AlbaniaPastPresent #63 Albania past and present

Project Gutenberg Following the summary dismissal of the Commis- sion of Control, the Prince proceeded to form his own Cabinet, which was composed of not less than eight Ministers, under the presidency of Turkhan Pasha, erstwhile Turkish ambassador at the court of the Czar of Russia, with Essad Pasha as Minister of both War and the Interior. The appointment of Essad Pasha was another distinct mortification to the Albanian patriots and nationalists, for the con- duct of the Pasha had been more than questionable. To entrust him with such important offices was to breed trouble. Besides, the Prince surrounded himself with an ''inner council," composed of an Austrian and an Italian agent, with a young Briton, Armstrong, as his private Secretary.