Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-26
NO ONE ENNES HIM
HIS NEW lob AS KING.
Thorne Of Albania Went Begging For
Long Time as no One Wanted to
Face Fierce Natives.
WOMEN CONSIDERED LITTLE
BETTER THAN BEASTS
Albanian Girl Does not See Husband
Until Day of Wedding and Bride
groom Pays Father.
BY KARL Won wIEaAND.

b1 hAhh Won W1GGANO,
Berlin Correspondent Of the United
Press.)
Berlin, Jan. 21.--From simple Lieu
tenant in the Kaiser's Guard at Pots
dam to King of Albania, is the jump
that Prince Wilholm Of Wied will make
late this month. 1t is the third ruler
that Germany will furnish the trouble
some Balkans. Germans soon will gov
ern the greater part of the Balkan coun.
try. Slowly but surely the Kaiser 3
influence in the form of chain of
German rulers, is extending from Ber.
lin to ConstantinOple.
At Bucharest is King Earl of Rou-
mania. He is a Hohenzollern Prince Of
branch of the Kaiser's house. His
Queen-Carmen Sylva--was Princess Of
WED. At Sofia is Czar Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, a German Prince from the
house Of Coburg. His wife is Queen
Elonore, Princess of the German prin-
cipality Of Reuss. The Queen Of Greece
is sister to the Kaiser. And, now
Albania, the new nation born out Of
the throes of the Balkan wars, is to be
given to Prince Wilhelm Of Wied. That
leaves but two Balkan thrones not &C.
cupied by Germans, Servia and Monte.
negro. At Constantinople one Of The
Kaiser's generals, General Liman Won
Sander, at the head Of group of Ger
man officers, is recognizing the Turk
ish army.
People Not Consulted.
The Albanian people had nothing t
say about being made into nation ant
still less as to who shall be their ruler
The "Powers, whom the Greek Pre-
mier during the war sarcastically re
ferred to as "real respectable ole
ladies', " "made" Albania into a natiol
and selected the man who shall sit Of
the newly created throne. AT the star
his title will merely be the Prince o
Albania but there is nothing to hinde
him from promoting himself to KIM
in name, which he will be in fact. Nj
kita of Montenegro changed his nam
from Prince to King one day and ha
been King ever since. Karl Of Hohen
zollern went to Bucharest as Prince o
, Romania and did such a good job Il
governing the country that the Rou
manians had no objection to his promo
tiOn as King.
No one envies Prince Wilhelm hi
new job. The throne went begging 70
long time. No one seemed to hav
the nerve to tackle the task of govern
ing the fierce Albanians. Aftsr con
sulting the Kaiser, Franz Joseph o
Austria, King Karl and Carmen Sylv
at Bucharest and Ferdinand at Sofia
! and receiving assurances that the
; would send rescue expedition IL h
"got in bad" with the Albaniani
! Prince Wilhelm decided he would TAX
the chance on being King, Albania
. the most backward, uncivilized countr
, in Europe; its people the fiercest. ]
is the home of "blood feuds,' th
! Paradise of Tuberculosis and the He
Of women. Law with the Albania
) tribes is written in blood. Blood
law. Albania is the original Kentucky
Its law is ga jaw full Of teeth for
tooth" and "two eyes for an eye"
Many Of the houses of the bette
classes are strong and well built. The
must be as they often must be turne
into FORTS Sanitation and hygiene eve
Of the most elementary form are M
known. This, together with the habitr
al excuses in the use Of alcohol, col
fee and nicotine causes the white plogu
, to rage among the people. Sixty pc
> cent Of the deaths are said TO be fror
tuberculosis.
, Women Brutally Treated.
Prince Wilhelm will govern a countr
where women are considered little NOR
than beasts of burden. They are treat
ed like slaves. The life Of an Albania
girl is inexpresSibly sad Until she
married she rarely sees even her near
est relatives. She merely works. Asid
from the house and field duties, he
principal occupation is embroidering 0
, silk and cotton. During these years sh
not only makes her trousseau, but ais
the clothes for the expected childro
and her "death robe. All these, a
established by century old customs sh
must have. Her fatO is decided by he
father and by him only lie picks on