Abstract
Nineteen-nineteen was a year of peacemaking and national boundaries were being revised throughout the world. It was also a year of hope, especially for the Albanians, when many people believed that the world could be remade according to Wilson. The year was crucial in the development of Albania. For Albania the story of 1919 is both national and international. On the international scene the problem of what to do with Albania was as always tied to other issues. Albania had been created in 1913 by the Great Powers in an attempt to preserve the stability of the Balkans by preventing the growth of the states which were victorious in the first Balkan War and by maintaining Albania as a foreign dominated balancing factor. This system by which the Great powers maintained their control over the Balkans was broken completely by the First World War. During the peacemaking the Albanian problem became part of both the Adriatic question of Greece and the question of Greek and Italian claims in the Eastern Mediterranean. The aim of this paper is to consider these claims, the influence of Essad Pasha on the eve of the Paris Peace Conference and the American attitude towards the Albanian issue.
Highlights
In the final months of 1918 Albania had been occupied by Italian troops
The culmination of this activity was the formation of a new Albanian national government in Durres, a government which was friendly towards Italy and which hoped to unite Albanians during the crucial
The most important exile group was a federation of Albanian organisations in the United States, the Vatra
Summary
In the final months of 1918 Albania had been occupied by Italian troops. It was during this period that Albanians, both at home and abroad, began to work for their national unity in alliance with Italy. The culmination of this activity was the formation of a new Albanian national government in Durres, a government which was friendly towards Italy and which hoped to unite Albanians during the crucial. Throughout most of the war, the Vatra opposed Italy and often supported Austria-Hungary. Most AlbanianAmericans put their hopes behind Wilson’s policy for “national selfdetermination”
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