Përpjekjet e politikës greke për aneksimin e Shqipërisë së Jugut: nga diplomacia në veprime të armatosura (shtator 1913 -shkurt 1914)
The efforts of the Greek politics for the invasion of Southern Albania: from diplomacy to armed action (September 1913 - February 1914)

Summary/Abstract: In order to dominate the territories of southern Albania, the leaders of the Greek government developed an intense diplomatic activity within the international organizations and the chancelleries of the Great Powers. The meetings of the Greek officials manifested a continuous persistence on maintaining the occupied territories; on conditioning the issue of the Greek - Albanian borders with the issue of the Aegean islands; on changing the borders fixed by the London Conference and drafted by the Protocol of Florence; and lastly, on ensuring large guarantees for the pretended Greek population of southern Albania. The intense diplomatic activity was amplified by the policy of the Greek administration on the occupied territories of southern Albania. The policy followed on the ground aimed to achieve what the diplomacy had not succeeded to do: the materialization of the detachment or the independence. The Greek military administration stimulated the enforcement of the Greek or pro - Greek element in southern Albania and sustained its reactions towards a union with Greece. This administration took measures to stop all expression of Albanian national consciousness. It played an essential role in the creation of the Saint Battalions and the organization of the armed resistance in southern Albania. The Greek politics followed a systematic occupying policy regarding southern Albania. Even during February 1914, the Movement, actually, organized and sustained by them, continued. The Greek policy, generally worked on the Movement's encouragement, it provided arsenal and allowed contingents of rebels to easily pass the frontier. On the other hand, with the multitude of demands, especially the rectifications asked for the territories of Gjirokastra and Korea in its note of 21 February 1913, the Greek government continued to motivate and enforce the expectancies of those who supported the union with Greece.

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