Србија после Балканских ратова
Serbia In Period Following The Balkan Wars

Summary/Abstract: The Balkan wars 1912/13 had been very important in solving the Eastern question. The Balkan peoples wanted to achieve their national programs on their own, but they had no sufficient capacities to exclude the Great powers which had interests in Balkans. In Balkan wars was achieved Serbian vow, in accordance that the regions which were considered as traditional Serbian were legally included in Kingdom of Serbia. Extraordinary regime was established for the regions that were annexed to the Serbia based on international treaties. The Serbian Radical party Government held that the citizens of the Old Serbia should not be instantly equalized with the citizens of the pre-war Serbia, but that they should be gradually prepared for that. Therefore, the Government ruled the new regions without the Parliament; it introduced specific laws, parts of Constitution and issued decrees for the new acquired territories on its own. Although extraordinary regime was supposed to last for six years, what was thought to be sufficient enough for the citizens of the new regions to accustom themselves to life in Serbia and to become its full right citizens, the started process of integration of the new regions in Serbia due to outbreak of First World War in 1914 and creation of a new state, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, remained unfinished.

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