Evening star., 1924-03-16
Aleko Pasha Is Invisible Gar
OF the Macedonian Mountains

Professor Of htstOry. National Univer-
sity, Washington. -. G.. former
0mnissiOner of Albania to the
United States.
I # is a far cry from Dixieland to
Macedonia; just as far as the
Father of Waters Is physically
removed from its brother Vardar,
whose Shiny currents Zigzas through
the blood-drenched hills of the ancient
kingdom of Alexander the Great. But
even as the waters of the two rivers
join somewhere IN the endless space
of the oceans. In the same manner
destiny or human nature has forged
an unseen link between those two
far-fung regions.
Indeed, what has been attempted In
the sunny south by the hooded masses
of the Invisible Empire of the Klan
appears to have been successfully ac-
compltshed by the secret central
Macedonian committee in the ragged
mountains of Macedonia.
And Todor, or Theodoree. Alexan-
drof that Is, Alexander's son). whom
his subjects have surnaned Aleko
Pasha, Is the absolute monarch of the
empire, the monstrous tentacles OF
which stretch out over Serbian, Greek
and Bulgarian Macedonia Nor does
1t make any difference, it seems. that
price of $4,000 has been put on his
head by the Serbian authorities. or
that the government of Belgrade is
threatening to invade Bulgaria on his
account.
Safe in his mountain Businesses and
in the company of his chosen suite
Of trusted and hardened warriors;
fully convinced Of the righteousness
of his cause to see Macedonia for
the Macedonians," and apparently,
unruffied by the furious pursuit on
the part Of Serbian and Greek regular
troops. Aleko Pasha is holding his
ambulatory court on the peaks of the
Macedonian mountains. And from
those lofty heights he rules the
peoples that owe allegiance to the
crowned heads Of Serbia. Greece and
Bulgaria.
He has governmental agencies of
his own, courts of his own, and a
marvelously efficient system for the
summary execution of his DEGREES,
which. 1t appears, have a very wide
extraterritorial effect. And he is
doing all this over the heads Of the
bitterly hostile local authorities who
head.
OF course. the whole story sounds
absurd and unbelievable. Can such
things happen in this twentieth CEN
fury of ours?
That's exactly what the special
correspondent of the London Times
thought when he was detailed to
trace this elusive czar and get an
interview from him.
by motor car, horse and on foot I
journeyed some hundred miles over
wild and mountainous country" the
correspondent, whose name is not
divulged by his paper. reports. He
had to hunt this monarch OF the vilds
, in his mountain lair.
THE chastised Buigarians have been
OF late Dragging under their
breath about the exploits of this COM
patriot of theirs. who is not only
avenging the defeated and disarmed
Bulgaria, but is also proving the i'm
potence of the Serbian and Greek rule
in Macedonia.
On the other hand, the Serbians and
Greeks have been doing their best to
belittle the role played by the brig
and chief Todor Alexandrof, and
whenever they find themselves in a
tight place they turn to the Bulgarian
government with dire threats and
! ominous warnings.
Their contention Is that official Bull
garia is supporting Aleko Pasha in