Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1914 — ASCENDS THRONE ON CREDIT [ARTICLE]

ASCENDS THRONE ON CREDIT

William of Wled Borrowed Million, Unable to Pay $750 BillStormy Time Predicted. Berlin, Germany.—Europe has found amusement in the financial embarrassment of Prince William of Wied, who was forced to arrange all the preliminaries of his ascent to the throne of Albania on credit Not until the last moment before his departure from Berlin did the young monarch-elect succeed in getting any of the $1,000,000 loan which had been arranged by the powers. The result was that he was unable to meet the bill of $760 for moving bis personal effects and furniture to the palace of Durazzo. The shipment was intrusted to the German agent of the Austrian state railways, vyho finally obtained orders from Vienna to send the bills for transportation to the Austrian foreign office. . ' - Austria also paid the railway fares and hotel bills of the new monarch on hiß round of state visits to the capitals of Europe and furnished the steamer to take him to Durazzo. The gorgeous uniform which the prince designed for his state entry wsb turned ont. by the Austrian court tailor, and the Albanian notables who came to the prince’s German home at Neuwled to offer to him the crown, borfirst payment on that necessary piece of royal equipment Good judges of Balkan conditions here predict an existence of not more than ten years to the new kingdom, and the German foreign office Is convinced that William may even lose his life within that period.