In the Balkans, also, things are getting worse rather than
better. Throughout the week a confused battle has been pro- ceeding round Durazzo, the Albanian capital. It is true that the latest news is more reassuring, but the possibility of the Mpret regaining sufficient prestige to hold the country seems more than doubtful. • If he should be forced to abdicate, where will it be possible to find avsuccessor ? and if no successor is found, low can the policy of p:atralizing Albania succeed? But if, it does not succeed, how will it be possible to prevent Austria- Hungary and Italy quarrelling over the disposition of Albania? Neither will let the other intervene. Partition between the two seems impracticable, but both, we are sure, will agree Da refusing to allow Servia and Greece to share the damtioso haercditas between them.
