The special correspondent of the Times, telegraphing from Albania on
Monday, said that the insurrection was officially announced to be at an end. He thinks the announcement prematuie. The insurgents are still in possession of important positions ; those who have scattered are likely to reappear under arms again ; and such arms as have been surrendered would be " readily saleable as museum specimens." The Turkish garrisons in the country are to remain far above the normal numbers. One can 'only say that a country which is left under martial law and in military occupation is not in any sense pacified. Of the behaviour of the Turkish troops, however, the correspondent remarks that in his opinion there is no better material in Europe. Officers spoke to him enthusiastically of the manner in which the Army had mobilised. Within forty-eight hours the Redifs, or Reservists, were ready to start with a new kit. The evidence accumulates, in fact, that the one reform which the Young Turks have introduced with a sure touch is the reform of the Army. At the time of the Revolution the Bulgarian Army could be compared favourably with every part of the Turkish Army, but when the Army of Salonika marched into Con- stantinople in the spring of 1909 to overpower the Counter- Revolution every foreign observer was astonished at its discipline and carefully thought out equipment.
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