The Turkish Government has promised to grant virtually all the
twelve demands put forward by the Malissori in Albania. According to the papers of Friday the promise has been accepted. The Malissori were reluctant to trust the Turks, but yielded to the advice of the King of Montenegro. If there should be no hitch the 'Young Turks will profit very greatly by the cessation of the weakening process from which their prestige has suffered. The Turkish Government grants a general amnesty, promises that military service for Albanians shall be only in Albania or at Constantinople, that taxes shall not be levied for two years, and that the sheep-tax shall be reduced, that all Albanians shall be allowed to carry arms except in the towns and in bazaars, that national schools shall be established in which the teaching shall be in Albanian, that roads shall be constructed, and that refugees from Montenegro shall receive a grant of maize till next harvest, together with a present of £T1 per head.
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