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    VITI I 10 I BOTIMIT www.thealbanian.co.uk

    [email protected] Tel: 02082169527LONDON 25 NENTOR

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    DREJTOR: PETRIT KUAAKryeredaktor: BASHKIM METALIA

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    Arben ManajEmanuel Bajra,Majlind GogeJeni Myftari,

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    Me datn 17 nntor 2013 nkineman Triclycle TheatreKilburn, Londr, u shfaq filmiBesa Premtimi, nje produksionamerikan i cili sjell prpara publikut he-

    braik t Londrs nj histori t jashtza-konshme t marrdhnieve midisshqiptarve dhe hebrejve gjat priudhs

    s Holokaustit.

    Ka shum filma qtregojn vuajtjet dhemjerimet q hebrejt kanprjetuar gjat Lufts sDyt Botrore, shum doku-mentar, kronika t kohs,dshmi t dhna nga ata qe prjetuan at periudh t

    errt t njerzimit. Por vshtir se mundt ket nj film i cili t jet nj krijimartistik dhe prsri aktor t jen person-azhet e vrtet t ngjarjes; t jet krijimartistik, por t mos ket asnj sajes apodevijim nga e vrteta; t jet dokumentar

    dhe t ruaj nj natyr krejt artistike; tjet nj tregim i nj ngjarjeje dhe tregim-tar t jen vet njerzit e ngjarjes

    Kjo sht historia e Rexhep

    Hoxhs, babai i t cilit jo vetm q kastrehuar familjen e Aronit, hebrej ngaBullgaria, gjat lufts por i ka lnamanet t birit t prmbush Besn q ika dhn mikut t tij hebraik: ti kthej 3librat e shenjt t Torahut, libra t ciltia besoi me shpresn se do t kthehej tirimerrte kur lufta t mbaronte. Luftambaron. Shqipria zhytet n izolim. Pasvitit 1991, Rexhep Hoxha vihet nkrkim t mysafirit t tij, Aronit, dukeshfrytzuar do lloj burimi. Udhtonedhe n Bullgari, atje prej nga familjavinte. Pas shum prpjekjesh jo vetm e

    gjen por edhe i dorzon librat e t atit, nshtpin e tij n Jeruzalem. Filmi mbyl-let me nj mesazh shum t fort mbi

    Besn shqiptare.

    Dshmitarja e gjall e Bessdhe mikpritjes shqiptare, Prof. ScarlettEpstein, n fjaln e saj tregoi pr prvo-jn e saj n Shqipri. Ajo tregoi se si tgjitha konsullatat e huaja n Zagreb imbylln dyert n fytyr prvec asajshqiptare, n t ciln gjeti mikpritje, ku-jdes dhe cfar sht m e rndsishme,viz pr t hyr n vendin q ishte kthyern nj streh t sigurt pr hebrejt. Nj-soj si filmi, tregimi i saj shkaktoi nj nd-jenj shum t fuqishme emocionale dheu duartrokit gjat nga audienca.

    Ky film ka marr pjes deri

    tani n shum festivale prestigjiozenpr bot duke filluar n Washington,Los Angeles, Dallas, dhe shum e shum

    vende tjera si dhe sht vlersuar me

    mime t larta.Besa Premtimi, ashtu si

    thot n fund t filmit, fot ografi NormanGreshman sht eksporti m i mir qshqiptart kan dhe q i nderon dhe iveon ata nga do popull.

    Hapjen e filmit e prshndetiAmbasadori i Shqipris n Mbretrine Bashkuar z. Mal Berisha. N fjaln etij ai vlersoi punn e mrekullueshme tproducentve t filmit duke nnvizuar sesa krenar jan shqiptart pr kt historikaq t mrekullueshme q tregon vlerat etyre njerzore. N lidhje me besn, ai tha

    se Besa sht nj fe m vete pr shqip-tart e cila qndron mbi t gjitha fet etjera.

    Filmi Besa The Promise n Festivalin Hebraik n Londr

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    T rinjt e Forumit Rinor Euro-Socialist tShqipris do t ken degn e tyre n Bri-tanin e Madhe, si nj mundsi e jashtza-konshme q u krijohet t gjith t rinjve shqipfolsn Mbretrin e Bashkuar pr tu br pjes e njgrupimi gjithprfshirs vlerash dhe suksesesh.Kmbimi dhe bashkpunimi ndrmjet rinis Euro-Socialiste dhe asaj Laburiste jan mundsi t vyera,

    t cilat mundsojn ndrtimin dhe forcimin e uravet bashkpunimit, jo vetm n rrafshin ideologjik eprofessional, por edhe n at social kulturor.

    M 11 Nntor 2013 u organizua aktiviteti i par idegs s Forumit Rinor Euro-Socialist Shqiptar nMbretrin e Bashkuar, ku shprehn mbshtetje tgjer nprmjet pjesmarrjes s tyre t rinj e t rejanga t gjitha grupet sociale e profesionale, tprkushtuar pr t ofruar kontributin e pakushtzuar ndaj ksaj nisme. Ftesa e hapur iu drej-tua t gjith atyre t rinjve t cilve nuk u mungontedshira pr tu br pjes aktive e ksaj organizateme profil t majt politik, duke i ofruar kshtu nj

    vler t shtuar komunitetit shqipfols n MB dherrjedhimisht shoqris britanike n t gjith kom-pleksitetin e vet.

    Takimi u hap nga z. Elson Bajrakurtaj, icili luajti nj rol t rndsishm n realizimin eksaj nisme kaq t dobishme pr forcimin e rolitpolitik t degs s Partis Socialiste n Mbretrine Bashkuar. N funksionin e kryetarit t grupit nis-mtar t degs s FRESSH-it n MB, ai falenderoipjesmarrsit dhe radhiti shkurtimisht qllimet thel-bsore t forumit:

    1. Socializimi i rinis shqipfolse dukeshkmbyer eksperienca pozitive dheforcimi i ideve dhe ambicjeve t tyre.

    2. Angazhimi politik si n Mbretrin eBashkuar ashtu dhe n Shqipri,Kosov dhe n t gjitha trojet ku bano-

    jn shqiptar.

    3. Promovimi i vlerave historike, kul-turore dhe turistike t kombit Shqiptar,

    duke i vlersuar t rinjt si am-basadort m t mir.

    M pas ai iu prgjigj pyetjeve nga pjesmarrs tndryshm, duke i dhn eventit formn e nj forumit hapur ku do i ri mund t shpreh lirshmmendimin e tij.

    Krijimi i degs u prshndet nga kryetarii degs s Partis Socialiste Shqiptare nMbretrin e Bashkuar, z. Lavdrim Krashi. Ai ndaume t pranishmit emocione te kohs s vshtir kuru themelua FRESSH-i n Tiran me nismn e 6 stu-

    dentve, pjes e t cils ishte edhe ai vet. Z.Krashi gjithashtu nxiti t ri njt pjesmarrs tashohin kt nism si nj mundsi q u ofrohetatyre pr t shpalosur ambiciet personale nnivelin politk, dhe jovetm, duke vn ndukje faktin se kontributi i tyre i vyer do tjet i mirpritur nga qeverisja socialiste n njtrajektore konstante.

    N kt takim mori pjes edhe z.Alastair Campbell, kshilltari pr Marrd-hniet me Publikun i ish Kryeministrit Bri-tanik dhe mikut t madh t shqiptarve, z.

    Tony Blair. Ai shprehu urimet e rastit dhenjohu t rinjt e FRESSH-it n MB me librine tij t fundit The Irish Diaries (1994-2003).

    Interes pr t mbshtetur FRESSH-in n MBkan shprehur edhe t rinj Laburist, t cilt do t jen t p ranishm n akti vitetet e radhs dhe jan

    m se t gatshm t hapin dyert e strukturave t tyre

    rinore t Partis Laburiste pr t rinjt eFRESSH MB.

    Prve dimensionit social-politik, kjo nism, epara ne llojin e vet, ishte nj tregues i fort prgjallrimin e energjive rinore n Mbretrin eBashkuar, t cilat prbjn perspektivn embri-onale t nj komuniteti n konsolidim e sipr.Ky forum, inkurajon t rinjt pr t patur njvizion largpams, duke stimuluar procesin ereaksionit zinxhir n luajtjen e nj roli ky prprmirsimi n e imazhit t Shqipri s, dheveanrisht komunitetit shqipfols n

    Mbretrin e Bashkuar. Kta t rinj mbajn mbisupe nj histori suksesi me vete, t cilat dukeqndruar s bashku nn profilin e FRESSH pr-bjn nj ikon krenarie, n mozaikun e gjer tvlerave gjithprfshirse t s majts, por edhe

    t shqiptarve me banim n Britanin e Madhe.

    THEMELOHET DEGA E FRESSH-ITN BRITANIN E MADHE

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    GA MAL BERISHA

    Ambasador i jashtzakonshm dhefuqiplot i Shqipris n Mbretrin eBashkuar dhe Republikn e Irlands

    Dita e prvjetorit t shpalljes s pavarsiss atdheut sivjet vjen si e njqind e njta.Njqind e nj vjet, nj qind e nj mij pr-pjekje, suksese, ar ritje, prparime, vuajtje, mjer-ime, luftra, dshtime.

    N kt hark kohor ne dolm nga errsirae nats s gjat osmane dhe e gjetm prsri rrugne humbur, jo me dshirn tone, pr afro pesqindvjet drejt perndimit. Ne iu drejtuam diellit andejnga dshironin patriott tan t shquar, andej ngaperndon.

    N kto vite ne zhvilluam n mnyr tshklqyer elementin m t rndsishm t iden-titetit ton kombtar, gjuhn shqipe dhe e sollmat n formn e saj moderne t denj dhe t aft prt shprehur gjithka t bukur dhe t menur q sh-preh njeriu. Ne ja dolm t ruajm popullimin meshqiptar t territoreve t banuara prej nesh edhe psejo nn t njjtin shtet dhe jo kudo q ata gjendeshin.

