POSED AS PRINCE

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1932, Page 3

POSED AS PRINCE

J ' I •". v . /{?■ ■«'( iv.'O ',, '> , "I HfiW A NAtJON WfS HOAXED. V4A A • v : ~~‘ {if. ;.> .. LONDON, Oct. 20. •/.Once '“King ;of Albania,” now a man washout jhome or means, Otto Witte, ma*uril" ! fi{b Was late-'. ]y*fyffie&ted;'m : ; 4 W charge of ■swi y r

V <flju{' < adventure-'reads like a fairy tale., . Botin ‘the son l of a Puheli-and Judy > shopman,-.'Witte was travelling in the Balkans in IQI3, just at the time when the Of. I *Albania was looking for a kihgVi3Rbi€fe«ftd that a. .Turkish iHijiyited to. ■ Albania to. 'submit hi's candidature to the' im person,imined*-. f- ately, ;^ugh|,hv4^ e b4<iinifotm ) telegraphed his arrival at Durazzo in the name of a prince, and .was given an enthusiastic reception ,bv the prince’s .‘supporters. v; The festivities in honour of the if “King” were still in progress, when another : telegrj»m-nittredV’this ; time from tjhe' genuine.jpnincq 3; -Witte promptly denounced the newcomer, as an inm-stor. and ;the jprince only, ipst escaped .being temporarily thrown into prison. . idle prince was detained at the P’o- . fectnre wjjfle inquiries; were made. MeajiwhiieVoAVitte. hadyga.i.ned sufficient ■ time .;to enable him 'to steal secretly %opt .pf-the country.