The Open court . elped the Albanians to printbooks in their own language. Soon afterwards however the ene-mies of Albania gained the sultans ear and the patriots were these persecutions the national spirit grew strcn^^ periodicals were started, among them Spressa (Hope),issued at Bucharest, and Sami Bey Frasheri published a book bear-ing the title, What was Albania, What is Albania and What is 82 THE OPEN COURT. Albania to be? He and his two brothers—all three Mohammedans—cooperated with the Greek and Roman Albanians and found vig-orous assistance among Italian friend
The Open court . elped the Albanians to printbooks in their own language. Soon afterwards however the ene-mies of Albania gained the sultans ear and the patriots were these persecutions the national spirit grew strcn^^ periodicals were started, among them Spressa (Hope),issued at Bucharest, and Sami Bey Frasheri published a book bear-ing the title, What was Albania, What is Albania and What is 82 THE OPEN COURT. Albania to be? He and his two brothers—all three Mohammedans—cooperated with the Greek and Roman Albanians and found vig-orous assistance among Italian friends who were especially helpfulinasmuch as the schools they established were non-sectarian and of aliberal tendency. Albania played an important part in the reformof the Ottoman empire. The Young Turks, who were well ac-quainted with the Albanian character, began their propaganda inAlbania. Through their instigation a national meeting was calledat Ferisovitch in July 1908, and here their demands were formulated. FRANCISCANS, JESUITS AND LAY PRIESTS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SCUTARI. in a declaration known as the Bessa of Ferisovitch. Bessa is anAlbanian word denoting a sacred contract, an oath to keep the peace,a solemn vow to stand by a promise, and such agreements are con-cluded between hostile families after a feud, or designate any de-fensive or offensive alliance. The Young Turk movement was successful, but would scarcelyhave been so without the assistance of the Albanians, who were thusinduced to take the initiative, for they furnshed the most vigorouspart of the Turkish army, ^^hen the Young Turk government wasfirmly established the leaders of the movement intended to reform ALBANIA. 83 the whole empire on a modern basis as a civilized state. They metresistance in several portions of the empire, and especially in Arabiaand Albania where the people were aroused to indignation. Turkishofficers were sent there who demanded the disarmament of thepeople. Guns and other weapons
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