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Show ESSAD PASHA SEIZES THRONE. Tuklsh General Springs Coflp, Appsr-ently Appsr-ently With Consent of Montenegro. London Easad Pasha, the hero of Scutari, who had a picturesque and adventurous, ad-venturous, career, made a dramatic move In proclaiming himself king of Albania, and Is said to be marching Into the Interior of Albania with 40,000 men. He was received with enthusiasm enthus-iasm at A1hm!o and ia .proceeding to Tlrauta to be proclaimed and to take possession. Essad Pasha Is an Albanian chieftain chief-tain of the type which earned for the Albnnlans a reputation for barbaric simplicity approaching savagery. He was always opposed to tbe Young Turks' repressive measures In Albania. In Vienna and I'arls bis surrender of Scutari Is regarded as having been an arranged matter with King Nicholas, Nich-olas, who approved his plan to proclaim pro-claim himself Independent prince of Albania. The whole scheme of the alleeed storming of Scutari and the marching out of Ensnd Panhn's army with their arms is now r'gnrdd as a coup d'the-aler d'the-aler to deceive Europe. |
