. Christian herald. WOMAN GOING TO WORK IN THE FIELDS. REFUGEES FLEEING TOWARD THE RILO MONASTERY provisional president at Avlona, for the deed for ourKrasta property which the Turkish Government for-cibly took from us. He claims that the property be-longs to the present Albanian Government becauseour agent received back from the Turkish Govern-ment the purchasing price, 500 liras. Since being here the news continues to come in ofterrible bloodshed. The Servians, in vacating somevillages which were in acknowledged Albanian tei*ri-tory, took the opportunity to steal some sheep and indoing so sh
. Christian herald. WOMAN GOING TO WORK IN THE FIELDS. REFUGEES FLEEING TOWARD THE RILO MONASTERY provisional president at Avlona, for the deed for ourKrasta property which the Turkish Government for-cibly took from us. He claims that the property be-longs to the present Albanian Government becauseour agent received back from the Turkish Govern-ment the purchasing price, 500 liras. Since being here the news continues to come in ofterrible bloodshed. The Servians, in vacating somevillages which were in acknowledged Albanian tei*ri-tory, took the opportunity to steal some sheep and indoing so shot the protesting shepherds. This led toa panic, and the whole Dilira district, inhabited by80,000 people, rose against the Servians. Theirguns had been collected both by the Turks and theServians, but some had hidden arms in the ground,and others gained them from the Servians. Thewomen fought with clubs and axes! Mrs. Kennedyand I recently visited part of this district, but theAlbanians seemed to be unarmed and in a starvingcondition. They had becom
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