Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 18 [PAGE 9]

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general the people of Albania are characterized by an innate and irresistible love for liberty, by intelligence and practical spirit, and by great eagerness for progress and 1 civilization." Such, in their outstanding features, are these sets of conflicting o T T ^ T J ° P ^ ^ «* ^ y . On th w Jugoslavs and Albanians, „, " , , , ~ - " ~ »s«u» or Jugoslavs a n j rtn ty aly S d a , m t0 the W h l e of Istria to a Dallti °^ ° > 1-ge paft of e C t 0 n S f Albania Which c a n n o t rest tobS; of 7 ! ° L ' «™dly ' n the WhatCVer m& be said fn variou.f ^ y ^ Italian majorities a,mS> W h i c h d e S i t e c e r t a i n od dation Z.ITT , P g ° Wstorica founSurelv t,nX. I ,, 8Wa«i its own well being. h enti defens b e'; cou d she t o d t ^ ^ ^ ° ^™ ™ ^ 7 b SSUred t h a t t h e w o r l d h a made a n e ; ^ fainiv u f/ * "deed been a profound' Z o ¥ r t f ^ ^ ^ ' ^ P™^™ * Unf rtunatel weak and impoverished ° y that sore distraught country, SO s Ien allied statesmanship' an h ^ T V ^ T S P did a conviction from f * °uld Italy. tth#.r*»f«« .c-ii„ dJe c i -J„ s ^ W herefore finall de 0 tn m ~«A. u „ , • modify her claims that the • > >' y Un g natIons be free to work out their 1 ° , > her Adriatic neighbors, may S t m i e s wi full independence, then shaTfK' thout let or hindrance, in Venerable civilization be hailed through ? l mother of our Western d for h e r rofoun f a i t h in new era to the ideals and security f T^ P d " h she has m a d e h '"The Albanian Nation,,;.,. ^ National! ~7^Mb^rn ^oic sacrifice! the International C o m m S y , ^onstantine A ru 1

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