Show 0 9 W V r A Z 1 0 o vi k mr X ua k p 34 V iriv r git 0 y R T m A typical albanian prepared by the national geographic society Bo clety washington D C newest king Is building a new palace in one of Eu ropes newest capitals the king Is zog I 1 formerly dogu of albania who stepped to his throne from the presidents chair last september and his million dollar palace to tg rising in tirana which became tin the seat beat of government after the world war when it was decided that the fornier former ca capital durazzo on the coast was too exposed until this move was made tirana was as little known us as the rest of al baila Is today boat loads of tourists drifted down the albanian coast stop I 1 ping now and then at some picturesque island or at a coastal village i at durazzo i ey took one glance nt at the he impassable roads to the interior and another glance at the ox carts and donkeys which were then the only albanian taxis then most of them decided to see iye tirana when conditions were improved the capital has changed however since president dogu established government erni nent headquarters there in 1025 ilus bus service on the new road from tirana to durazzo brings increasing 11 numbers of travelers and the olle once e quiet little moslem city Is making splendid progress the mosque domes and minarets mina that once dominated the cites sky line are being encroached upon by modern government buildings and legations of foreign governments who recognize al banian sovereignty hotels are also poking their upper stories above the red roots roofs of old Tir anas mud walled structures and new avenues parks ant and public gardens have been laid out for the enjoyment of the cites inhabitants and guests market place of tirana the tirana market place Is one of the few spots in the city that has not been disturbed by the newcomers and there among the vegetables ables and fruits piled on the cobbles roam folk of tile the surrounding mountains and valleys apparently patently ly unmoved by the changes taking place placa in their capital capit nl both the ghers of the north and the tasks of the south crowd the aisles mingling with the lively throngs one sees a lie whiskered moslem holy man whose somber robes robe sharply con contrast with the flaming colors of the lie natives garments the ghers three fourths of whom are moslems can be singled out from the rest of the crowd by their gray half size fezzel fezzes which resemble the aluminum lids which keep pancakes warm on american restaurant tables they also wear loose fitting sleeveless oa jackets jacket tight fitting trousers und nume homemade made sandals of ox hide the tasks are less conservative than their northern compatriots they like ilke ornamentation and their costumes are colorful there may be enough sliver silver and cold tn in their regalia to pay a first class passage from durazzo to new yirk Y irk the albanians are a rugged primitive mountain people who it has been salt eald o occasionally d from ordin ordinary ury disease hut ut more often from differ cices tices of opinion they are classed along iamb the french portuguese and balloons walloons Wal loona loons as bemba s of the greco latin branch of the aryan rare race their P fintain life has fins fostered a passion ate love of independence and they cling to their language and their heir cu customs with a vigorous tenacity even fai groups are transplanted to other lands the name of the albanians wear meaning fing people of the snow land lias fins been fastened upon them by their neighbors they call themselves or mountaineers one important tribe the catholic bitterly oppose the settlement of any edans in their vicinity what visitors guy buy and see tirana la Is in the west central part of albania 20 miles inland from du razzo the lie count rys principal port until the outbreak of the world war the only well paved highway in the country linked these two cities the visitor to tirana can acquire as souvenirs specimens of locally made brass work distinctive and beautiful embroideries done by the tirana women and sold by them in the market places and whether a smoker snooker or not he will wish to take along one of the oddly and intricately carved pipes the city covers a larger aren area than its or so inhabitants would seem to need judged by our standards yet one would have a difficult time convincing a Th with his cottage and garden that a more vertical mode of living in crowded apartments would id be more civilized once one aou strolls beyond the bounds of tirana however lie will encounter mud houses find and the sin simple life to an extreme de degree 9 ree an albanian family Is sufficient unto itself except for the trading in a few cities in koritza Korst and argyro castro besides those already mentioned there Is no semblance of an economic system A woman in a country district works hard int but she Is not mere drudge shy makes bread of malze maize and cooks it over tin an open hearth lire fire the remaining cooj ashes slip uses in place of soap she weaves woolen cloth and plaits black braid for the garments she makes of it before the christian era the ancestors of the present albanians occupied practically the whole of the tie peninsula north of greece to the danube they are in fact the remnants of nf the oldest race in eastern europe the conquest and policing of the region by rome koma did not di displace spince these early inhabitants but when the slavs burst southward into the peninsula in the seventh century A D only those who lived in or nr fled to albania kept their blood and customs unaltered altered ua by the newcomers their history one of struggles it has been the fate of the albanians to struggle constantly against sonia some powerful neighbor first it was imperial rome next the slavs then turkey when turkish power waned al banfil found austria coveting herlands her lands just before the world war austria had succeeded in placing a germanic prince on the throne of the newly created albanian state but this arrangement ment did not last long since shire the lie world war albania has found herself between two forces on the east and north yugoslavia yugo slavia tins has advanced her frontiers to albania and eyes her territory with interest on the west italy sepa separated ratel only by the narrowest part of the adriatic has shown a desire to control albania the eastern front frontier ler of albania where itala has charged the yugo slavs have been making preparations of a supposedly military character Is much less isolated today than before the world war war then the region had just been liberated from turkey unit and had been little developed Mo monastic second among the cities of turkish macedonia had find rail connections oni only y southeastward to Sal the now a line also extends northward connecting with the trunk into old serbia the region about tho the two larg lakes ohilda and midway ot 01 the present albanian yugo slav line was also isolated now a new railway from ushur and the heart of yugo beyond ren reaches clies idowu to tile the city of ohilda on tile lake tills this lake country of if the yugoslavian yugo borderland has both geographic and historic inter inn r est the claim lias ben put iut forth for that it IS ie the clearest aalt in the world fish may be plainly seni swimming about at it depth of GO co rt ct or more more dense chestnut forests fort ats cover the klores of the hlll ellla surrounding Burrou udine the lake |