Балкански Комитет о Македонији

Aleksandar, P, Rastović

Историјски часопис

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217

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0350-0802

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=575905

2006-2020/03/09/13:08:24

The basic aim of the Balkan Committee founded in London in 1903 was to put pressure to bear on the British Government to reduce the danger of war in the Near East and to make the Turkish Government carry out the necessary reforms in Macedonia. The Committee was founded by the supporters of reforms in Turkey with a view to influence the Foreign Office and the Parliament of their country to insist on the improvement of the conditions in Macedonia, and they were motivated solely by humanitarian considerations. The Committee included eminent members of the British Parliament, representatives of the Church, journalists and historians. Its activity (political, publicistic, humanitarian) became especially prominent during the rising in August 1903, during the revolution of the Young Turks and during the Balkan Wars. There were several currents of opinion within the Committee; the most influential was the Bulgarophile group, which prevailed until the Balkan Wars, after which the pro-Serbian stance proved stronger.