The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-05-29

able Ancestry and Second Being So
Of Rsianins sovsrsisns, Rsspsetah
snd Dull-HArald Most Likely.
Tumultuous Albania in suffering fro
4 plague OF pretenders. That any ina
should want TO reign In Albania is
puzzle in itself; but. In fact. there al
about ten Europeans with ''legitimat
indefeasible" claims to be Albania
Irightful king. In addition to which ther
are about ten persons more who hav
no claims. but have very much bette
prospects.
The second class consists Of princel
younger sons of reigning sovereigns
all OF them respectable, talented an,
dull. with nothing at all In common
with Albania. The first class consist
Of hitherto obscure bur picturesque per
sonages with weird names and secula
pedigrees. who all swear they are de
scended from some prince. brigand Of
patriot IN Albania's bloody past.
The most likely of the uninterestina
respectable candidates is Prince Har
aid. younger brother OF King Christian
Of Denmark. Harald is a brother OF
another brand new sovereign, King
Haakon Of Norway. and he is married
to princess of Schleswig- Fl olstein. He
is brOther-in-law of August Wilhelm.
the kaisers third son.
In picturesque Class.
The most interesting of the pictur-
esque class of candidates are the de-
scendants of Skanderbeg. George Cas-
triot or Skanderbeg was Albania's ff-
teenth century ruler and defender. I'm
Ill few years ago no one knew that
he had left any descendants. But now
that the Albanian question has grown
icute descendants have sprung up in
-hick crops.
The most active is Prince Juan Ala
1ro KastriOta. black eyed. good look
ny Spnniard a genuine aristocrat. who
'nce represented Spain at The Hague.
'rtnce Juan first preferred his claims
o the Albanian throne in 1902. He
Iroved thai he is descended from Skan-
Ierbeg's daughter. He let fly patches
Il proclamations mt the Albanians. beg
ing them TO foster their native culture
which they haven't got and not TO
worry about religion (Which they
ont. In those days an Albanian COM
nittee was sitting in Rome. pretending
D run Albanian interests. but In reali-
fl hn mi FOO,
dopted Prince Juan as rightful claim
Mt TO Albania's then nonexistent
lrone.
Last November. when the Turks |
ere beaten and ii became plain that |
lbania wanted a king. the Albanians
lid what n nice thing II is to have
an who is descended from Skander-
'g's daughter. But at this moment |
ere arose two gentlemen from Ma
es who poured cold water on the
rince Juan enthusiasm by announc-
e that they are descended from Skan-
rbegs son.
Have Strongest Claim.
On the legitimist principle these two
,apolitans have the strongest claim
the Albanian throne. They are Clio
mi Castriota Skanderbeg. marquis
Auletta. and his cousin. Fflippo,
ron di Fossaceca. Which has thee
st right is doubtful. Both are de-
,ndants OF Ferdinando Castriota
whom whole mass of
itorical evidence and family records
ngs back To the great Skanderbeg. 7
g two cousins Skanderbeg have Is
ID a statement proclaiming they are G
rightful heirs They declare they
too sure OF their position to push Z
ir claims. but that they also do not
end to renounce them. They add
[ Prince Juan Aladro Kastriota. the
inish grandee. has no claims at all. :
Iext In importance to the Skander- F
posterity come various claimants
M the families of Paleologi and r
ika. The Ghikas are Roumanian 81
lily OF Albanian origin which ruled a
the Danube for many years. =
Two PaIeologi In Field. r
wo Paleologi are In the field. The -
It important is Prince Nicholas Ne ~ 7.
Mo Paleologos Dncas Angeles Com =,
los The prince lives in modest Il
Sc in the Rue de Chiajo. in Naples. ~ ~
issues circular In which he says
| all Italian genealogists admit him =
be the direct posterity and legiti-
q heir Of the emperors of the east. II
} in 1453 lost Constaptinople TO the
ks and with Constantinople lost In
r suZerainty over Albania and
rus The prince appeals to the
ers to accept him az the rightful rio
of the Emperor Constantine NJ. w
% lost all in the defense Of the or
stian faith and Of the freedom of 81,
peoples of the orient" az
lie prince Is reckoning without his oh
!. Colonel Martyr Andreyevitch fir
.olog of the Eighteenth Russian ga
ment of chasseurs. who declares de
it is he who is the rightful king ms
.lbania The colonel is an honest. ma
liless soldier. who lost an ear at of
yang. Co
Il Beg. a Moslem notable of Herze-
ma. has better and more recent
II than any one He is direct de- Elk
dart of Ali Pasha of .Ianina. By
J friend. OF Ali Pasha's reality as
Albanian chief there is no doubt.