Show 0 on X jl AIM IN N R I 1 ll 11 U 4 0 0 r y t p al n 1 I zau 3 X 1 4 4 A typical albanian Alban lan prepared by the national society washington D 0 SS newest king icing to ta building aunon a now palace in one ot europea nuro pea newest capitals capItal sone alio alot line icing Is zog I 1 formerly dogu of albania who stepped to ilia throne from the presidents chair last sep and tile lla million dollar palace la Is rising in tirana chich be ennio the HIP sent seat of government after the world war when it was decided ill that it tho the for mer capital durazzo on tho the coast was too exposed until this move wash made tirana was as little known ns as the rest of albania Is today boat loads of tourist drifted down the albanian albania 11 CORR coast t stopping nov and then tit at sol boine ie picturesque island or at ata a coastal village at durazzo 1 ey took one glance nt at the he impassable roads to tile interior find and another glance at tho the ox oi carts and donkeys which wore were then tho the only albanian taxis then most 0 or f them decided to see tirana when conditions were improved the capital has changed however since president Ident dogu established government headquarters there in 1025 hus bus service on tile the new road from tirana to durazzo brings increasing numbers of travel travelers and tile the once quiet little moslem city Is malting making splendid plen did progress tile the mosque domes dome end and mina minarets that once dominated the altys sky eky line are being encroached upon by modern government buildings and of at foreign governments who recognize al bantan sovereignty hotels are also poking their upper stories above the red roofs of old Tir anas mud waned walled structures and new nev avenues parks and public gardens have been laid out tor for the enjoyment of the cites inhabitants and guests market place of tirana the tirana market place wone Is one ot at the few spots spot in tho the city that has not been disturbed by the newcomers find there among the vegetables and frutis fruits piled on the cobbles cob blea room roam folk of the surrounding mountains and valleys apparently patently ly unmoved by the changes taking place in their capital both the chefs of the north and the toska tasks of the smith crowd tile aisles mingling inglIng Al with the lively throngs one sees a bewhiskered moslem holy man whose choso somber robes sharply contrast with tho the aam ing colors of tile the nat natives lyes garments alie TI le ghers three fourths of whom are arc Blos moslems lems can bo be singled out from the rest of the crowd bk b their gray halt half size elzo fezzes which resemble the aluminum lids which keep beep pancakes warm warin on american restaurant tables aliey also wear loose fitting sleeveless s jackets tight fitting trousers und homemade sandals of ox hide the aro are less leeg conservative than their northern compatriots they like ornamentation and their costumes are colorful there may be enough silver and gold in their regalia to pay a first class clas passage from durazzo to new kew yorla the Alban albanians inns are a rugged primitive mountain people who it has bas been said occasionally d from ordinary disease tut more often from differ ances ol of opinion they are classed along alth edth the french portuguese and walloons balloons Wal loons a as s of the greco latin branch bran ch of 0 t the aryan A an race their r life has fostered a passion ate love of independence and they cling to their language Itin guage and their custod with a vigorous tenacity even whet groups are transplanted to other lands the name of the albanians meaning people of the snow land has fins been fastened upon them by their neighbors they call themselves SkIp etarl 1 or mountaineers one important tribe the catholic ites bitterly oppose the settlement of any edans in their vicinity what visitors tora buy and sta see tirana Is in the west central part of albania alban 20 miles inland the lie count rys principal port until the outbreak ot of the world war tile the only well highway in the c country oin linked these thes etwo two cities 1 the visitor to tirana can acquire ns fis souvenirs specimens of I 1 local locally ly itin do brass work distinctive and beautiful embroideries done by the tirana wom n and sold by them in tile market places prid and whether a smoker or not lie iio will wish to take along ono one of the oddly and intricately carved pipes th this 0 city covers a larger area than its or so BO would mould seem fo to need judged by our standards yet ono one would have a difficult time convincing a Tiran lan with his cottage and garden that a more vertical mode ot of living in crowded crowde d apartments would bb ba MOTO more civilized alice airm blae strolls beyond the bound sf tirana ternna however lie will encounter bind iud housea lio usei and the simple life to an extreme degree an albanian family 13 18 sufficient unto itself except for the trading in tit fei few c cities th in arl koritza and argyro ca castro besides those already mentioned there Is no semb semblance Tance of an economic system A woman in a country district faiks hard but she la Is not mero mere drudge 1 abi sh makes bread of maize rind and cooks it ov over or tin an open hearth fire the remain ing wood ashes she uses in place of soap she weaves cloth and plaits black braid tor for tile garments she makes of it before the alio christian era the ancestors ot of the present albanians occupied practically the whole of tile the peninsula north of greece to the danube tacy are in tact fact the remnants of the oldest race in eastern europe alie ollie conquest and policing of tile the region by home did not displace these early tants but when tile slavs burst south word ward into the peninsula in tile sev anth century A D only those elih who lived in or led fled to albania kept their blood find customs unaltered by the atio newcomers their history one of struggles struggle it lias fins been the fate ate of the albanians to struggle constantly against some powerful neighbor first it was tin im aerial nome next tile slavs then turkey when hen turkish power waned albania found austria cov coveting efing tier her lands just before the world war var austria had succeeded in placing a germanic prince on the throne ot of the newly c created re albanian state but this orrange ment did not last long since the world war albania has found herself between two forces on tile the east and north yugo clayla has advanced tier frontiers to albania and anderes eyes her territory with interest on the west italy separated only by the narrowest part ot of the adriatic has shown a desire to control albania the eastern frontier front ter of where italy has fins charged the yugo slavs have been making preparations of a supposedly military character la Is much less isolated today than before thi the world war then the region had just been liberated from turkey and had been little developed second among tile the cities of tuell i macedonia had dad rail connections only southeastward to the metro oils now a sine line also extends north ward with the trunk rail way into old serbia tile ilie region about the two larg lakes nud and midway 0 it the present albanian yugo slav glav line was also isolated now a new tall mil way from and the heart of yugo stavin beyond reaches down to tile the city of ohilda on the lake this lake country of the yugo yugoslavian slayman borderland has both geographic and historic interest the claim has been put forth for or ohilda that it la is the clearest lako lake in the world flah fish may be plainly seen swimming about ata depth of GO feet or more dense chestnut t er the slopes slope ot the hills surrounding the lake iske |