    Ne ja dolm t mbajm traditat tona tmrekullueshme, t mbajm nj familje t fort mbit ciln bazohet i tr sistemi yn i mrekullueshm

    vijues i jets. N kt hark kohor edhe pse mevshtirsi t jashtzakonshme ne ruajtm bash pal-cn e veantis dhe virtytit ton, besn, mikpritjendhe mbi t gjitha dashurin pr atdheun. Ne jadolm t ndrtojm dy shtete demokratike -Shqiprin dhe Kosovn me tr cilsit e shtetevet tilla modern evropiane. Ne ja dolm t ndrtojmtashm aleanca me shtetet dhe miqt tan m tfuqishm t bots.

    Shqiptart sot jan t shprndar n tgjitha ant e bots. Ata gjenden edhe n Britanine Madhe ku me prpjekjet e tyre t palodhura dheme punn e madhe q bjn kan ndrtuar nj jett re brenda nj kombi tjetr. Por ata prsri mbetenshqiptar, t njohur pr punn e madhe q bjn, prfamiljet e tyre n Britani por edhe pr ato q kan

    ln prapa. Ata tashm njihen si njerz t talentuare t devotshm q sjellin nj kultur t veant tekvendasit.

    Me rastin e 28 Nntorit, do desha q tgjith t bashkuar t festojm dhe t mendojmvetm pr t mirat q kaprcyelli i shekullit tekzistencs s shtetit ton ka sjell.

    Ne nuk e kemi Shqiprin ton t dashuraty ku duam ta kemi dhe ku dshirojm ta kemi.Por natyrisht e kemi aty ku nuk ka qen kurr dheaq mir sa nuk ka qen kurr. Pjestare e organiz-mave m t fuqishm q ka krijuar njerzimiShqipria dhe shqiptart presin me padurim qbrenda pak ditve t bjn nj hap tjetr t madh,

    fillimin e bisedimeve me Bashkimin Evropian prmarrjen e statusit t kandidatit pr antar t BE s.

    Ky do t jet nj hap i madh cilsor qdo t oj edhe m prpara kombin ton. Dhe tmendosh se shqiptart n Kosov, tashm t lirecin n t njjtin drejtim.

    Por jo vetm aq. Shqiptart kudo n Bal-lkan, vazhdojn t prparojn, t vendosin din-jitetin e tyre n vendin e duhur si dhe t avancojndrejt Bashkimit Evropian i cili do t jet atia jone prbashkt ku t gjith do t jemi bashk dhe tforcojm identitetin dhe unitetin ton si kombi m

    i lasht e m fisnik i Ballkanit.Gzuar vllezr e motrabashkpatriot shqiptar!

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    GA LIRIM GREIEVCI

    Ambasador i jashtzakonshm dhefuqiplot i Kosovs n Mbretrin eBashkuar dhe Republikn e Irlands

    T nderuar bashkatdhetar,

    Kt vit Shqipria po e shnon 101 vjetorine lindjes! I shnoft prjetsisht!Prvjetort e lindjes, pr individin,paraqesin momente kur, rndom, ndalemi dhe vler-sojm t kaluarn, por edhe reflektojm pr tardhmen. Si t tilla, kto momente na vijn tdyzuara: prjetime t ndrmjetme n mes t nostal-gjis pr kohn e shkuar, q skthehet m, dhe tpanjohurs n horizont.

    Jan momentet ndryshe, ato q veohennga prditshmria, t cilat pastaj shndrrohen n ku-jtime, t mbla apo t hi dhura. Ditt q shnojnlindjen, secili individ i prjeton me subjektivitetine tij t veant. ka i bn t prbashkt kto prje-time sht shpresa pr nj t ardhme m t lumtur.

    E njjta vlen edhe pr kombet. Shqipriasot po i mbush 101 vite si nj entitet i pavarur poli-

    tik. Nj vshtrim krejt i siprfaqshm diakronik izhvillimeve shoqrore e politike t kombit shqipt ar,v n pah momente t strzgjatura historike t er-rsirave t pushtimit t huaj.

    Megjithat, Shqipria, mu si Prometeu qi sfidoi zotrat pr ti dhn njerzimit shpresn, ubri ball goditjeve t historis dhe sot, me tr ku-jtimet e hidhura dhe t bukura, po e feston 101 vje-torin e lindjes s saj.

    Shqipria tani sht nj vend demokratikdhe antar i aleancs s vendeve t lira t bots,NATO-s. Ajo sot sht n prag t kandidatu rszyrtare pr antarsim n Bashkimin Evropian.

    Kosova, pas katrahurave t shumta dhelufts s shenjt pr lirim, sot po qndron n kmbt veta, e gatshme pr ta marr sipr prgjegjsin efatit t vet. N kontekstin e zhvillimeve t brend-shme gjat ktij viti, si Shqipria dhe Kosova dolnm t pjekura. T dy vendet mund t prgzohen precurin e zgjedhjeve, t cilat u shquan dhe u vler-

    suan pr mbarvajtjen e tyre. Kjo sht me rndsipr t ardhmen evropiane t kombit shqipt ar, kudoq sht i shtrir.

    Gjendja e prtashme sht manifestim iprpjekjeve qindra vjeare t popullit shqiptar prt qen zot n tok t vet. Liria dhe pavarsia q poe gzojm sot, sht rezultat i puns s muar dhevetmohuese e bijve dhe t bijave t kombit shqiptar,t cilt n asnj ast nuk e lshuan ndrrn e tyre tkahmotshme.

    Shum prej ktyre individve vinin ngaDiaspora e shprndar gjithandej npr bot. Ishinrilindasit tan q ushqyen idealin e shtetformimitdhe luftuan q Shqipria t bhet n vehte, e lir e

    e mosvarme". Ndrkaq, n fund t shekullit q elam, roli i disapors n prkrahjen e lvizjes prpavarsi t Kosovs, ishte po aq qensor. Duke iukthyer mitit t vjetr grek, ashtu si Herakliti q eliroi Prometeun nga shkmbi ku e kishin lidhurzotrat, diaspora shqiptare iu gjet n ndihmtrungut prej nga ishte thyer n momentet m t er-rta gjat gjith historis.

    Pra, shqiptar q jetoni n Britani tMadhe, kudo q ndodheni, n kt prvjetor t 101-t, keni pse t festoni. Dhe mos ngurroni q ktgzim ta ndani me m t dashurit q i keni prreth.

    Edhe nj her, bashkatdhetar t nderuar, urime dhegzuar 101 vjetori i shpalljes s Pavarsis sShqipris. Liria qoft e prgjithmonshme dhe meplot mirqenie!

    Urim me rastin e 101 vjetorit t Pavarsis!

    Eqerem bej Vlora, jep variantin e tij, prhistorin e flamurit q u ngrit nga plakuIsmail Qemali, m 28 ntor t vitit1912.

    Ai thot shprehimisht: E zgjata ca histor-in e ngritjes s flamurit, sepse vitet e fun-dit kan qarkulluar variante krejt tpavrteta dhe un dshiroj q ngjarja esakt t prshkruhet e t mbetet njher eprgjithmon. Ja se far shkruan EqeremBej Vlora n librin e tij.

    Kthimi n VlorMe tu kthyer nga Kui, un

    shkova menjher n shtpin e timkushriri, Xhemilit, pr t takuar Kryetarine Qeveris s Prkohshme, shtpia ishtekopje e zvogluar e haramllkut nuk kishtekatr, por tri kate. Prmes ders ndrm-jetse hyra n katin prdhes ku ishinshkallt e mdha. Oborri, sallat posht e

    lart , shkallt ishin mbushur plot nganjerz me fytyra, sjellje e veshje q nuk ikisha par kurr n Vlor. T gjith bise-donin me z t lart dhe kur mrziteshin nnj vend, lviznin lirshm dhe pateklifsikur t ishin n shtpin e tyre. N katin esiprm ishte nj sallon i madh i paijsur memobilje t bukura t stilit bidermajer, derae t cilit ishte krejt e hapur. Prpara sajnjerzit ngjesheshin e shtyheshin pr tdgjuar se thuhej brenda. Un ndalova prdisa aste pr t prshndetur nj mori t

    njohurish dhe pastaj hyra n sallon. Ismailbeu po rrinte n nj divan me nj pamje tligshtuar, sa mua mu dhimbs. Kisha trevjet pa e par dhe tani mu duk m i plakurdhe i drobitur. Ai vuante n kt mjedis t

    ri dhe t huaj pr t. Pr vite me radh Is-mail beu kishte qen nnpuns i lart i ad-ministrats turke dhe vali, poste kto, kurlargsia me t lartit dhe t ultit mbahejvetiu. Kshtu, ai kishte rn n nj kaoskontrastesh shoqrore, t cilit nuk po jagjente dot ann. Un iu afrova i puthadorn me nderim dhe u ula pran tij. Tpaktn divanin, njerzit q mbushnin hap-sirn kishin pasur mirsin tja linin. Ai mbri pyetje t zakonshme: si ia oja, kuishte im at a kishte hequr keq n Ku mekt mot t keq e kshtu me radh. Pastajun u ngrita pr t ikur. Por, ai m mbajtidhe m pyeti me z t ult: dua t t bj

    nj vizit. sht edhe te ty si ktu? Un iuprgjigja se po t donte t vinte tek un, dot vija ta merrja vet. Jo, -tha ai. Xhemiolim ka thn se dera ndrmjetse shtende. Un vij vet. Sidoqoft edhe tek unnuk ishte m mir. Por fal manis sime prprotokoll, fal karakterit t paafruar dhe tmbyllur, largsia sidoqoft ruhej. Po prset shkaktohej kjo rrmuj e kjo gjullurdi nnj shtpi private, mund t pyes ndokush.Nga koha atrore dhe strgjyshore Ismail

    beu kishte msuar se banesa e sanxhakbeutishte edhe seli qeveritare.

