The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-07

matter OF course IL the new ruler had
taken with him in his suite men from
Germany whom he knew and who were
faithful TO him. But he did not. An
Englishman and an Italian were at
tached to his person as secretaries
and they had nothing better to do
than to work against his interests, TO
give him bad advice, and TO intrigue
against him.
Requirements of a Ruler
Durig the time that the Prince Of
Wied was making his preparations the
eXcellently written pamphlet of an
Austrian General Staff officer, dealing
with his travels in Albania, appeared.
The officer described, in lively and
clear style, the geographical and eli
matte drawbacks, the population and
customs, the general poverty and back
wardness Of the land.
He pointed out that a future ruler
of the land must in no circumstances
reside on the coast, but must show
himself to the inhabitants and travel
about in the country. Owing to the
primitive means Of transportation, he
went on the lord of the land must sit
all day on horseback and ride through
his domain having at his saddle bow
the famous bag of sequins" mention
ed in all Oriental tales and legends,
in order to sway public opinion in his
favor in the places visited by the ex-
pected shower of gold. The ruler must
be sure, the author continued, to bind
some of the clans of the region close
ly to himself, so as to have at his
back and call an armed force for asert-
ing his will and overcoming any OPP
ponents wishing to rebel, since this
was the only way to maintain his pow
er, in view of the utter lack of troops"
or an army" in the European sense
of the word
This meant that the ruler of Albania
must lead at first nomadic, horse
back life, and, in addition, provide
himself with wandering camp, with
tents and other accessories and the
necessary horses. Plenty of men adapt
1 ed to this sort of life might have
been found in his squadron Of the
Third Guard Uhlan Regiment, since
many of his Uhlans. who were very
/ fond of the Prince. had declared that
! they were ready to accompany him
as volunteers. Surely, they would
4 have served him better and been
more useful to him than what he did
/ in preparing to take over the overload
/ ship of Albania, without knowledge
/ of the country.
/ | advised my cousin urgently to
study this pamphlet and to follow its
recommendations, especially with regard
to his residence, which should be fixed
at some point as far as possible from
| the warships of the Powers, in order
that he might not be forced to act
under pressure and arouse suspicion
among the Albanians that their ruler
needed these ships for protection
against his subjects. Did the Prince
ever read the pamphlet? In any
event, the course adopted by him sub
sequently was contrary to its advice
and the advice given by me.
The Prince and his wife journeyet
to Albania, and things turned out as
I had foreseen. According 10 report.
describing the arrival of the sovereign
couple, the Princess, although she wa:
a German, addressed the assembled
Albanians from her balcony in French
since they understood no German
The court" remained at DuraZZo un
der the guns of foreign ships, The
Prince did not travel on horseback
through the land, nor did he scatter
gold sequins about - not even from
his balcony on the day of his arriva
nor did he push Essad out of thC
way. So the adventure ended as one
might imagine.
Il 1 have gone into some detail in de
scribins my opinion and attitude to
ward the question of the choice of tht
ruler of Albania because, from ever
possible quarter, false rumors havt
been circulated for the purpose of i'm
putting to me motives which were ut
terly foreign to me. In this matter
also, l gave honest advice when ques
toned, based on sound knowledge 0
mankind.
The year 1912 also witnessed tn;
meeting with the Gar at Baltisch
Port, whittier | repaired on board M
yacht at the invitation of Nicholas II
Our two yachts anchored side by side
so that visiting from ship to ship wa!
easy. The Gar, his children and hi!
entire encourage Wed with each othe.
in evidences of good will and hospit
: atty. The Russian and German escort
> ing squadrons were inspected turl
and turn about, by the Car and my
self together. and we took our meal
; either at the Cars table or mine.
We spent one morning on land nea
/ Baltisch-Port. The Eighty-fifth wi
/ borg" Infantry Regiment, whose com
mander I was, had been drawn up il
| field and was inspected first il
parade formation, then in company an;
battalion exercises, which were car
, ried out in as satisfactory manne
, as was the parade with which tn
: evolutions were brought to close.
The regiment, composed of four bat
f talinos. made an excellent impression
: It was in d~equipment-br own-gra.
blouses and caps-and the latter, worl
! jauntily cooked over one ear by al
gave to the sun-browAed, martial face
! Of the strong young soldiers a boil
/ air which brought JOY to the heart o
: every soldier who gaZed upon them.
: In the course of the brilliant an
: uncommonly amiable reception whicl
, I met on this occasion / received n
: hint of the Balkan alliance, conclude
7 a short time before.
! It was my last visit in Russia befor
: tho outbreak of the war.
1t behoves me to remark that
found particular pleasure in WORKING
with His Excellency Won Stephan AM
in dealing with him. He was a MAJ
: of the old school, who fitted in S
/ well with me that he always graspe
} my ideas and suggestions and after