The Vienna correspondent of the Times reproduces in Tuesday's paper
the substance of an article on " Torgut Shevket's Methods of Warfare," contributed to the Zeit by "a non-Albanian eye-witness." The eye-witness says that Torgut Shevket Pasha expelled a great many Albanian clans- men from Skutari, and these men on returning to their homes were proclaimed rebels. As such they were enclosed within the Turkish cordon and their food supplies cut off. At least one fight, reported as an attack on the Turks, arm simply a desperate attempt to break through to get food for starving women and children. The Tim,es correspondent then goes on to say, on his own authority, that the policy of the Young Turks is inspired by the crypto-Jewish and Masonic elements in the Salonika Committee. Everyone who studies Balkan affairs must have heard rumours recently of the influence of the rather mysterious crypto-Jews, of whom Djavid Bey is reputed to be one. The correspondent names as other Jewish sup- porters of the Salonika policy several well-known merchants. These rumours have so far been subterranean, but the cor- respondent considers that the time has come to speak out and appeal to the well-known humanity of the great mass of Jews. We mistrust intensely the ordinary prejudices against Jews and Freemasons, but the Vienna correspondent is both able and conscientious, and writes with obvious conviction of the truth of what be says. It is only fair to add that the Times of Wednesday published a denial by Dr. Caster, who said that the charge is "an insult to the Committee, and that there is not a word of truth in it."
