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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.

130,

Dalmatia, part of Illyria, 11.
Deputation, to Neuwied,
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.

Djavid Pasha, 106.

Doda, Prenk Bib, 55; family of,
194.

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
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

the

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 Albanían, 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.

Massachusetts, Albanians in the

State of, 227.

Mavromatis, Greek consul, on the
frontiers of Albania, 167, 168,
169.

Mati, unconquered, 34, 194.
Mbret, Albanian title given to

the Prince of Wied, 136, 153.
Medua, San Giovanni di, seaport
of, 172.

Mehmed Ali Pasha, of Egypt, 46
n., 125.
Mehmed

Ali Pasha, Turkish
statesman, murdered by mobs,

213.

Mehmed Bushatli, becomes hered-
itary Pasha of Scutari, 41.
Metternich, Prince, and the "Con-
stitution," 45 n.

Miauli, Admiral, 48, 241.
Michael Comnenus, founder of
the Despotat of Epirus, 22.
Migrations, of Albanians,

to

Greece, 24-25; to Italy, 36.
Military Authorities, Greek, con-
duct in Southern Albania, 113;
stage autonomous Epirus, 130;
plant "twentieth century" an-
tiquities, 132.

Mimar Sinan, 224.

Mineral resources, Albania rich
in, 180-181.

Mirdita, unconquered, 34, 194;
gold mines in, 180.
Misurata, the Prince of Wied

leaves Albania on the, 153.
Modus Vivendi, sought by the
Powers in making Albania, 89.
Mohammed II, The Conqueror,

besieges in vain Croia, 32; defi-
nitely retires from Albania, 33.
Molossia, kingdom of, 13-15;

devastation and fall of, 15.
Monastir, vilayet of, 21 n., 68;
Boundary Commission at, 112,
120.

Montenegro, wrested from Alba-

nia, 20; Albanians in, 209.
See also Nicholas, King of
Montenegro.
Moslem Albanians, their respect

for Scanderbeg, 33; how they
were converted, 37-38, 201-
202; progress of Islamism, 40;
not allowed to use the Alba-
nian language, 58; attitude
toward the Christian Alba-
nians, 64, 202-203; cruelly
persecuted by the Greeks, 122;
oppose Moslem candidate, 124;
are in majority in Albania,
200; comparison with other
converts, 202–203; attitude to-
ward the Prince of Wied, 203;
Reformed Moslems, 294;
pseudo-Moslems, 204-205; con-
tributions to the Orthodox
Albanian Church, 229.

Moslem National Alliance, 232.
Motherland, first Albanian soci-

ety founded in the United
States, 228.

Mufti, what is a, 110-111 and n.
Mukhtar Pasha, aids Montene-

grins against Albanians, 52.
Murad II, invades Albania, 27;
besieges Croia, 32.

Muzakia, plain of, 78, 170; culti-

vation of, 173; horses of, 176.

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