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Convulsions and Uprisings, 39-

41.

Corfou, Disposition of, 143; torn
to pieces, 151.
Corinthians, colonies established
by, 9.

Coup de Theatre, staged by the
Greeks in Southern Albania,
121, 131.

Court Martial, for Turkish plot-
ters, 129.

Cretan Bandits, in Southern Al-
bania, 132, 134; terrorize pop-
ulation, 141.

Crispi, Francesco, Italian Pre-
mier, 208, 241.

Croia or Kroia, remains of, 8;
the overlord of, 26; capital of
Albania, 26, 28, 29; besieged
by two Sultans, 32; lost to
the Turks (1478), 34; claimed
by the Slavs, 92.

Crusaders, in Albania, 21.
Cyclopean Remains, 8.
Cyclops, survive in

Albanian

legends, 7-8; identical with
Ghegs, 188.

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131; to Durazzo, 137.
Dervish Pasha, suppresses the
Albanian League, 54, 213.
Descoins, Colonel, coöperates in
the establishment of the Re-
public of Korcha, 160.
Desperadoes, Greek, 118.
Despotat, of Epirus, 22-23, 97.
Devol, River, 171, 172, 184.
Dialects, differences in Albanian,

187; fuse into each other, 188.
Dibra, revolt of, 190-191, 238.
Dielli, organ of the nationalists
of the United States, 231.
Dinaric, Alpine system, 170.
Diocletian, Emperor, 17, 241.
Disintegration, 120-123; causes
of, 120-121.

Divide ut Impera, maxim of the
Turks in Albania, 40-41.
Djavella, 48.

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Dodona, oracle of, 4; remains
of, 8.
Domination, Byzantine, 19-20;
Roman, 15-18; Turkish, 36–70.
Doulis, Colonel, 131; conduct
questioned in the House of
Commons, 134.

Drang Nach Osten Policy, Al-
bania in the, 82.

Drin, River, 29, 171, 184.
Dukaghin, Lek, 26, 92.
Duke John, Alexander, see Duka-
ghin.

Dulcigno, defended by the Alba-

nians against the Powers, 52.
Durazzo, 16; Government of,
122-127; Austro-Italian clash
at, 145; natural harbor, 172;
its future, 178.

Dutch Mission, 90, 129, 139.
Dyrrachium, see Durazzo.

Egypt, Mehmed Ali Pasha of, 46,
57; delegation from, 137; col-
ony of, 210; national societies
in, 57, 216.

Elbasan, center of the Albanian
League, 51; products of, 175;
Normal School of, 224, 225.
Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania,
124.

Epirots or Pelasgians, ancestors
of Southern Albanians, 3; pro-
genitors of Tosks, 4 and n.;
join Alexander the Great, 14.
Epirus or Molossia, Southern Al-
bania, 13 and n.; Despotat of,
22; autonomous, 130; Provi-
sional Government of, 131;
Cretan bandits in, 134; Greek
atrocities discussed in the
House of Commons, 134.
Erseka, town of, 197.
Essad Pasha, 66; surrenders
Scutari to Montenegro, 101;
forms the first Government of
Durazzo, 122, 127; retires,
130; appointed Minister of

War and of the Interior, 138;
questionable conduct, 143-144;
overthrown, 145; surrendered
into the hands of the Italians,
146; forms the second Govern-
ment of Durazzo, 156; besieged
in Durazzo, 157; relieved by
the Serbo-Montenegrins, 158;
flees from Durazzo, 159; his es-
tates appropriated by the peas-
ants, 149, 174.

Eugene IV, Pope, organizes cru-
sade, 32.

European War, the, Albanian

crisis nearly brings about, 83;
crisis renewed, 100; effect on
Albania of the outbreak of,
153, 235; Albania in, 155-163.

Ferdinand-François, Duke of
Montpensier, enters Valona
and poses as candidate, 107;
candidacy dropped, 124.
Ferdinand, King of Naples, 33.
Ferid Pasha Vlora, 64, 241.
Ferizovitch, meeting of the Alba-
nian chieftains at, 68.
Ferrero, General Giacinto, pro-
claims Albanian independence
at Arghyrocastro, 161, 235.
Feudal Lords, 26-27.
Fieri, town of, 197.

Filiki Etairia, aided by Ali
Pasha, 47.

Finances, of Albania, 187-183.
Fishta, Father George, foremost
Albanian poet, 194.
Fitzmaurice, Lord, proposes au-
tonomy for Albania, 56 n.
Florence, Conference of, 113, 119.
Forests, "Virgin," 180.
France, attitude toward Albania,
84;
"disinterestedness," 88;
rôle played in the establish-
ment of the Republic of Kor-
cha by, 159-160.

