a pistol and a knife The Albanian is loyal to death where his friends frienda are concerned but butwell butwell butwell well prepared to give his family's family enemies enemies ene cue mies plenty of or trouble Feuds pistol duels and and- vendettas are frequent ITALIANS DO GOOD Despite the fact that the Albanians object to their presence the Italians are doing good work worl here They have about troops in the country mostly near Valon The others are engaged en engaged engaged en- en I in itt police pollee and garrison duty in inthe inthe inthe the interior where their presence has had a good effect in putting an end to tribal warfare Red Cross nurses and doctors have made Americans welcome everywhere even in the remotest villages