    Ndaj edhe selamllku i shtpivet bejlerve, quhej n shqip zapana. Kshtuedhe Ismail beut nuk i plqente t rrinte n

    bashki. Dhe njerziut, q me pun a papun, duhej t takonin kryetarin e shtetit,vinin turma-turma n banesn e tij private.Ditt q pasuan, un takova zyrtart e lartt qeveris s re , t emruar m 4. 12.1912, nga i prnderuari kryeministri Ismailbeu dhe nnkryeministri fort i nderuaridom Nikoll Kaorri. Antart e qeveriss re ishin miq dhe t njohur t mir, e mduhej t shtoj, se n rrethanat e athershmevshtir t bhej ndonj zgjedhje m emir. Dhe nse kjo nuk u prgjigjej aspakkrkesave t kohs, nuk ishte faji i saj.Pozita e do qeverie prparimtare passhkatrrimit t sundimit osman nuk mund

    t ishte e leht; vetm nj or e fort dikta-toriale do t kishte mundur mbase tia diltemban qeverisjes. Po ku ishte ky diktatordhe fuqia pr t qen i till? N qeverin eIsmail Qemal beut dhe t babaxhanit DonNikoll Kaorri nuk kishte vend pr tiranmesjetar, ajo prbhej krejtsisht nganjerz t arsyeshm. Kshilli i Ministravemblidhej n shtpin e Ismail beut, por seku i kishin selit ministrat e tij, un nuk emora vesh kurr edhe pse, them se e njihja

    shum mir at erdhe mjerane , q quhejasokohe Vlor. M mir nga t tjert ekishte- kt e kam par vet - ministri iPosttelegrafs: ai ishte zot i nj ministriet tr, i Zyrs Posttelegrafike t Vlors.

    Asambleja kombtare q shpalli pavarsine Shqipris, m 28. 11. 1912, u shprndam 7. 12. 1912, pasi zgjodhi m par, nkmb t saj, nj Kshill Pleqsh, (senat) me18 antar.

    Gjat kohs q qndroja n Kuisha zgjedhur (n munges) delegat, e taniu zgjodha senator i Vlors. Dy nga minis-trat ishin miqt e mi, Myfit bej Libohovadhe Abi bej Toptani. Por nuk kishte dynjerz m t ndryshm, madje m tprkundrt nga karakteri. Ndrkoh qMyfit beu i merrte me t prqeshur t gjithakto: mangsit e qeveris s prkohshme,papjekurin e popullit shqiptar, madje tr

    kto fyerje q na kishin pllakosur, Abdibeu, prkundr, pikllohej dhe dshprohejsa sthuhej kur ishte i detyruar ta paguanteme nj apo dy jav vones marrjen e rro-gave n shtetin e ri shqiptar. Po ku e m-suan shqiptart, pyesnim m shpesh metallje, konceptin e rrogs mujore? Problemii financave, q un do ta quaja me emrin etij t vrtet: vshtirsit pr t siguruarparat e nevojshme pr t mbajtur aparatinshtetror dhe kto mori t shprngulurish

    m dukeshin t pazgjidhshme. Sipas kon-cepteve turko-shqiptare, Vlora dhe Beratiishin krahina t pasura. Por t ardhurat ngadoganat nuk vileshin m pr shkak tbllokads detare greke dhe me afrsisht6000 -7000 napolonat q qeveria eprkohshme mund t siguronte n muaj,Abdi beu duhej t bnte udira, duke pr-mendur ktu se asnj nga bejlert nuk morikurr asnj grosh si rrog apo si dmshpr-blim. Myfit beu, ministri i Brendshm,banoi disa jav tek un, pastaj mori me qeranj shtpiz t kndshme prapa avllisson, ku jetoi gjat kohs s qndrimit t tijn Vlor. Stili n t cilin ai e drejtoi Min-istrin e Brendshme, t kujtonte paksakohn e Dagobertit, Mbretit t mir tFrankove: pakz atror, pakz kalorsiak,por edhe pakz despotik.

    Pas nj javeNj jav pas kthimit tim n Vlor, ovaMurat bej Toptanin dhe Hydaj efendin tekIsmail Qemali, duke iu lutur t m kthente

    flamurin q i pata huajtur. M premtuan tma kthenin at menjher, sapo zonjaMarigo Posjo (nj atdhetare e madhedemokrate, por q i plqente reklama) takishte qepur e qndisur flamurin e ri. E pra,m 28 nntor kryeobjekti i dits, flamuri sisimbol i pavarsis, me at pakujdesintipike shqiptaro-lindore ishte harruar. Prm tepr shumica nuk e dinte sesi ishte ai.Kurrkush m prpara as e kishte par, as ekishte mbajtur.

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    GA ARBE MAAJ

    N munges t nj reagimi apo

    prononcimi nga pala anglezeapo t ndonj njoftimi nga zyra

    e Kamerunit, q faktikisht nuk gjendetn faqen online t Downing Street No10, si kishte pr shembull pr bisedntelefonike t Kryeministrit britanik mePresidentin iranian, Rouhani, n po tnjjtn mbrmje q takoi Ramn, po ibesoj vers ionit shqiptar t takimi t, dhepo e quaj t suksesshm takimin dheskam arsye t dyshoj.

    Vet fakti q Kameruni e takoi Ramnn zyrn e tij, i pari Kryeministr shqip-tar n mos gaboj, pas 92-shit, shtshenj e predispozicionit pozitiv dhe edshirs britanike pr t qen pranShqipris, por edhe e vlersimit prRamn, pa pikn m t vogl tdyshimit.

    Besoj, t gjith do duhet t mbajn mendfoton nga takimi zyrtar me Kryemi-nistrin britanik, ku n paln shqiptare,ka nj munges t rndsishme; pikr-isht prania e ambasadorit shqiptar n

    Londr.

    Cilsort e par q m vijn n mendjan; e pafal shme, joserioze dhe e pa-precedent n protokollin diplomati k.N baz t rregullave dhe protokol litdiplomatik, ambasadort jan fuqiplot,pasi prfaqsojn, Presidentin e Repub-liks, Kryeministrin, antart e kabi-netit, dhe si sht sanksionuar edhe sfundi, me t drejt, edhe institucionin ekryeopozitarit.

    Ambasadori i Shqipris nBritani t Madhe sht Mal Berisha,diplomat karriere, i akredituar n disashtete dhe institucione ndrkombtare,padyshim nj nj eri shum i afrt i ish-kryeministrit Berisha dhe pa mdyshje,i afrt politikisht me t.

    Kjo sht nj e vrtet po aq e madhe,sa fakti q ai sht zyrtarisht prfaq-suesi zyrtar i shtetit shqiptar n ktvend, ku un jetoj.

    Nse do t gj ykojm si par tiak dhe nmaj t gjuhs do na vij mendimi se

    sht njeri i Berishs, dhe mir ia kabr Rama q e ka shprfillur, druaj sesht shprehje e palatueshmrisdemokratike dhe militantizmit kok-trash, q si hyn n pun as dreqit.

    N parantez, personalis ht, edhe psekam bindje t kundrta politike me am-basadorin ton n Londr, kjo nuk m kapenguar assesi, as mua e as at, t kemirelata korrekte njerzore dhe profesion-

    ale.E vlersoj, jo si njeri i Berishs, me tcilin kam pasur nj kalvar t tr prob-lemesh personale, pr shkak tangazhimit tim profesional, por e vler-soj ambasadorin, si besoj shumica e ko-

    munitetit shqiptar n Britani, si njrinnga diplomatt m rezultativ dhe m tsuksesshm t Shqipris n Londr.

    Qoft pr prvojn diplomatike, qoftedhe pr lidhjet me t gjitha kraht epolitiks ose nj erzve me influenc nshoqrin britanike, t lidhur n njmnyr a n nj tjetr me Shqiprindhe Kosovn, aq m tepr kur dihet seeksponent t s djathts britanike, kanqen shum her m t lidhur me fatet eShqipris sesa ata t majt, historikisht.

    Pr m tepr q jan edhe m tangazhuarit pr shtjen shqiptare ntrsi.

    Dhe Mal Berisha ka qen jashtzakon-isht aktiv dhe ka br shum prShqiprin dhe komunitetin shqiptar nBritani, ku nj nga rezultatet e puns stij, ka qen shrimi sadopak i smundjess vjetr t prarjes s ktij komuniteti,pa harruar edhe vendosjen e bustit tSknderbeut n Londr, ndr t tjera.

    Ajo q ndodhi me vizitn e Kryemi-

    nistrit Rama, ishte se ambasadori shqip-tar, prfaqsuesi m i lart i shtetit iakredituar pran Mbretris, mungoi nprotokollin e vizits s Kryeministrit tri.

    Padyshim, q Mal Berisha nuk sht iparaplqyer i politi k i Rams, ose sithon anglezt ai nuk sht his cup oftea.Normale fare, dhe Rama nse dshiron,

    le t bj gjith demarshet zyrtare tePresidenti q ta shkarkoj dhe zvend-soj, edhe pse Presidenti pr arsye t

    njohura nuk do ta pranoj, ose nuk e kapranuar.