Frasheri, Naim Bey, poet, 215.
Frasheri, Sami Bey, patriot, 214,
215, 224.

Frasheri, town of, 197; revolt
of, 215.

Gaius Fulvius Santumalus, 12.
Gazi Mukhtar Pasha, 74.
Gentius, last king of Illyria, 12.
George Castriota, see Scanderbeg.
Ghegs, or Northern Albanians, 4,

187; tallest men in the Bal-
kans, 188.

Gibbs, Mr., M. P., question put
in the House of Commons by,
134.

Goths, invasion of the, 20.
Granville, Earl, on Albanian au-
tonomy, 55-56 n.

Great Britain, proposal of Alba-
nian autonomy, 55; attitude in
1912, 83, 86-87; proposal on
the southern Albanian fron-
tier, 119; in the International
Commission of Control, 127;
conduct questioned in the
House of Commons, 133.
Greece, Albanian migrations to,
24;
Albanians of, 25 and n.,
205-207; activities of Ali
Pasha in, 47; the momentous
rôle played by the Albanians
in the struggle for independ-
ence, 47-48; Congress of Ber-
lin assigns Janina to, 51; but
she is unable to get it, 53;
attitude toward Albania, 80,
94-100, 111-120; 121-122, 130-
135, 139–143, 151–153, 157-158,
160, 169.

"Greek Documents," 95.

Greek Government, trying to

evade evacuation of Southern
Albania, 131; tricks, 131-134.
Greek Influence, slight in Alba-
nia, 9.

Greek Mythology, borrowed from

the Pelasgians, 6.

Grey, Sir Edward, on the menace
of European war, 83; mediates,
86; on the making of Albania,
89; replies to questions put in
the House of Commons, 134;
ascribes atrocities in Southern
Albania to Greeks, 152.
Guiscard, Robert, invades Al-
bania, 21.

Gurakuki, Louis, 107, 224.
Gussigne-Plava, 51, 53.
Gymnasia, 115, 140.

Hahn, Dr. Georg Johann von, 3,
4; on the Albanians of Greece,
205.

Hanotaux, Gabriel, 242.

Herbert, Aubrey, M. P., questions
put in the House of Commons
by, 151.

Holstein, Duke of, 39.
Holy Roman Empire, 39.
Homer, Ghegs the Giants of, 188.
Homeric Poems, affinity with Al-
banian language, 7.

Hoti and Gruda, resist incorpora-
tion in Montenegro, 93; should
be returned to Albania, 238.
House of Commons, questions put
in the, 89, 133, 134, 152.
Hyllus, king of Illyria, 11.

Illyria, extent of, 11; kingdom
of, 11-13; conquered by the
Romans, 12.

Illyrians, ancestors of the Alba-
nians, 3; progenitors of the
Ghegs, 4; influence of the Illy-
rian language on Balkan
speech, 6; antiquities of the
Illyrian period, 9; join Alex-
ander the Great against the
Persians, 12.

Independence, proclamation of,
79.

Independent Principalities, Alba-
nian, 21-24, 41–47.
Indo-European, groundwork and
grammar of the Albanian lan-
guage, 6.

International Commission of Con-
trol, 90; make up and func-
tions, 126; failure and causes,
127, 133; assumes administra-
tion of Albania, 130; ignored
by the Prince of Wied, 137–
138; negotiates with Zogra-
phos, 143; reassumes adminis-
tration of Albania, and dis-
solves, 155.

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Frontiers, see Boundary Com-
mission.
International Interregnum, 127–

130.
Intervention, of Austria and
Italy, 82; reasons for, 81-82;
Russia responds to the chal-
lenge, 83-84; consequences of
the, 84.
Invasions:

(1) Balkan Allies,
75-79; (2) Barbarian, 20-21;
(3) European War, 157–159.
Isa Bolatin, 107.
Ismail Kemal Bey, 77, 78, 79, 80,

110; accused of incompetence,
120; warns the Powers, 122;
willing to retire, 128; retires,
130.

Italy, Pelasgians in, 4; Pyrrhus
in, 14; Scanderbeg in, 33; Al-
banian colonies in, 36–37, 207-
208; intervention of, 79-82,
84; attitude in the London
Conference, 99; attitude in the
election of the Prince, 123–124;
delegation from, 137; agent of,
138; supports Essad Pasha,
157; occupies Valona, 158; oc-
cupies Southern Albania, 159;
proclaims the independence of
Albania, 161; commercial rela-
tions with Albania, 178-179.
Italian Princes, Albanians' ap-
peal to, 39.

Italian Navy, protects Essad
Pasha, 157.

Izzet Pasha, would-be dictator of
Albania, 107.

