The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-08


viscd the prince not 20 go TO Al
bania before the settlement Of the
financial question. since the rensouB
which hHd led me 90 suggest the Sc
lection Of rich ruler now came to
the fore. Tho prince was not very
wealthy ana the powers had 20 sup
ply him with a donation" con
ceIuiug the amount Of which nud
the method Of paying II by install
mc0H, Hu unpleasant quarrel arose.
At Inst a part payment was made.
Danger lurkod for the prince and
his eventual government In the per-
son uf EHsHd Pdsha, an unreliable,
intriguing. greedy soldier OF fortune,
who himself had designs on the Al
hauian throne and held sway over q
certain number Of armed adherents.
From the start he was an oppu-
mont ot tho new prince and he plot
ted secretly with I'oly. which was
not favurahly inclined toward The
prince OF Wlcd. Now. 70 would have
been quite natural and a matter ~
course if tho new ruler had taken
with him in his suite men from
Germany whom he knew and who
were faithful 10 him But he did
not. An EuRilshman and an Italian
were attached 20 his person as Soc
rctaries" and they had nothing bet
ter 10 do than to work against his
Interests, 10 give him bad advice
and 70 intrigue against him,
Requirements OF Ruler.
During the time that the prince OF
iWcd was making his Preparations
the cNctllently written pamphlet of
an Austrian general staff officer,
dealing with hls travels In Albanin,
appeared, Tho officer described, IN
% lively and clear style, tho geo
graphical and climatic drawbacks,
the population and customs. the gen
eral poverty and backwardness Of
tho land.
He pointed out that future ruler
OF the land must in no circum-
stances reside on the coast. but must
show himself to the inhabitants ana
travel about In the country. owing
10 the primitive means OF transpor-
tntlOn, he went on. the lord OF the
land must ait all day on horseback
and ride through his domain. having
az his saddle bow tho famous bag
OF sequins" mentioned In all oriental
tales and legends, In order to sway
public opinion in his favor In the
places visited by the expected shower
OF gold. The ruler must be sure the
author continued, TO bind some OF
the clans OF tho region closely TO
himself so as to have at his beck
and call an armed force for assert
ing his will and overcoming any
opponents Wishing TO rebel, since
this was the only way 90 maintain
his power. in view OF the utter lack
OF troops or an army" in the
European sense OF the word.
This meant that the ruler Of Al
bania must lead at first nomadic.
hroseback life and. in addition pro.
vide himself with a wandering camp.
with tents and other accessories and
the necessary horses. Plenty OF men
adapted to this sort OF life might
have been found In his squadron OF
tho Third Guard Uhlan regiment
since many OF his uhlans. who were
very fond OF the prince, had de-
clared that they we're ready 10 ac-
company him ms volunteers. Surely
they would have served him better
and been moro useful to him than
what he did In preparing to take
over tho overlordship or Albania,
without knowledge OF tho country.
advised my cousin urgently 10
study this pamphlet and to follow its
RECOMMENDATIONS, especially with re-
gard to his residence, which should
bo fixed a. some point as far as
possible from the warships OF the
powers. In order that he might not
be forced TO act under their pres
sure and arouse suspicion among tho
Albanians that their ruler needed
these ships for protection against his
subjects Did the prince ever read
the pamphlet? In any event, tho
course adopted by him subsequently
was contrary to Its advice and the
advice given him by me.
The prince and his wife journeyed
to Albania, and things turned out as
had foreseen, According to re-
ports describing the arrival OF tho
sovereign couple. the princess al
though she was "a German. addressed
the assembled Albanians from her
balcony In French. since they under
stood no Gcrmani The court" re-
manned at Durazzo under the guns of
the foreign ships The prince did
not travel on horseback through tho
land. nor did he scatter gold Sc.
quins about--not even from his bal
cony on the day OF his arrival
nor did he push Essad out OF the