    Por ktu po flasim pr seriozitetin eshtetit shqiptar, n nj vizit t rnd-sishme t kreut t ekzekutivit n nj

    vend si Londra.Pavarsisht nga preferencat politike,ambasadori sht njeriu q ka atun tkontaktoj dhe koordinoj gjith punte shtetit n relacion me vendin, ku shtakredituar dhe ka paraqitur letrat kre-denciale.

    sht e pafalshme q ambasadori shqip-tar n Londr i fillon dhe i mbaron punasi kryediplomat n marrjen e Kryemi-nistrit nga aeroporti i Gatwick-ut, derin hotelin, ku u akomodua delegacioni

    qeveritar, dhe kaq!

    sht e pafalshme kur n takimin nBERZH, ambasadori i Shqipris nuksht pjes e delegacionit, por i ftuar ngabanka!

    sht e pafalshme kur n takimin medrejtorin pr Ballkanin dhe Zgjerimin nForin Ofis, njeriu me t cilin merretrregullisht nj ambasador si ai iShqipris, apo Maqedonis, etj.,mungon n takimin me Kryeministrin evendit t tij!

    Edhe Sali Berisha, me sa m kujtohet,njeriu pr t cilin personalisht, kam kon-sideratn m t ult politike, kur kashkuar n Nju Jork, edhe pse ka gjeturnjeriun e Fatos Nanos si ambasador nOKB, Fehrit Hoxhn n mos gaboj, porsrish e ka pasur n krahun e djatht ndaljet politike dhe zyrtare.

    Imagjinoni pr nj moment, sikur

    Kryeministri britanik Dejvid Kamerun,t vij n Shqipri, do Zoti, dhe ntakimet zyrtare t mos ket n krah am-basadorin britanik n Tiran, apo kurish-presidenti Bush t mos kishte kurvizitoi Shqiprin, ambasadorin

    amerikan n Tiran.

    Kjo sht e pakonceptueshme. Me sig-uri, q edhe Komisioni parlamentar prPolitikn e Jashtme do t duhet ta ngrejkt shtje si shtje principialiteti dhen kuadr t llogaridhnies institu-cionale.

    Pr t shmangur nj gaf t till diplo-matike, gjat ditve t vizits s Ramsn Londr, m mir do ishte t thirrejambasadori n Tiran pr konsultim pr

    nj arsye banale, q t kishte formalishtnj justifikim disi m t pranueshm,edhe pse jo fort binds, t mospraniszyrtare t prfaqsuesit t shtetit tnd nvendin q e viziton. Do t ishte gjysmae s keqes, dhe shum m mir se ajo qndodhi. Fundja, do t ishte m diplo-matike.

    Nj shtet serioz mbahet dhe vlersohetsi i till, nse di t jet serioz nburokraci n shtetrore, n shrbiminsekret dhe n protokoll.

    N kt t fundit, jam i bindur seShqipria aloi keqaz n Londr, gjatvizits s Kryeministrit Rama. Nse asformalisht nuk respektojm veten, shte guximshme dhe iluzore t presim sishtet, q t na respektojn t tjert, tcilt din t konstatojn, por edhe tnnqeshin.

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    GA PETRIT KUAA

    Nuk sht hera e par q ai vjenn Londr, madje edhe sikryeministr, por kjo ishtevizita e tij m e zhurmshme(natyrishtpr publikun shqiptar). Edhe ekspertt

    m t zhdrvjellt diplomatik do takishin t vshtir ta prcaktonin vizit ekryeministrit Edi Rama n Londr sizyrtare . Mjafton t kontaktosh FCO(Foreign & Commonealth Office) q tmarrsh sqarimin e madh se eskorta uvihet n dispozicion vetm t person-aliteteve t ftuara nga zyrtart britanik.Fati q Kryeministri Rama mori pjes nnj takim t nj banke, nuk i ka skuquraq shum zyrtart britanik, megjithnikoqirllkun q i karakterizon.

    N fund t fundit nuk ka asgjt keqe q Rama u takua me kryemi-nistrin britanik qoft edhe si rastsisht,apo me ndrhyrjen e kshilltarve falasose jo, ndonse mospublikimi i asnjrreshti n web-sitin e 10 Doning Streetpr kt takim, largon do hamendsimpr do lloj interpretimi ndryshe.

    Nj ish-zyrtar i lart i qev-eris s Kosovs tregonte se s bashkume nj ish-kryeministr t Kosovs,ishin gjendur n disa ambiente t qev-eris Britanike, kur rastsisht n nj ko-

    rridor ishin prballur meish-kryeministrin Blair dhe ishin ulur nnj meeting room nj nj takim qkishte zgjatur nja tre-katr minuta.

    Mbase pr shqiptart e Bri-tanis nuk sht shum e rndsishmendonj shkarje e PR-ve t Rams, (qzakonisht kujdesen deri n detajet m thollsishme) pr ndonj gaf diplo-matike, sikurse do t dshironin shumt lexonin ndonj rresht n faqen zyrtaret kryeministrit britanik, pr vizitn e tijn Londr.

    Ndoshta pr nj pjes t vogl

    nuk sht shum shum e rndsishmense Ambasadorin e Shqipris eanashkaloi pasi kishte njoll n bi-ografi (Kryeministri nuk e kaprdikaleht mbiemri Berisha), aq sa do tdshironin q vet kryeministri iShqipris, t jet vet i pari , shembulli,modeli i zbatimit t kushtetuts dhe lig-jeve t vendit.

    Ajo q mbetet e pafalshme,sht injorimi q u bri shqiptarve tBritanis.Nuk dihet nse justifik imi i pam-

    jaftueshmris s kohs s Kryeministritn Londr do t pinte uj, (nga data 19-21 Nntor). Zakonisht ftesat n botnperndimore nuk drgohen kurr sot prsot... por s paku minimumi dy jav pr-para, gj q tregon q kryeministrit nukiu sht kujtuar se duhet t ket edhedisa takime prve kshilltarve, dukedshmuar se kryeministri yn sht ngjendje t sfidoj edhe vizitat n pikaveturistike t tundueshme t Londrs...

    Nuk ka asgj t keqe qKryeministri t takoj kshilltart bri-tanik qoft edhe ata falas q ti ven

    punt mir Shqipris, por nuk do t pr-ishte shum pun ... nj got m pak,dhe t organizonte nj takim, sado sim-bolik me prfaqsuesit e shqip tarve tktushm, apo sidomos me miqt emdhenj britanik, si shenj mirnjo-hjeje dhe respekti pr kontributin ejashtzakons hm t tyre, q nga atokoh kur Kryeministri lozte npr rrugte bllokut, e deri roli i pazvendsueshmq ata luajtn para dhe pas lufts n

    Kosov.Asgj nuk do t ndodhte po t

    liheshin disa pika turistike npr Londrdhe t takoheshin ata britanik dheshqiptar q mbajn gjall shoqatn mt vjetr shqiptaro-britanike ( Anglo-Al-banian Association) t themeluar nga

    Aubrey Herbert dhe Edith Durham qn 1913 dhe pasardhsit e atyre q pr-bnin Rrezikun anglo-ameri kan prShqiprin .

    Do t ishte n nderin e kryem-inistrit Rama t takonte dhe t shprehtemirnjohjen pr t gjith ata akademikt

    britanik, publiki met e t cilvendryshuan jo vetm opinionin britanikdhe anglishtfols, por ndikuan fuqishmn qendrat e vendosjes...Nuk do t kishte asgj t keqe q t

    takohej dhe t falnderonte pedagogtdhe lektort shqiptar q japin leksionenpr universitetet britanike, dukepruar vlerat m t mira shqiptare,madje do t ishte rasti m i mir prkryeministrin, pr t dshmuar se nuk kandonj qejf-mbetje me ta, edhe pseshum prej tyre nuk pranuan q tbhen pjes e video-konferencave, qhimnizonin at, gjat fushats s tij elek-torale...

    Do t ishte shprehje eangazhimit si kryeministr i

    shqiptarve nj takimin me talen-tet shqiptare n Britani q janshndrruar n yje, n modele tsuksesshme jo vetm t shqip-tarve, britanikve, por t brezitt tyre an e knd globit.

    Si mund t ndjehejAdnan Januzaj po t kishtemundsin t takonte kryemi-nistrin shqiptar? Po Rita Ora?

    Po talentet e tjera nga

    do fush e jets, q jan shndr-ruar n ambasador t shklqyert vlerave shqiptare n bot?Cili shqiptar nuk do t donte tshikonte nj foto t kryeministritshqiptar me Januzajn n medianbritanike, apo me Rita Orn q ndo intervist nuk len pa prmen-dur me krenari kombsin e sajshqiptare?

    Kryeministri duhej tu jeptezemr t gjith atyre aktivistve q poprpiqen t futin gjuhen shqipe si GCSEnpr shkollat britanike, tu jeptegaranci t gjith atyre shqiptarve q

    duan t investojn n Shqipri , tiprkrahte t gjith ata q kan nevojpr ndihm nga shteti shqiptar.

    Por n fund t fundit prku-jdesja pr mrgimtart sht detyrimkushtetues, dhe Kryeministri duhet tadije kt, t paktn duhet dikush ti tre-goj, dhe nuk sht thjesht prmbushjae nj premtimi t dhn gjat fushatselektorale, aq m pak t presin prm-bushjen e premtimit se mrgimtarve dotu sigurohet e drejta e vots.

    E t gjith kto dikush duhet

    tia thot Rams dhe jo domosdoshmr-isht kshilltart falas. Mbase dikushduhet ti thot Rams se nuk sht mvetm kryesocialisti shqiptar q duhet tkujdeset pr forumet e tij partiake ktun Londr.

    Po cili shqiptar dukeprfshir edhe socialistt m tthekur, do t ndjeheshin mir kurt marrin vesh, q kt vit, n njnga kryeqytetet m t fuqishmet Evrops, nuk sht dhn asnjprkrahje financiare pr t

    prkujtuar 1001 vjetorin ePavarsis s Shqipris? Dhe timagjinosh se do t mjaftonte njbilet first class e ndonj min-istri pr ta br kt...

