El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
To Try To
RULE FIERCE
ALBiNIANS
May Have Thirty Revolu-
lions on Hand at
One Time.
INSURANCE ON
LIFE rs CANCELLED
The Companies Think His
Chances of Succeeding
Are Slim.
n ERLIN, Germany, jan 31.-Prince
X William of Weld, in whose veins
- flows blond which entities him

n ERLIN, Germany, Jan Sl.-Prince
X William of Weld, in whose veins
- flows blood which entities him
to rank with HohenzolIorns and the
Romanoffs and who is a crack colonel
in the German army, is going to take
a great risk.
The prince has decided that ne would
like to rule as king over 100000 Of the
dercest people on earth Prince VIII
Ham's announcement was followed by
several German life insurance societies
showing what their official percentage
opinion of his chances was by return
ing certain sums of money to him. ana
notifying him that the policies on MS
precious neck were thereby and from
that time cancelled
Despite this somewhat disturbing
move on the part OF the life and death
experts, the prince viii next month";
if nothing goes wrong, take his con-
sort, one Of the most accomplished ana
best loved royal persOnages in Europe,
and their two beautiful children to the
Albanian port Of AVlOna and there set
I'D the capital of his little state
Thirty PretendeFs to Throne.
Then several things can happen In
the first place there are 30 more or
less, .pretenders to the throne who may
start an inrOad a Ia Mexico Then
there are Montenegro and Serv1a
claiming a slice Of Albonia on the north
and Greece crying out she is cheated Of
several thousand square miles on the
south There is big population or
EpirOtes natives Of Ep1ruS) IN south
Albania demanding to be made sub
jects Of Greece. And there are sew
eraI Albanian chieftains who don't see
why they are not as blue bloOded as
There is Turkey with 400 years OF
domination to back her claims as Al
bania's overload There are Austria
and Russia. demanding certain rights
And there is, finally the German en-
pire to be repaid for the kingmalEing
I in which ne undoubtedly played
/ leading part.
So altogether when William and
Sophie start out to teach their seven
foot mOuntaineers their "A B. c.
they viii have several disturbing and
discOncertiug elements both inside ana
outside the school house.
Is a Good Soldier.
But the prince is a brave soldier He
has passed the difficult examination
necessary for an officer who wOuld
become a member Of the German army
general staff. He is ambitious and at
He and his wife both have command
ing. regal presences by nature. likely
In touch the imagination and command
I the love and respect Of a semi bar par
Gus people and they may make good
Lucien Wolf, however, thinks the
prince is going to have hard sledging-
/ He wrote recently:
Belongs to Another World.
THAT country (Albania) is utterly
unlike Romauia and Bulgaria, or in
I deed, any Of the former fields Of the
Ottoman empire. EthnOgraphlcallys
/ socially and historically it belongs 10
another world 1t has no racial at
! tachments to either the Slavs or the
! Hellenes. and it has never been sub
| dued by the Turks. Socially II IS sllii
in the tribal stage, With certain srIs-ll-l ruol-
! mentary tendencies to feudalism-
1.-THE idea that il has never been a
/ nation and never can be one IS, now
/ ever. a delusiOn. 1t has at times De6u
/ as much a nation as was England IN
[ der the Angevins kings. Its 1eudal
] barons have more than oce combined
! against an external foe, as under the
Z great islander. and more than once
| fhev have been forced into q semblance
/ Of national unity by some master1u1
| overload Of their own like Mehemet OF
/ Bushat or the famous Ali Pasha- But
! this has always been an internal anu
] not an external process.
] An Extreme View.
/ This is an extreme view. II the
I Drince escapes with his life, it is said
/ he will have after his abdtcauon a
pension of $4,000 year guaTan rs SEQ sl
! nv emperor William of Germany his
I civil list as Albaniais ruler is TO De
| s1O0 900 a year He asked 100000 but
( had to cut this down 10 one IltJn-
I Even 100000 Is quite = sd4aAg III -
I ruler OF a country 200 miles In eX-
( IRENE length and 100 miles IN maxi XXI.
I mum width, with an area aooll lhal u
Z fbe state of New Jersey. The prince
will be called king by the Albanians,
in their language. He will, for the
present, be only prince to the other
sovereigns Of Europe II ne IieA Is
/ GOOD. if he amalgamates his people, ne
viii then demand and be accorded the
! more sounding title.
Ne has not only the chance to de-
velop Albanias people and her VAST
resources, but he may aIso % IN NJ :
/ Territory. His Albania contains only
/ one half the Albanians of the Balkan
states. should Albania prosper, many
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