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...Albania is not put no her feet, if she is allowed to lie like a dead corpse at the side of the Balkans, trouble in that peninsula will be inevitable", was the warning of Mr. C. Telford Erickson, speaking on. "The Balkan Situation from the Albanian Point of View" at a Liberal Club luncheon yesterday...
...Erickson, who has devoted his life to a study of the Albanian situation and who was one of the delegates of Albania at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, told of the deplorable economic and political conditions that now exist in Albania...
...Telford Erickson, President of the Albanian College of Agriculture and Trades School, will speak today at a Liberal Club luncheon at 1.20 o'clock on "Albania and the Balkan Question...
...Erickson has been connected with Albanian affairs since 1908. He was an honorary delegate from the Albanian government to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The luncheon is open to all members of the University...
...much is known of the early Ghegs and Tosks (Albanians) except that their country was administered by Turkey from 1431 to 1912. When independence from the Turk was proclaimed, Albania became a pawn in the Balkan game, coveted alike by Austria, Serbia, Greece and Italy. During the War, first the Austrians overran the country; then the Italians who proclaimed a Protectorate over it. In 1920, when Premier Giolitti was in power, the Albanians kicked the Italians out-which insult the "Ities" (not then being Fascisti) swallowed with marked humility. Albanian independence for the second time was established...