    Gjithsesi Kryeministri Ramapatjetr do t vij srish n Londr...bashk me mundsin pr t rilindur...

    Kryeministri Rama do t vij

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    Cili shqiptar nuk do t donte t shikontenj foto t kryeministrit shqiptar meJanuzajn n median britanike apo me RitaOrn q n do intervist nuk len paprmendur me krenari kombsin e sajshqiptare?

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    GA DAUT DAUTI

    Me 10 mars 1912, nnkonsull britanikn Shkup, Walter Peckham, drgoinj raport n Foreign Office n t cilin

    prshkroi situatn n Shqipri dhevizitn e ministrit t brendshmo-toman n Kosov. Ministri otoman,Haxhi Adil Beu, shpresonte se me re-format e paralajmruara do ti joshteshqiptart t cilt n Kosov po bninprgatitjet prfundimtare pr luftn efundit kundr perandoris.

    Nnkonsulli britanik shkruante se HaxhiAdil Beu me 10 mars gjendej nGjakov. M hert, me 3 mars ishtenisur nga Prishtina pr Mitrovic kukishte qndruar dy dit pastaj kishteshkuar n Pej ku kishte qndruar derime 8 mars.

    Ministri otoman, kudo qkishte shkuar, nuk ishte pritur mir ngashqiptart. Madje, shqiptart e Pejs ikishin drguar fjal ministrit, sa ishte nMitrovic, q t mos ia msynte Pejs.Megjithat, vizita u b edhe n Pej pornuk pati ndonj manifestim dhune.Askush i rndsishm n asnj vend tKosovs nuk doli ta priste ministrin e

    brendshm otoman. Ministri kishte plan-ifikuar t organizonte nj Mevlud mad-hshtor n Fush Kosov por hoqi dorpasi q u bind se askush nga shqiptartnuk do t merrte pjes n te. Madje,askush nuk doli ta priste askund dheaskush nuk pranoi as mblsirat qkishte sjell ai nga Stambolli n shenjmiqsie pr shqiptart q do ti takonte.

    Pa marr parasysh kt situ-at, ministri i shkruante qeveris nStamboll se shqiptart po i organizoninmikpritje madhshtore. Sipas disa infor-matave q posedonte nnkonsulli bri-

    tanik, ministri otoman, ende pa uvendosur mir n Gjakov, ishte de-tyruar q t largohej nga qyteti. Sa ishten Shkup ai u kishte dhn nga 5 liramsuesve t medreses por shumica etyre e kishin refuzuar kt bakshish nform ryshfeti. Sipas konsullats bri-tanike, t vetmet masa reformuese qkishte aplikuar ky ministr gjat vizits,ishin shkmbimi i kajmekamit t Prisht-ins dhe disa qyteteve tjera si dheshkarkimi i nj oficeri t lart t policisn Shkup. Nnkonsulli britanik ishte i

    bindur se qllimi i vizits s delegacionitt kryesuar nga ministri i brendshmnuk ishin reformat por propaganda eqeveris momentale otomane.

    Dshtimi i vizits s ktijekipi (Komisionit t Reformave) shnoiedhe intensifikimin e prgatitjeve tshqiptarve pr themelim t shtetit tpavarur n Ballkan. Pr t biseduar nlidhje me kt tem nnkonsulli britanikn mngjesin e 28 prillit isht e takuar meHasan Bej Prishtinn. Qeveria n Stam-boll, pr ar sye t shumta, refuzonte tapranonte faktin q Hasan Beu ishte zg-

    jedhur sr ish deput et pr Prishtinn nParlamentin Otoman. Nnkonsullishkruante se kjo qeveri e pengonte ak-tivitetin e Hasan Bej Prishtins n tgjitha mnyrat, prfshir edhe atojolegjitime.

    Hasan Bej Prishtina n kt takim ikishte deklaruar diplomatit britanik se etr Shqipria ishte strngopur me qev-

    erin e Stambollit t ciln ai e kishte pr-shkruar si barbare dhe s cils imungonte edhe truri. Hasan Bej Pr-ishtina kishte theksuar se kryengritja eshqiptarve nuk mund t evitohej m.N lidhje me bisedn e mtejme,nnkonsulli britanik shkruante se ql-limi i prijsve shqiptar ishte anulimi izgjedhjeve t fundit dhe formimi i njkabineti jopartiak nn Qamil Pashn dhen prbrje t njerzve si ishin TefikPasha dhe Nuradugian Efendiu. Kykabinet, sipas Hasan Bej Prishtins, do

    t qeveriste deri n zgjedhjet e reja tcilat duhej ta shprehnin vullnetin e pop-ullit. Nse dshtonte ky variant, nnkon-sulli theksonte se shqiptart do tkrkonin autonomi.

    nkonsulli britanik, dukee shpjeguar qndrimin e shqiptarvet paraqitur nga Hasan Bej Prishtina,shkruante:

    Hasan Bej Prishtina aspiron pr nj

    ndarje t plot fiskale dhe ushtarake

    dhe pr nj Republik Shqiptare lidhjet

    e s cils me Portn duhet t jen vetm

    minimale por nuk duket q ka program

    t qart pr minimumin q mund t

    pranohet. Ai e citoi shembullin e Bull-

    garis dhe prparimin e popullit bull-

    gar q nga Traktati i Berlinit.

    Suzereniteti i Ports do t akceptohej.

    Pastaj nnkonsulli britanik,duke shprehur dyshime pr platformnpolitike q paraqiti Hasan Bej Prishtina,

    theksoi se shqiptart dhe klanet e tyrederi ather nuk kishin shprehur ko-hezion t mirfillt kombtar. Hasan BejPrishtina kishte ngulur kmb se situatakishte ndryshuar dhe se ekzistonte njunitet nacional i shqiptarve q ngaShkodra e deri n Janin. Madje, aitheksoi se ekzistonte mundsia e njmarrveshje me Greqin. Nnkonsullibritanik ishte dshmitar i fakt it t ngrit-jes s shpejt t ndjenjave nacionale tshqiptarve gjat viteve t fundit.

    Duke e elaboruar situatn e

    ardhshme ushtarake, Hasan Bej Pr-ishtina e kishte bindur diplomatin bri-tanik se me nj lehtsi t madhe do tprsritej kryengri tja e fundit eGjakovs e cila n form t lvizjes doti prfshinte malsort e veriut t kon-centruar n Tuz dhe pastaj kjo lvizje nmnyr rapide do t arrinte jugun ku dot prqafohej nga toskt. Hasan Beukishte deklaruar se brenda nj javeshqiptart do ta okuponin Shkupin.Lvizjen tjetr q do ta bnin pas ksajdo t ishte marrja e Selanikut brenda njmuaji.

    Nnkonsulli ishte n dijeni seshqiptart kishin mjaft arm t lehta poru mungonte artileria. Hasan Beu kishtebr me dije se planif ikohej q artileriat sigurohej nga garnizonet otomane tcilat do t rrethoheshin dhe me ndihmne ushtarve dhe oficerve shqiptar kjogj konsiderohej t mos ishte e vshti r.Mjetet financiare ekzistonin pr njfushat ushtarake q do t zgjaste deri

    n nj muaj. Nse fushata zgjatej m tej,Hasan Bej Prishtina kishte theksuar sendihmat financiare do t siguroheshinnga jasht.

    M tutje, nnkonsullishnonte se Hasan Bej Prishtina nukllogariste pr ndonj ndihm nga bull-gart e Maqedonis. Ai theksoi se ekzis-tonte nj pajtueshmri e shqiptarve meqeverin greke, Komitetin Grek tMaqedonis por jo me Komitetin Bull-gar t Maqedonis. Hasan Beu kon-

    sideronte se Mali i Zi nuk mund tparaqiste rrezik t madh pr shqipt art.Sipas tij, Austro-Hungaria do ti mbanten shnjestr Bullgarin dhe Serbin nmnyr q kto t mos lviznin kundrterritoreve otomane.

    Duke e elaboruar m tutje qndrimin etij, Hasan Bej Prishtina i deklaroinnkonsullit britanik se shpresonte qAustro-Hungaria do t abstenonte ngaprzierja pasi q ky shtet mund t kon-sideronte se kto shtje ishin trsishtpun t brendshme t popujve q jetonin

    nn pushtetin e Ports s Lart dhe setashti ata kishin vendosur q problemetq kishin ti zgjidhin vet. Por, sundiminaustro-hungarez, sipas Hasan Beut, dota preferonin shqiptart n krahasim meat otoman. Mbi t gjitha, si i deklaroiai nnkonsullit, do t preferohej qnjsia e ardhshme shtetrore shqiptare tadministrohej apo qeverisej nga Britaniae Madhe.

    Nnkonsull i britanik nukkishte dhn ndonj prgjigje gjat ksajbisede por e lajmroi Londrn n li dhjeme faktin se Hasan Bej Prishtina kishtekrkuar t dinte qndrimin britanik nseshqiptart krkonin prkrahje politikedhe ndihm financiare nga qeveria bri-tanike. Nnkonsulli shtoi se Hasan BejPrishtina nuk ia kishte br nj krkest till konsujve apo diplomatve tshteteve tjera.

    Fundin e biseds me Hasan

    Bej Prishtinn, nnkonsulli britanik nShkup, Walter Peckham, e prshkruanme sa vijon:

    E pyeta se ka po pritnin para se trevoltoheshin? Asgj, tha ai, posprgjigjes s qeveris (britanike v.j.)s Lartmadhris s Tij. t njjtnkoh nj prgjigje e pafavorshme nukdo ta mnjanonte revoltn. Gjat trbiseds, Hasan Beu manifestoi opti-mizm t konsiderueshm. Ky opti-mizm mendoj se ishte i nj njeriu icili ndjen se gjrat nuk mund t jenm keq dhe se mund t prmirsohenme masa t fuqishme.

