Abstract
In 1912 all the resentment at 400 years of foreign rule burst forth in a mass uprising of the Albanian people. This culminated in the convocation of a National Assembly which, in the seaside town of Vlorë, proclaimed the independence of Albania on 28 November 1912. The first government of independent Albania was set up, headed by the patriot Ismail Qemal. But at this time the European Great Powers did not disguise their view that they — and they alone — had the right to determine the destiny of small nations. While recognising the separation of Albania from Ottoman rule, they set up an International Control Commission to administer the new state and appointed a German prince, Wilhelm of Wied, as its head of state. They also arbitrarily drew the boundaries of the new state so that half the Albanian people were included in Yugoslavia, and forced the resignation of the Qemal government. The Albanian people were not grateful for the assistance of the Great Powers, and Wilhelm ruled only from March to September of 1914, when he was forced by a popular uprising to flee the country.KeywordsConsumer GoodSaving BankDiplomatic RelationSymphony OrchestraPopular UprisingThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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