ALCULTURE #69 Besa Honor Kosova

http://www.mcclear.net/albanians_&_culture.htm In this decision we see the root of today's Kosova problem. It also has caused considerable on-going tensions with the Greek and Macedonian governments. The Great Powers followed the pattern of that time and installed a German prince, William of Wied, as ruler of Albania. He arrived in March of 1914 and left six months later. This was partially due to the outbreak of World War I, but also because of his unfamiliarity with Albania and its problems. Edith Duram states that the true reason for his [Wied's] unanimous selection was probably that the Powers, who had planned Albania's destruction, knew him to be a man of little ability, and therefore the more easily to be got rid of. France and Russia were combined to overthrow him, even while agreeing to his election. When Greece and Bulgaria were respectively