    Pas ksaj bisede jan shnuar edhe ko-munikime tjera t Hasan Bej Prishtinsme diplomat britanik. Si dihet, Lon-dra nuk i shqyrtoi seriozisht propozimete Hasan Bej Prishtins.

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    (vijon nga faqe 8)Askush n Vlor nuk kishte flamurn shtpi. Shtetformuesit ran n halldhe vshtruan njri-tjetrin t hutuar.

    Ather ngrihet miku imHydai efendiu dhe thot se ndhomn e gjumit t Eqrem beut varetn mur nj flamur shqiptar, i futur nnj korniz t bukur. Dhe pyeti se amund t merrej pa qen aty i zoti? Is-mail beu i dha leje dhe kshtu fla-

    muri q dikur don Aleandro Kastriotim kishte dhuruar solemnisht nParis, shtegtoi n konakun fqinj dhera n duart e Ismail beut, i cili iadorzoi Murat bej Toptanit, meporosin ta varte jasht, ndrkoh qvet qndronte n dritare. Mijranjerz u mblodhn n sheshin parashtpis dhe n kopsht, duke bro-horitur rroft, rroft edhe pseshum prej tyre nuk e kuptonin edheaq se po bhej. M von kur unn ditt festive t shpalljes s pavar-sis si shtet i lir dhe i pavarur, ngrita

    flamurin shqiptar n ballin e shtpisson, disa kosovar t mir mthan: Shum mir e bt ju t di-turit q ngritt flamurin e bab Kralit(pra t perandorit Franc Jozef) setani nuk ka m se t na bj asserbi i poshtr, as malazezi morra-cak. Kur pyeta se ku e kam parshqiponjn e zez mu prgjigjnkrenarisht : Tek ushtart e babKralit, n Pazarin e Ri. Por natyr-isht, pati edhe t till si nj farHaxhi Muhamet efendiu, nj klerik irndsishm e fanatik n Vlor dheithtar i fort i tim eti, i cili shprehej

    me zemrim se Ismail beu kishte zg-jedhur nj korb si simbol tShqipris s lir. (Ah ta kishte brShqiprin Syria beu, ankohej ai,-tani do t kishim n flamur syret ebukura t kuranit. Po mund tpressh tjetr nga Ismail beu, q kae kaluar t gjith jetn n vendin efrngjve?)! Kur ia rrfeva historinIsmail beut, ai qeshi me t madhe,por edhe m krcnoi me gisht se doti tregonte hoxhs q flamurin nuke kishte gjetur ai, por un!

    Qeveria

    Kryetar Shteti, kryeministr dheministr i Punve t Jashtme: Is-mail Qemal bej VloraZvendskryeministr: domikoll KaorriMinistr i Brendshm: Myfit bejLibohova dhe Asllan PashaliMinistr i Drejtsis: Dr. PetroPogaMinistr i Bujqsis: Pandeli CaleMinistr i Financave: Abdi bejToptaniMinistr i Arsimit: Dr. Luigj Gu-rakuqiMinistr i Lufts: Gjeneral

    Mehmet pash DrallaMinistr i Punve Botrore: MitatDume FrashriMinistr i Posttelegrafs: LefosiVazhdon polemika rreth flamuritkombtar q u ngrit m 28 nntor1912 n Vlor

    Flamuri i Sknderbeut nshtpin e Vlorajve

    Dita e 28 Nntorit sht nj festmbar kombtare e shqiptarve,brenda ksaj dite historike prmblid-hen kujtimet e shkruara e t pashkru-ara t shqiptarve.

    Tek ajo dit historikeringjallet jeta, luftrat dhe prpjekjete brezave t tr shqiptarsh pr lir-in dhe pavarsin e atdheut t tyre.Rrnjt e ksaj dite historike duhenkrkuar thell n kohrat egjmimeve t Sknderbeut dhe tri-mave t tij, t cilt u bn mbrojtsdhe emrmdhenj n Evrop kundrinvazionit osman. Kur kujtojm 28

    Nntorin apo lexojm studime eshkrime pr kt koh t bekuar, neshqiptart ende duhet t reflektojmn prmasat dhe vendin q duhet tzr ajo n historiografi, pasi mjaftshkrime dhe studime jan t zbehtadhe nuk japin nj tablo t plot tktij akti historik. Vitet e fundit janbr mjaft prpjekje q akti i shpall-jes s Pavarsis Kombtare t lidhetngusht me tr ato lvizje kom-

    btare q zhvilloi Rilindja Shqiptare,e sidomos Lidhja Shqiptare ePrizrenit q ishte nj nga vatrat q engriti n kushte t reja kt lvizjepr lirimin nga zgjedha otomanedhe prcaktimin e programit poli-zoik t saj.

    sht shumdomethnse q Vlora u b nj ngavatrat e zjarrta t Lidhjes Shqiptaret Prizrenit. N kt qytet, MustafaPash Vlora, q Ismail Qemali equante "msuesi im i kombta-rizms", ishte nnkryetar i Lidhjes

    Shqiptare t Prizrenit, ashtu si edheAbdyl Frashri. Roli i tij n mjaftdokumente angleze, turke, francezee austriake, tregon qart se ishte jovetm nj personalitet i RilindjesKombtare, por edhe promotorr igjith asaj lvizje n jug tShqipris, n Vlor, Janin, Pre-vez e Gjirokastr. Vet AbdylFrashri pati ardhur n Vlor n vitin1879 dhe organizoi nj kuvend tmadh pr atdhetart pr realizimin ekrkesave themelore t LidhjesShqiptare t Prizrenit. Kjo ngjarje emadhe historike la gjurm t thella

    n ndrgjegjen kombtare t Vlorsdhe t mbar Shqipris s Jugut. NVlor dhe n krahinat e saj veprim-tart m t shquar ishin figura t njo-hura luftarake e intelektuale si:Odhise Kasneci, Zerbin Cakalli,Sulejman Aliko, Musa Bodo, BeqirHallkokondi, Xhemil Vlora etj.

    Pavarsia dhe Ismail Qemali

    Sigurisht, n kt ngjarje madhore,shpalljen e Pavarsis shqiptare dhengritjen e flamurit n Vlor, figura

    kryesore ishte Ismail Qemali si poli-tikan, atdhetar dhe njohs i thell iFuqis s Madhe, i gjendjes sbrendshme e t jashtme t Peran-doris osmane dhe Ballkanit. Por,Shpallja e Pavarsis kombtare nukmund t kuptohet pa at plejad in-telektualsh, lufttarsh e diplo-matsh shqiptar, t cilt luftuan eqndruan n krah t njri-tjetrit si:Hasan Prishtina, Isa Boletini, Rasifbej Dino, Luigj Gurakuqi, AqifPash Elbasani, Mehmet Pash Dr-ralla, Vehbi Dibra, Syrja Vlora, MitatFrashri, Petro Poga, Pandeli Cala,

    Murat Toptani, Nikoll Kaorri, JaniMinga, Dhimitr Berati, Sali Gjokaetj. Qeveria e Prkohshme e Vlorsi kushtoi nj rndsi t veant, kra-has organizimit t shtetit shqiptar,edhe njohjes s Pavarsis Kom-btare n Evrop e n vende t tjera.Si shkruan edhe profesori i tDrejts Kombtare baroni Dekampdhe studiuesi i njohur italian, Anto-nio Baldai, n mjaft shkrime estudime t tyre e japin t qart Sh-palljen e Pavarsis s Shqiprisdhe marrdhniet e qeveris sVlors me faktorin ndrkombtar.Mbi t gjitha n mjaft dokumentedhe vendime t qeveris s Vlors,vihet re prpjekja e saj pr t orga-nizuar administartn dhe jetn poli-tike, shoqrore e ushtrake, sipasmodeleve t shteteve evropiane.Edhe Kanuni i prtashm ishte njakt juridik i mbshtetur n ktoparime evropiane.

    FLAMURI I SKDERBEUT

    BALLKOI E SHTPISS XHEMIL BEJ VLORS

    Do t dshiroja t ndalesha edhe ndy momente t ksaj ngjarjeje n or-ganizimin e Kuvendit t Vlors,ksaj ngjarjeje madhore. Ismail Qe-mali me atdhetart shqiptar, pastakimit me diplomatt anglez, ital-ian dhe ata t Vjens, shkuan nTrieste ku i prisnin bashkatdhetart

    e tjer. At koh n Shqipri u krijuanj situat dramatike, ushtria serbekishte pushtuar Shqiprin Verioredhe nga Shkodra po marshonte prn Durrs.

    N kt moment IsmailQemali i drgon telegram paris sVlors, ku u ngrit nj komision pr-gatitor pr Shpalljen e PavarsisKombtare. N kt telegram thuhej:"Mbledhja e prfaqsuesve n Dur-rs apo Vlor sht shum e rnd-sishme. I thirrni t gjith. Gjersa tarrij un, mbani qetsin e ruani

    bashkimin. shtja jon politike usigurua". Ky komision prgatitorluajti nj rol t madh n prgatitjene shpalljes s Pavarsis Kombtare,ata ishin nga atdhetart m t shquarsi: Qazim Kokoshi, Hasan Sharra,Ibrahim Abdullhu, Syrja bej Vlora,Abaz Mezini, dom Mark Vasa,Elmaz Xhaferri, Haziz Xhyheri,Leonidha Bezhani, Bektash Cakrani,Ethem bej Vlora, etj. Disa prej tyrenuk prmenden n tubimet q bhen,por mendoj q veprimtaria e tyrekombtare duhet t ndriohet.

