| Show HAS LONG HISTORY Known as Gen Geneva va of the Balkans It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is One of the Oldest Cities In n Europe p principal city of Albania suggests Geneva Genev nestling between the limpid waters of Lake and the mountains of northern north- north em ern Albania snow capped for the greater reater part of the year rising t to toft ft firm rm an Alp like Alp background Instead of ot being t a city city of of highly organized Industry In In- and Industrious and frugal ar- ar a has been scarred by sw sword jo ord earthquake and flood To reach from from an any Montenegrin Monte Monte- town on the north side of Lake one boards a londra the sharp pointed pointed prow and stern rising high out of the water Oarsmen propel it by short hort quick jerks jerls often otten accompanying their strokes by a wild willi barbaric chant The like gondola-like boats on Lake rIa are ac accounted for forby forby fory by y the Venetian Influence th that t Is evl In S Is s' s sone one of the olde oldest t cities In J Europe having been the seat of the Illyrian kings ten centuries before Christ and as the descendants of the theat ai at I cl cleat clent nt tribes the tine Albanians have a lineage far older than thim mo most t European nationals The world war brought the tho Albanians Into sudden Jen contact with modern Ideals and they won von admiration admira tion for tor fine physique and keen minds unimpaired by soft oft lInac |
