Some Problems of the Peace ConferenceHaskins, Charles Homer
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Some Problems of the Peace Conference
Haskins, Charles Homer
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920); World War, 1914-1918 -- Territorial questions
The literature of the Macedonian question is enormous. Among
pre-War works on the subject by impartial outsiders, one would name
especially: Victor Bérard, _La Turquie et l’hellénisme contemporain_,
Paris, 1896, and _La Macédoine_, Paris, 1897; H. N. Brailsford,
_Macedonia, its Races and their Future_, London, 1906; and G.
Amadori-Virgilj, _La Questione rumeliota_, vol. i, Bitonto, 1908 (also
very useful on Albania and Epirus). The Bulgarian claims to Macedonia
are set forth notably by “A. Ofeikov” (pseudonym for Šopov), _La
Macédoine au point de vue ethnographique, historique et philologique_,
Philippopolis, 1887; S. Radeff, _La Macédoine et la renaissance
bulgare au XIXᵉ siècle_, Sofia, 1918; and V. Sís, _Mazedonien, eine
Studie über Geographie, Geschichte, Volkskunde ..._, Zurich, 1918. The
Serbian point of view is presented by T. R. Georgevitch, _Macedonia_,
London, 1918; Jovan Cvijić, _Questions balkaniques_, Paris, 1916; and
A. Belić, _La Macédoine, études ethnographiques et politiques_, Paris,
1919. For the Greek side of the case, see M. Paillares, _L’Imbroglio
macédonien_, Paris, 1907; and S. P. Phocas-Cosmetatos, _La Macédoine,
son passé et son présent_, Paris, 1919.
Regarding the Dobrudja question, the Roumanian claims are set forth
by N. P. Comnène, _La Dobrogea: essai historique, économique,
ethnographique, et politique_, Paris, 1918; and the Bulgarian
standpoint is upheld by A. Ishirkov, _Les Bulgares en Dobrudja; aperçu
historique et ethnographique_, Berne, 1919.
On the question of Northern Epirus (or Southern Albania) one may
consult, for the Greek side, N. J. Cassavetes, _The Question of
Northern Epirus at the Peace Conference_, Boston, 1919; and R. Puaux,
_The Sorrows of Epirus_, London, 1918. The Albanian point of view in
this and other questions is set forth by C. A. Chekrezi, _Albania Past
and Present_, New York, 1919; C. A. Dako, _Albania, the Master Key
to the Near East_, Boston, 1919; and in the _Memorandum submitted by
the Albanian Delegation to the Peace Conference_ (published by the
Association for International Conciliation, American Branch, New York,
1919: no. 138 of their series).
Very little has yet been published on the question of Thrace. The most
useful compendium of maps, statistics, and historical and ethnographic
data about it is _The Question of Thrace: Greeks, Bulgars, and Turks_,
by J. Saxon Mills and M. G. Chrussachi, London, 1919 (primarily based
on Bulgarian data, used to refute Bulgarian claims).
On the problem of the Straits, the best treatment--both historical and
analytical--is probably to be found in the recent volume by Coleman
Philippson and Noel Buxton, _The Question of the Bosphorus and the
Dardanelles_, London, 1917. A brief but excellent essay is A. C.
Coolidge’s _Claimants to Constantinople_, Cambridge, Mass., 1917.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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