    Pa momentin e ngritjes s

    Flamurit Kombtar, pas fjalimit tzjarrt t Ismail Qemalit dhe sh-palosjes s flamurit t Sknderbeutn ballkonin e shtpis s Xhemilbej Vlors, n at shtpi q kishtelindur dhe Ismail Qemali, e cila kaqen n vendin ku sot sht Monu-menti i Pavarsis, e quaj nj akt tmadh shpirtror edhe faktin q,klerikt m t mdhenj t kohs si:prifti ortodoks Marko Mocka, priftikatolik dom Mark Vasa, dhekleriku mysliman HaxhiMuhameti, bekuan me fjalt e zotit

    flamurin kombtar. Koht e funditn disa artikuj vazhdon polemikaq sht zhvilluar edhe m parrreth flamurit kombtar. N mjeg-ullat e kohs t pushtimit osman uharrua edhe forma dhe ngjyra e fla-murit shqiptar. Rilindasit tan, simsojm prej Spiro Dines, e dininq flamuri i Sknderbeut ishte menj shqiponj t bardh. Antart eshoqris s Stambollit vun nstamn e tyre nj shqiponj mekok t ulur mbi nj shkmb. Ndr-mjet viteve 1880-1895, Zef Skiroie mbas tij edhe Anselmo Lorekio,

    n botimin e gazets s tyre,mbanin si emblem flamurin eSknderbeut. Mbas vitit 1900, ktemblem e mbante edhe Faik Kon-ica, n revistn "Albania" q boto-hej n Bruksel. Po n Bruksel, m1899 u prodhua flamuri i parshqiptar, i cili ishte zhdukur q nkohn e Sknderbeut.

    M 1907, me flamurin eSknderbeut parakaloi nj grupshqiptarsh n rrugt e Bostonit.Nj flamur t till qndisi edheSaid Najdeni n burgun e Edmes.Dervish Hima, m 1908 solli njflamur n vendin ton me fush tkuqe. Drit t plot mbi flamurinton kombtar hodhi Faik Konica,n artikullin "Flamuri i Shqipris"n vitin 1909, n revistn "Alba-nia", i cili thot se: "Flamuri yn, icili sht nj nga m t lavdrueritn bot, sht padyshim edhe njnga m t vjetrit".

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    Edited and SelectedBY MYZEJE MYFTARI

    Servians Blood Guilt a Terrible In-dictment

    Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13627, 20January 1913, P. 5

    Vienna, Jan 18, 1913

    The Reichpost, in a statemententitled Servias Blood Guilt inAlbania, says that a hundred out132 wounded Albanians at Uskub wereallowed to die of starvation. Soldiersadmit that at a village where shots werefired, after the white villagers who hadbeen smoked ou t of their homes camescreaming and weeping, they were shotdown. Adult men and children werebayoneted, and women and girls above

    twelve years of age were violated beforetheir fathers and husbands.The Servians slaughtered

    1200 Albanians at Ferisovitch, the entirepopulation.Servians at Prizrend entered homes,slaying the inmates irrespective of ageor sex, killing 400. They destroyed threevillages near Prizrend, shooting thirtyheadmen because they were favourableto Austria. Soldiers bound Albanianwomen together and forced them todance in rings, and then fired upon themwith rifles, watching them fall one by

    one.General Jankovitch ordered

    the destruction of 27 villages in theLuma district. Women and childrenwere wrapped in straw and burnt alive.Four hundred men who surrenderedwere shot in batches of forty.The Reichpost alleges that 25,000people have been mas sacred s ince t heoutset of the war in the vilayet ofKossovo.

    ATROCITIES I ALBAIA

    MASSACRE OF MOSLEMSThe Advertiser, Adelaide 12 February1913, p12King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, in hisproclamation of war, spoke of a conflictbetween the CTO- and the Crescent TheCross was ever the symbol or humanityand mercy, virtues which the Turks, intheir numerous fights against the Chris-tian people, frequently neglected topractice. In the Balkan war, however,this did not hold good. Those fightingunder the Cross betrayed the symbol ofhumanity and mercy in many cases. The

    atrocities which the Servian soldiers andofficer were responsible for in Albaniaare established by the reports of Aus-trian, English, Italian, and Norwegianwar correspondents. The "man hunts"which Serbia perpetrated in Albaniawere forgotten during the more pressingcares caused by the possibility of a gen-eral conflagration in Europe. But theyhave again come to the light of day, for

    all the report on the cruelties practisedby the Servian soldi ers have been gath-ered by the Austro-Hungarian authori-ties.

    EXTERMIATIOPOLICY

    I have had (says the Buda Pesth corre-spondent of the London "Daily Tele-graph an opportunity of seeing thesereports, and I am in a position to say thatall the cruel persecutions related in thehistory of the world have been repeatedin the most flagrant manner by thetroops of General Jankovitch. On theirmarch through Albania to the sea theServians did not only treacherouslymurder and execute armed Albanians,but their horribl e cruelty did not stop atfalling upon unarmed, defenseless per-

    sons, old men, women, children, and in-fants at the breast. The Servian officers,intoxicated by victory, declared that themost effectual pacification of Albaniawould be the total extermination of theMohammedan Albanians. This mot d'or-dre was quickly adopted by the Servianarmy of occupation, and was put intopractice. Between Kumanovo andUskub some 3,000 persons were done todeath; near Pristina 5,000, exclusivelyArnauts, fell beneath the hands of theSerbs. This was not in honorable fight,but by unjustifiable murder, and to carry

    out these crimes the maddened soldierseven in- vented new methods of crueltyto satisfy their lust for blood. In manyvillages all the houses were set on fire,and as the unfortunate inhabitants fledbefore the flames they were shot downlike rats as they appeared in the open.Men were shot in sight of their wivesand children, and afterwards the helplesswomen were forced to watch their chil-

    dren being literally carved to pieces withbayonets.

    Daily Executions

    Executions were tile daily diversion ofthe Servian soldiers. In every house inwhich arms were found all the inhabi-tant were killed. They were shot orhanged. On single days as many as 36executions took place. It is remarkablethat the co-nationalists of the Serviansliving in Hungary themselves, who con-sidered that their acts were "humane,"were horrified at the massacres in Alba-nia. A former secretary, of the Premier,M. Pasitch, Herr Tomitch, a Serbo-Hun-garian gentleman, says that during hisjourney from Prizrend to Ipek (Peja) hesaw nothing but villages which had beenburnt to the ground on either side of theroad. The wayside was lined with gal-

    lows, from which the corpse, of Albani-ans bung. The road to Diakovitza(Gjakova) was like a "gallows allow."Even the papers which appear in Bel-grade narrate the atrocities practised bythe Servian soldiers without shame.When the regiment of Colonel Ostoitchentered Prizrend the colonel shouted"Kill." The Belgrade papers say thathardly had this order been given "thanthe soldiers rushed into the houses andmurdered everyone who fell into theirhands."

    But the tale of the atrocities

    which were perpetrated in Albania is byno means exhausted. The deeds done inPrilep, Kossovo, and Werschitza exceedeverything which the Albanians had tosuffer under Turkish rule. An Albanianof nota who fled from Prizrend to Graz,in Styria, and who had studied in Austriaas a youth, relates the following story:Murders in Uskub

    "Whoever denounced an Al-

    banian to the Servians was sure that theman would be shot. It happened repeat-edly that persons who owed money toAlbanian Mohammedans informed onthem, designating them as traitors. Theywere invariably; hanged, and the debtorwas enabled to purchase the house andfarm of the victim at an absurdly lowprice. In Uskub unarmed Albanianswere simply shot down by Servian offi-cers in the street, and if only, a huntingknife was found in a house the ownerwas shot. No mercy was shown."

    The less the resist-ance of the Albanians to the invadingarmy the greater were the atrocities.At Ferisovitch the Servian commanderinvited the fugitives to return and laydown their arms. After they had donethis 400 persons were cut down. In thewhole of Ferisovitch merely half adozen Mohammedan families were left

    alive. At Pana the Serbs killed their pris-oners, while at Varos and Pristina thepopulation was literally decimated. TheServian officers themselves say that they''hunted out" the Albanians, and an offi-cer boasted that he had shot down nine

    Albanians in one day.Prisoners Mowed Down

    Even outside the boundaries of Albaniathe Servian soldiers perpetrated all kindsof atrocities. A doctor of the Red Crossrelates that: -"Wherever Albanians were

    found they were slain without pardon.Women, children, and old men were notspared. I saw villages in flames in OldServia every, day. Near Kratovo Gen-eral Stefanovitch placed hundreds ofprisoners in two rows and had them shotdown with machine guns. GeneralZivkovitch had 950 Albanians and Turk-ish notables killed near Sjenica becausethey opposed his progress."

    Not merely A lbanians and Old Serbs,but also Macedonians became innocentvictims. The Bulgarians practised, noatrocities themselves, but they permittedthe "komitadjis" to carry them out. Con-

    verted Macedonians were delivered upto these auxiliary troops, who perpe-trated most fearful wholesale murders.The Turkish Government sent a tele-graphic message to the Powers on thissubject, with the following text:-"We are informed from a reliable sourcethat the Serbs in Belgrade and Nish . . .and the civil prisoners as well as womenand children. (The preceding sentenceshas been mutilated in transmission.) Anofficial telegram from Monastir also sig-nalises the Servian atrocities which oc-

    curred in Prilep and Kichevo with theinhuman deeds perpetrated by the Greektroops. Women have been violated anddisfigured. In Salonika out soldiers whowere taken prisoners as well as non-combatarits, were exposed to incrediblecruelties. At Naslitza the enemy, as wehear, plundered the place."

    The Ottoman Ambassador inVienna, Hilmi Pasha, handed thistelegram to the Foreign Office person-ally, and begged, in the name of theTurkish Government, that a consularcommission should be send to Albania

    and other places where atrocities oc-curred to undertake an investigation.

