London Ambassadors Conference (1912–1913)
At the London Ambassadors' Conference on December 16, 1912 , the separation of Albania from the Ottoman Empire was recognized by Europe's great powers Russia , Austria-Hungary , Italy , Germany and Great Britain . Previously, on November 28, 1912, Albanian patriots had proclaimed the independence of their country after a series of revolts against Ottoman rule. The situation in Macedonia , where Serbian , Bulgarian and Greek interests overlapped , became the bone of contention at the conference .
Efforts to resolve the difficult situation in the Balkans by negotiation in the long term failed at this ambassadorial conference. It is true that after the First Balkan War, through the mediation of the great powers, the London Treaty was concluded . The Ottoman Empire lost further parts of its European possessions. But shortly after the contract was signed, the Second Balkan War broke out.
literature
- Karl Adam: Britain's Balkan Dilemma. British Balkan Policy from the Bosnian Crisis to the Balkan Wars 1908–1913 . Kovač, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8300-4741-4 , ( Series of publications Studies on the History of Modern Research 61), (At the same time: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 2009).
- Richard C. Hall: The Balkan wars 1912–1913. Prelude to the First World War . Routledge, London et al. 2000, ISBN 0-415-22946-4 , ( Warfare and history ), (Also reprint: ibid 2010, ISBN 978-0-415-22947-0 ).
- Robert Raymond Kritt: The London Ambassadors Conference 1912–1913 . Dissertation Vienna 1961.
