Torgut Pasha, the commander of the Turkish troops in Albania,
told a correspondent, according to a telegram from Vienna in the Times of Tuesday, that he did not expect much result from the proclamation requiring the Albanians to sur- render within a certair. number of days. In the event of no surrender he would But-round the rebels with 20,000 men, and it would be impossible for them to escape. If Montenegro, whose attitude had so far been correets decided to help the
rebels he was even prepared for war with Montenegro. Within a week, he said, a second corps from Itodoeto and Gallipoli could reach Skntari. He was certain, however, that he could suppress the insurrection within two months. There was no other solution possible, as the Turkish Government would on no account grant autonomy to Albania. The Turks are, apparently, not afraid of provoking Nemesis by over- confidence of speech.