    After all, the question of whatthe Government of Servia has to say inanswer to all these charges against theServian army most be permitted. Theanswer is given in an official Serviancommunique, which appeared in thejournals of Austria-Hungary and Ger-many on November 19, and runs:-"The news published in various organsof the foreign press on cruelties prac-tised on the Arnauts are merely biassed,and do not accord with the nationalcharacter of the Serbs. The reprisalstaken during the firs: battles with the Al-banians who were fallen upon unexpect-edly by the Servian soldiers areaccording to the custom of war in allarmies."But the armies of Europe will have somedifficulty in understanding this view, putforth by the Servian Government.

    SUFFERIG I ALBAIAThe Spectator, 4 October 1913, p28

    Medua: September 23rd, 1913Aubrey Herbert

    SIR, -It has always been the principle ofthe Spectator to speak for those unfortu-nate people who cannot speak for them-selves, and therefore I venture to ask thehospitality of your columns on behalf ofa people that is singularly helpless at thismoment. During the month -which Ihave spent in Albania- I have travelledin different parts of the country and haveseen the streams of refugees which con-tinue to pour in from the territories re-

    cently annexed to Servia andMontenegro. For adequate reasons I didnot travel through those regions, and socannot claim to be an eye-witness ofwhat is happening there, but I talkedwith the refugees, who were in everystage of misery. Many of them, men andwomen, told their stories painfully andseemed dull-witted from their suffer-ings, and the task of catechizing them

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    pant. I am sure they are not capable of in-venting the stories which they tell withso little imagination.

    I have also seen much of thebest informed foreigners in the country:it is their almost unanimous opinion thatpolitical, racial, and religious massacresare being proceeded with in the territoryoccupied by Servia and Montenegro,

    which, if they could find a place in thepress, would horrify the civilized world.Massacres during peace-time are moreodious than massacres during war, buteven this does not describe the situation.For three years the Albanians ofKossovo waged war against the Turks;then followed the war of the Allies andthe slaughter of the exhausted Albani-ans, and, after a long interval, the cre-ation of Albania and the declaration ofpeace. Europe offered her protection notonly to the land of Albania but also to

    the people, and security was promisedto the remaining inhabitants whose landhad been conquered through a quarrel inwhich they had no part. I speak frommemory, but I think I recollect Sir E.Grey saying as much in the House.

    A past generation enjoyed thedescription of Indian tortures, but hor-rors are as little to your readers' taste asto mine, so I will not ask you to print thetale told last night at Scutari by somewomen just arrived from Djakova, ofhow and why they came, and of howand why others stayed in their birth-

    place, nor will I repeat another storyfrom Lower Dibra told me this morningby a Catholic who not long ago foughtas a comrade of the Servians, nor any ofthe infamous and incredible thingswhich are repeated to us daily.

    Let me only record one con-versation of Albanians heard by an Eng-lishman, a friend of mine, which canoffend no one. Someone spoke of awoman related to him at Djakora, whowas one day called to the window to seeher son surrounded by Servian soldierswith bayonets, who threatened him anddemanded all she had as his ransom. Shereadily gave all she had. At this point an-other Albanian interrupted, "But was theboy saved?" "Yes, for she gave hermoney up." "Meno male" ("Then it's notso bad"), said the interrupter. This pointhas been reached. The people whom Eu-rope has promised to protect acquiescestoically in losing all they have and inbeing driven from their homes if onlythey can escape with their children'slives and their own. "If the Turks haddone these things," they say," the Euro-

    pean p ress would have been af ire, butthen we could defend ourselves ; nowsiamo galline ("we are poultry").

    For the essence of the tragedylies in the truth, which they realize.Light is focused on war, and if they hadthe wherewithal to defend themselvesthese things could not long continue, but

    because they are defenseless they can beslaughtered quietly and with ease intimes of Balkan peace. If they had themeans of fighting, some assistance fortheir wounded would probably be fur-

    nished by humanitarian societies, andthe behaviour of both sides be reportedin the press; but the peasant tribes whichare killed without killing get no obituaryabroad and no mercy at home.

    Europe has promised a Prince.The Prince, universally prayed for, hasnot come. The Provisional Governmentis not recognized, which inevitably leadsto unrest and anxiety in the country. Eu-rope has promised that Servia shallevacuate territories which her troops stilloccupy. "Europe," the Albanians are be-ginning to say, "has promised us protec-tion. And until to-day this protection hasmeant that the great Powers intrigue forthemselves in the north; that our womenare raped and our men sometimes tor-tured, some- times killed, sometimes ex-pelled by the Servians. We did not sufferthese things when we were not pro-tected." The twin spirits of sorrow forthe victims of a catastrophe, of naturalanger for the victims of the slaver or thepersecutor are quick to wake in England,but these people cannot make their suf-ferings known.

    Great Britain has no Consulsin Albania (except at Scutari) and nojournalists; indeed, I doubt if there areany correspondents of note in the coun-try. If a foreigner desires to go to theseregions where the massacres are takingplace, he must go from Belgrade, whenlie will be shown as much or as little asthe authorities choose. It is not likelythat unless he knows the languages hewill get much information, for the au-thorities are on their guard, and the Ser-vians and Montenegrins no longer boastof having exterminated men, women,

    and children in certain districts ; whenforeigners are present they now controltheir vanity.If this letter were written in a politicalspirit, Sir, I would have added that thesemassacres should entail compensationfor the Albanians, the punishment ofthose responsible for them, and a freshconsideration of the question of fron-tiers; but I have written with only the

    earnest hope that your influence may dosomething to put an end to the abomina-tion, and that the Spectator may performthe same service for those at our gatesas for the people of San Thome or the

    Congo. The need of action is urgent be-yond expression.

    While I have been writing thisletter a priest whom I knew years ago atIpek (Peja) came in by chance and gaveme the latest horrible news, which hehad received from men he knew inti-mately about men whom he knew inti-mately. He said, "It is indescribable, andit is incredible." It is indescribable, andif I had not heard these stories in everydirection and from eye-witnesses Ishould say it was incredible. Comment,however, commiseration, or abuse isuseless. Let the Balkan dead bury theirdead; let us, if we can, save the womenand children who still live. When GreatBritain has conjointly with other Powerspromised to protect a people, she mustsee that this obligation is carried out. Ifthis butchery does not touch our pres-tige, it touches our honour very closely.Belgrade can stop it, and Belgrade canbe made to stop it.I am, Sir, &c.,

    AUBREY HERBERT

    The Establishment of the Principalityof Albania, 1912-1913Source: Anderson, Frank Maloy and

    Amos Shartle Hershey, Handbook forthe Diplomatic History of Europe, Asia,and Africa 1870-1914. Prepared for theNational Board for H istorical Service.Government Printing Office, Washing-ton, 1918.

    1. THE LODOCOFERECE OFAMBASSADORSAD ALBAIA

    The principality of Albania was estab-

    lished by act of the powers at the Lon-don Conference of Ambassadors at thespecial instigation of Austria and Italy.Its boundaries were to be established onethnographic lines by an internationalcommission. The new situation inheritedtwo problems from the one previous to1912.

    1) The hostile relations be-tween Serbia and the Albanians owingto the incursions into Serbian territoryof Albanian bands and the soreness in

    Conference of Ambassadors to grant heraccess to the Adriatic through Albania.2) The status of the Greeks in Epirus,provisi onally included in Al bania andconstituting a source of difficulty be-tween Greece, Albania, and the powers.

    2. SERBIA AD ALBAIA

    Under pretext of defense against Alban-ian bands Serbia closed her frontier inJune, 1913, shutting off Albanians fromaccess to markets at Dibra and Djako-ritza. The powers protested against thisas hampering to the economic life of Al-bania and Serbia yielded on the questionof these markets. Incursions of Albani-ans continued and on September 20,1913, Serbia warned the powers shewould take defensive measures in casethese raids continued. On September 23further attacks occurred and Serbia senttroops to the frontier and occupied posi-tions within Albania. Serbia explainedthis to the powers as a defensive meas-ure. Austria protested, at first "amica-bly," warning Serbia against anyviolation of the Albanian frontier. Serbiareplied again that her measures wereonly defensive, but October 18 Austriasent an ultimatum ordering Serbia toevacuate Albania within eight days. Ser-bia yielded to this.

    3. GREECE AD ALBAIA

    October 30, 1913, Austria and Italy senta collective note to Greece charging thatGreek terrorization in Epirus preventedthe delimitation work of the commis-sion, that in such cases of terrorizationthe commission would consider the vil-lage ipso facto Albanian, and finally de-manded that Greece evacuate Albanianterritory by December 31, 1912. TheGreek reply (November 3) denied thesecharges and declared that the troublearose from the inclusion of Greek pop-ulation in Albania. December 13 Sir Ed-ward Grey sent a note to all the powers

    urging postponement of date for Greekevacuation of Epirus, division of con-tested territory (without waiting forcompletion of the work of the commis-sion) between Greece and Albania, andcompensation for Greece in the accept-ance of her claims in the Aegean Islands.This compromise, evidently aimed atsaving the peace and ending a dangerousquestion, was accepted at once byFrance and Russia and finally (Decem-ber 31) were agreed on in principle bythe powers of the Triple Alliance, but se-

    curities were demanded that Greecewould evacuate at the agreed time.After another interchange of

    notes an agreement was reached be-tween the powers on the general basis ofSir Edward Grey's first proposals. Col-lective notes of the powers to Turkeyand Greece were accepted by both withrelation to Epirus boundary and settle-ment of Aegean Islands. But Greece, inher note of acceptance also demanded:1) guarantees of religious equalityfor Greek Christians in Albania;2) rectification of frontier;3) permission for Greeks inSouthern Albania to be enrolled in theAlbanian gendarmerie as a protectivemeasure.The first and last of these were acceptedby the powers, the frontier rectifi cationwas refused. On April 27, Greece finallyevacuated Albanian Epirus and the ques-tion was closed.

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