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Show r -.1wb SIEZE- -L -AiliCAI SCHOOL - ';i v AT KDRITZA r 2Vi -r " " ' ' 'Beat .arid Iroprwonuthe, Keeper V United State Will Protest " to Greek Government. . - ' v 'J ' Vienna, Sept. 22. The Greek v f'K'-' f authorities at Koritza, in Al- - bania, todbvsdized. th'ev Ameri- ' can mission sehooTthere, where instruction is given to nearly ' , 100 Albanian "girls. The infor- , . ' matioh teach ed here in a teie- i' gram from Avlona, -the principal J ' f fselTportof Albania on the Adri- , $rhe Greeks have qlso arrested t o. 'and persecuted a large njSjnb&i;' 4 of Albanians who recently re- u tvuti2tlt to Koritza from America I' ' 'anfiat'her foreign countries, re- T5 " " leasing them from " detention K ' only when the Albanians prom- y9i? - ised to join in the agitation '""f or j' Che incorporation of the district $ ;" - inGreece. . '"'" Thei3ritish consul af Monastir J hasntered . & vigorous, protest I v -" . '.f with - IhS GrejcVgdvefnirient on ' YJ '' behalf of the Americans. ; fjgfy r Last week Greek 'oiRcials at viBI '' Koritza' endeavored to take forc- fll'' V &$e Possesson f the American r"' i v''saion school building, Put the 'p)tr& housekeeper in charge refused J ilJs&W-' . tpjhand .over, the keys. The fS?iiLGreek soiiders beatv5nei4;mei'ci-x beatv5nei4;mei'ci-x .. LJ3P: i Ie?sland Che Wt'amed. her off pWHMM lw, JO,, DXISOlD , 4.r.i "' .' The mission is in charge pf : : Physeans B. Kennedy, a native of New Jersey and a Princeton j graduate. Mrs. Violet B. Ken- ,1 j nedy conducts the Ladies' ' Library society, whose object is I to give the elements of educa- tion to the women of Albania. M - No official report of the seizure j of the school had been received ; today, but the state department "v$ is prepared to protest to the frw1' Greek government vigorously J for the protection of the Ameri- 5: .T "-canB and their property in Al- '-, , bania, under the new" political 'jit order. It was pointed out in f j diplomatic quarters that the j-k great European powers will do . I! whatever may be necessary to ;j J - guarantee American rights in v ' 1 the Balkans, as they have ever .Jr since the first outbreak of f'M t ' hostilities a year ago. British lsKt consuls have been solicitous tor "m tno rignts oi Americans, es- ,?fj pecialiy in Asiatic Turkey, and before the arrival of the Ameri- p'l ' can warships last winter, both ''' British and Russian men-of-war Jj offered asylum to any Americans W who feared for their safety. v "'J This attitude of the powers J j has had the effect of keeping 'M j the United States out of the m l Balkan tangle. II New York, Sept. 22. The '! I American mission school in Kor- I itza, Albania, is under the super- j ft vision of the Congregational j' I church and controlled by the . American board of commission- h 3 ei's for foreign missions. itE-8 . -, - |
