The news from Albania is still conflicting. The special correspondent
of the Times says that Shefket Torgut Pasha began on Monday a systematic disarmament of the villages in the neighbourhood of Ferisovitch, and that proclamations are being widely published. The proclamations require the Albanians to surrender all arms within a week. The Government troops are instructed to behave with all gentle- ness during that period, but when it has expired non- compliance will be punished with the torch. Meanwhile more Turkish troops are being mobilised, and the thirty-five thousand in the field will soon be increased to fifty thousand. The Balkan correspondent of the Times states in Wednesday's paper that the Young Turk Committees are trying to create an agitation over the Cretan question in order to divert the attention of the Albanians. He also notes that Prilip is said to have been captured by the insurgents. If this be true, it is clear that the insurrection is spreading southwards to districts hitherto unaffected.
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