ALBANIA REVOLTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1505, 30 July 1912, Page 5

ALBANIA REVOLTS.

WHOLE COUNTRY RISING.. AN EXPULSION OF TURKISH OFFICIALS. THREE HUNDRED MEN KILLED. ' By Telegraph—Prcs3 Aesociation-Copyrifflit (Rec. July 29, 9.50 p.m.) Constantinople, July-29. ( Tho Porto has resolved to dissolvo Par- , liament constitutionally when (he Cham- . bors have exhausted their power of resisting certain Bills. Meanwhile a mani- ] festb to tho Albanians announces that the , employment of armed forces against them , will hereafter be forbidden. : Tho manifesto also promises annual < elections, and empowers a commission to j arrange reforms. j Tho recont entry of Hassan, tho insurgent leader, into Prishtina wa3 unopposed ] on. the Porte's instructions, in pursuance ! of tho policy of conciliation. j During tho confusion the prisoners at , Prishtinft escaped, and, seizing arms, fired i on tho gendarmes. Eighteen were killed i and sovonteen wounded on both sides , . ' Rebel Force of 50,000. [ Finding tho Ministry pliant, Hassan has proclaimed himself director-general of the rebel movement. With a force of fifty thousand men behind him, he has seized the telegraphs, and Turkish officials overywhero have been expelled. The rebels now control the wholo province, except Ipek, in the north. With, tho tacit consent or overt co-oper-ation of a large portion of tho local forces, 1 the insurgents demand the dissolution of the Cbambor. A Severe Engagement. , It transpires that Moslems, Malissori < tribesmen from the northern mountains, and plainsmen attacked two army battalions between. Tchernoleva andPrizrend. Somo of tho troops deserted, and others snrrendered. Three hundred men, including many officers belonging to tho Committee of Progress and Union, were lrilled. Six hundred prisoners were made, and a thousand rifles and twenty-five ] loads of ammunition were captured. There are indications that the Whole of Albania has risen against tho Commit- ' tee. The troops are mostly moro hostile i to the Committee thaii to the insurgents, ] • ■ i ' —__ t UNEASINESS IN VIENNA. ffROTJBLE IN BALKAN STATES FEARED.. "I (Keo. July 29, 9.50 p.m.) London, July 29. The Vienna correspondent of "The ] Times" says the Turkish crisis is being closoly watched in Austria. , In. some circles the fear is growing that tho pre- j sent chaos will severely strain tho paci- ( fie intentions of some of the Balkan , States-, or perhaps.cause tho Turks, to , welcoino an enemy less inaccessible than Italy as a. means of restoring discipline ; and unity to tho Ottoman army. |