Реферат Јована Јовановића о односу Србије према реформској акцији у Солунском, Битољском и Косовском вилајету
Jovan Jovanović’s Еxpert Opinion on the Position of Serbia Regarding the Reform Action in the Vilayets of Solun, Bitolj and Kosovo

Summary/Abstract: Expertise of Jovan Jovanovic Pizon, who was charged in consular affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, which has written in 1904, is valuable document about Serbian state course in provinces of three Turkish European vilayets, which she has regarded as her national and ethnic territories. This paper which was consist of fifty eight pages ougth to obliged Serbian government and her diplomatic representatives in Turkey, and in all the Balkan states to lead clear policy and in the same time to find solution how to protect all rights of Serbian population which were jeopardized in large scope, by the Turkish authorities as well as paramilitary Albanian forces. Paper of Jovan Jovanovic is consist of three chapters. The first and second are given review of the genesis of the Macedonian question from 1878 until 1903, while the third analyze Murtzeg program. The basic idea of Jovanovic was exercise of complete reform action in the three European vilayets. The result of that would be pacifications of the Albanians as well as conveying of the justice in rebellion provinces. New Serbian strategy should respect status quo as sign of good will towards Russia and Austro-Hungary. Jovanovic also in his paper has blamed Turkish government for sistematic opstruction of the Murtzeg plan and all other reform programs for Macedonia. At the same time he has condemned Bulgaria because she has avoid to negotiate with the Balkan states about common action toward Turkey. As for carrying out of the reforms he has pointed out bad conditions of the Christian population in Macedonia, and general conditions are not improved.

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