ALBANIAN REVOLT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8186, 30 July 1912, Page 8

ALBANIAN REVOLT.

STIRS PORTE TO ACTION.

PROMISES OF POLITICAL REFORM AND FREEDOM. TROOPS TO BE 'WITHDRAWN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 29, 9.50 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, July 29. Tiie Porto has resolved to dissolve Parliament constitutionally when the Chambers exhaust their powers to resist certain Bills.

Meanwhile a manifesto to the Albanians announces that the employment of armed force against them hereafter is forbidden, and promises them annual elections, where present results arise from the undue influence of the Committee of T’nion and Progress. It empowers a Commission to arrange for reforms.

Hassan’s recent entry into Prishtina was not opposed, on the Porte’s instructions and in pursuance of the policy of conciliation. During the confusion some prisoners escaped, seized arms, and fired on the gendarmes, eighteen of whom were killed and .seventeen wounded.

Both sides finding the Ministry pliant, Hassan proclaimed himself di-rector-general of the rebel movement, with a force of 50,000 men. He seized the telegraphs, and Turkish officials everywhere were expelled. The rebels now control the whole of the province except Ipek, with the tacit consent or overt co-operation of a large portion of the local forces. They demand the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies.

OBJECT OF GREATEST DISLIKE.. Other accounts state that Moslem Malissori and plainsmen attacked two battalions between Tchernoleva and Prizrend. Some of the troops deserted and others surrendered. Three hundred—including many officers belonging to the Committee of Union and Progress—were killed and 600 made prisoners. A thousand rifles and twenty-live loads of ammunition were captured. There are indications that the whole of Albania has risen against the Committee of Union and Progress. Most of the troops are more hostile to ihe Committee than to the insurgents. EUROPE’S POWDER-MAGAZINE. MAY EXPLODE AND DISRUPT THE OTIOMAN EMPIRE. LONDON, July 29. The Vienna correspondent of “ The Times ” reports that the Turkish crisis is being watched very closely. Some circles fear that the growing chaos will place a severe strain upon the pacific intentions of some of ' the Balkan States or cause the Turks to welcome an enemy less inaccessible than Italy as a means of restoring discipline and unity in the Ottoman army.