Jamestown, N. Y., first Alba-
nian society in the United
States established in, 228.
Janina, capital of the Despotat
of Epirus, 22; capital of Ali
Pasha, 42-47; assigned to
Greece, 51; but remains Alba-
nian, 53; defended by the Alba-
nians in 1912, 76; Gymnasium
of, 115.

John Bua Spata, 25,

John Castriota, delivers his sons

as hostages to the Sultan, 28.
John Hunyady, battles against
the Turks, 29.

Joseph II, Emperor of Austria,
negotiates with the Pasha of
Scutari, 42, 43.
Julian the Apostate or the Phi-
losopher, 241.

Justinian, Emperor, 20.

Kara Mahmud Pasha, fights
Montenegrins, Venetians and
Turks, 42; negotiates with
Joseph II of Austria, 43.
Karapanos, 131.

Katundi, the interesting town of,
197.

Kavaja, plain of, 170; cultiva-
tion of, 173; products of, 175;
Primary School of, 225.
Kennedy, Rev. Phileas, Ameri-
can missionary, expelled from
Korcha by the Greeks, 139.
Kethella, province of,
quered, 194.

uncon-

Kleitos, king of Illyria, defeated
by Alexander the Great, 12.
Kodra, massacre of, 142.

Kombi, first Albanian newspaper
in the United States, 228.
Konitza, Faik Bey, nationalist
leader, 231 and n.
Koprulu Grand Vizirs, 224, 240.
Korcha, or Koritza, eastern ter-

minus of the southeastern fron-
tier, 100; Gymnasium of, 115;
Boundary Commission at, 117;
province assigned to Albania,
119; evacuated by the Greeks,
133; outbreak of, 139–141; her
rôle in Albanian national poli-
tics, 139-140; establishment of
the Republic, 159-160; coal
mines of, 180; social condi-
tions in, 196; educational so-
ciety in the United States, 232.
Kossova, battle of, 42; assigned

to Serbia, but resists incor-
poration, 94; should be re-
turned to Albania, 238-239.

Kullurioti, Anastas, nationalist,

206.

Kumanovo, battle of, 76.
Kutzo-Vallachians, origin of the,
17; want union with Albania,
239.

Labia, Signor, Italian Commis-
sioner, 117.

Lamb, Mr. Harry, British Dele-
gate to the International Com-
mission of Control, 127.
Land, ownership of, 174; crops
and stock raising, 175-177.
Language, The Albanian, dis-
tinct from other languages, of
Thraco-Illyrian origin, 5; for-
eign words in, 8; use in writ-
ing prohibited by Turkey, 58,
114; Young Turks attempt to
change characters of, 67, 224-
225.
Liaskoviki, burned by the Greeks,
143, 197.

Liberty Loan, Third, Albanian
subscriptions to the, 233.
Lichnowski, Prince, on Albania,
102-104.

Liosha, Peter, leader of migra-
tion, 25.

Literary Movement, 61, 213–221,
224-226.

Literature, smuggling in the Al-
banian, 59, 65, 214-218.
London Conference, see Confer-
ence of London.

London, Secret treaty of, 235.
Lorecchio, Anselmo, Italo-Alba-
nian writer, 208.
Lowell, A. L., 108.

Lucius Postumius Albinus, 12.
Luma, 34; unconquered, 194.

Macedonians, ancestors of Alba-
nians, 3.

Mahmud Pasha, of Scutari, 41–
43.

Mahmud Shefket Pasha, The
Turkish dictator, resigns, 73.
Manfred, King of Sicily, 23.

way as to insure the free expression of the sentiments of the population, after previous occupation of the territory by the troops of a neutral Power. Provision also should be made to avoid any scheme of gerrymandering.

The Albanians are not appealing to charity but to principles of justice and fair play. The liberal ideas which pervade the intellectual classes of Albania are averse to having any foreign elements within the boundaries of their State, and if, by the force of circumstances such minorities be included within it there should not be the slightest apprehension that their rights would be disregarded. The Albanians are neither barbarously chauvinistic like the Greeks nor brutal like the Serbians and Bulgarians who began to baptize in masses the Moslems they annexed along with the territories acquired as a result of the Balkan wars and to change the names of their dissenting subjects. No such thing will ever happen in Albania, where tolerance, religious and political, is a recognized principle.

Coming to the question whether the Albanians are able to govern themselves, we need only refer once more to the opinion so tersely expressed by Mr. H. N. Brailsford as early as 1906, i.e., at the time when the national spirit was only beginning to make the astounding progress which it has accomplished during the last twelve years even among the masses of Albania.

The country which has given so many prominent statesmen, generals, admirals, diplomats, and men of science and letters to Turkey, Greece and Italy, such as the Koprulu Vizirs who ruled Turkey during the entire seventeenth century, Ferid Pasha

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