Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
.DTFE|:RElL|EE PENSION !.
..fElsI!s'iA | :P'A!s!HA As BRIDE
AuStkis-Hmgary Wanted Him tt
Proclaim Albania as Ally Of
Central Powers.
sEcREI,. CHAPTER, REVEALED
ProposSE Rejected With Contempt
and t,War Soon Declared Against
Aust<ia and Its Allies-Bests In
teres Lie With Entente,

Ing the Albanian brigade on the Sa'
ioniki font. and who will later cas-
the vote OF Albania at the peace con.
gress, to-day gave a representative OF
4 the Associated Press one of the secret
chapters of the outbreak of the Eu-
4 ropean war which has not before beer
a disclos ed-that Austria Hungary, wish.
4 ing tos divide. the Balkan states and
turn them IA eainst+-Serbia and the
entente allies, offered him life pen
sion Of $20a.01o a.Ayesr If he would
proclaim sAIpania';Rs an ally of the
centra EpSWets. ~
The prepossi Was rejected with con.
tempt. Essad : Pasha said. He dis.
missed the. repTesentative Of Austria
capital. and soon thereafter declared
war against Austria Hungsry and all
Its allies. He felt then. as he feels
now. that the interest of Albania was
with the entente allies as the defenders
and upholders! Of small nations. and he
! preferred that. With all the hardships
OF war ,~hlen he has since experienced
rather than. the luxury and leisure
which AIstfian diplomacy held>out to
him asit6s price Of Albania's leading
tha BatkSn states into the Germanio
camp.
Essad Pasha was a striking figure
as he related this incident In the. course
of a talk on Albania s part in the war,
and what they are looking forward to
1T the and Of the war. He had just
/ come frdm.4 tho, .Saloniki front for q
short rest And to confer, with high ON
Gals here.aId at Paris. He was in full
si,t,
after thsgErenca form The red fac
nss onS t heIssscsoG iYiar Nsho Msd the stars OF
his high Sommtand. for as ruler of AL
army and navy, with the status of a
sovereiln-serompan his troops. On
his bre3S was >ehe cross OF war. placed
there only few.days ago'b% General
Sarrail! the FRENCH commander Of all
The entdnte forces on thfe front His
Lark face and black eyes and nous
cache give him rather a fierce look
refectiax the adventurous life he has
led-a sprt of Rob Roy of the Balkans
once Zone OF abdul HRmids most
trusty generals. lthrough a score Of
bloody campaigns; and now the ruler OF
Albania With the casting. vote of that
sovereign, IS axe lin the inaf peace COZ
Eress. Sa5> SsTS
ASKED - TO CONDITIONS,
e.. EXISTING IN ALBANIA
Essad. Paaha"Sas asked as to the
, charge that Albania is backward and
senibarbarous and not entitled to be
ranked as an independent nationality.
'rhat'is usually the charge" said he
when powerful nations have political
designs and ambitions on small states
The hrs' charge always III that the
small state is not capable OF looking
after itself, and needs some strong
nation to.watch over 1t. That is the
/, preliminary to absorption and con-
quest. Albania has naturally attracted
the coretous eye. of some of the strong
er powers. 1t haa q great sea 'front.'
lyme along the eastern kdriatic. with
ports and harbors which are OF er,a,
s,rateSic and commercial advantage to
\ any power: which possessed them.
/ That 10 doubtless one of the reasons
I that Albania is often represented as
BACKWARD needing some powerful
4 neishborinG state TO look after her
~ mas always been one of the favorite
methods for Apolitical extension and
conquest infthe Balkans. Austria fel,
( mat Bosnia and Herzegovina were no,
y capable Of, looking after themselves
Il and needed her help In order to be
!. governed.
& Judged by. modern methods. Albania
has not enjoyed all that progress and
4 development 5of the more advanced
8 communities.i But there is q very good
= reason for this, namely, that these
Z other communities have been free to
develop thSm selves. while Albania .has
Been under the rule of Turkey IN tc
Is few years ago Ii ia really a trihutf
K to the virIlty of the Albanians tina,
II they have'ibecn able to preserve thei,
4 race and language through FIVE cen.
L turtles Of subsection to Turkish rule
d, Through all this period every method
4 was employed 10 Turk-afy Albania :,
y do away with the language and IN,
schools. :
1T is net The only time the Al
4 oanians have shown their remarkabl,
4 national unity, for they are the onl,
h nationality which successfully nre
IS served thes racial identity against tn,
q sweep Of the Romans. then the Ven.
Il nans. then the Siavs. and then IN,
.E Turks. II has been steady etrurel,
III Tor independence and to preserve tn,
H nationality from conquest and ahsorp
81 tlon by some sien power. AS such, All
81 bania furnishes the modern theorist
s on nationality real example OF wha
sA g small country has gone through I,
& preserve It's nationality"
I& EMPHATIC DECLARATION
For INDEPENDENT ALBANIl
Etsad Pasha's emphatic declara,io,
ff for an independent Albani. was direct
III ~ opposed TO the recent action of I.al
II in proclaiming protectorate over Al
& benia, and he was asked 4s to the. Al
banian policy toward protectora q
4 s4Sf"e are opposed to AL foreign pro
stS tEs:ofates." he said. and the Albania n
sNswi!l RIVER cohsenr :. give up the;
e rights OF AFFECTING their own affair
lin their oWh way. That has been IN
L cause thy Nave struggled for throur
st centuries. and they feel the sentimen
N al tho more now that the Europea
war has brought ambitious design
from all quarters ion Albania. whs
II Albania wants is the same right of fire
that other small stat.
s8sssa5oy. and as distinct nationals,
Il Rtth Its own race and language II fee
sSit is entitled to this same status thu
rs ~ accorded to all other"small state
~ AA