Romeo Gurakuqi

Principata E Shqiperise Dhe Mbreteria E Greqise 1913-1914 Romeo Gurakuqi

The writer of this study makes an attempt to examine the relationship between Albania and Greece during the years 1912-1914. The study principally focuses on the story of the establishment of a political demarcation line between the Greek Kingdom and the last-formed Balkan state, the principality of Albania, created as an outcome of the disintegration of the European Turkey. The story is construed upon British primary references generally not employed by previous studies The Albanian-Greek crisis of the 1912 through 1914 was the result of the unmotivated overgrowing of the natural process of the Greek Kingdom at the expense of a nation characterized by a difficult and complicated revival. The issue of the South Albania and that of border-line delimitation between Albania and Greece have originally been a concern of the foreign policy that implicated the pairs in question but most importantly the Great Powers on the whole. The study focuses on: - the process of the practical application of the decisions made by the Great Powers on border-line delimitation between Albania and Greece; - the difficult, complicated process of clearing Southern Albania from Greek occupying troupes, a process which was never completed in conformity with the decisions of the Great Powers; - the beginning of an autonomous separatist movement which was conducted by Athens in this area and which left unforgettable traces in the Albanian and Greek memory, and lastly, - the unfeasible mission of the Albanian state to extend state integrity all over the internationally recognized area, the surveillance organization of the Great Powers, the International Control Commission The closing date of the study is that of the re-establishment of the Greek rule in Southern Albania, October 31, 1914, under the conditions of the deterioration of WW I and the disintegration of the state authority of the principality of Albania, justified with the need for the establishment of a public authority in this country