Сомбор током војно‐политичких превирања 1918. године
Sombor During Military and Political Ebullitions in 1918.

Summary/Abstract: In the Austro-Hungarian Empire Sombor was the centre of the Bačka Bodrog County or the centre of administration, economy and culture of a broader region, whose greater part presently occupies the territory of Western Bačka. The town housed a significant number of Serbian intellectuals gathered around civil publication print and Preparatory School – the Teacher Training School that had already cherished the tradition for more than a century. Bearing this in mind, Hungarian authorities were trying to prevent any form of national emancipation by the means of rigid political and military measures during the war. The last war months were characterized by ebullitions within the corpus of the Serbs and Bunjevci whose motive was deliberation from the power of the Monarchy and unity with the Kingdom of Serbia. In the beginning of November 1918, the National Assembly of the Serbs and Bunjevci was founded. The Assembly welcomed the Serbian army and by their support took over the civil administration over the former county. By doing so they prevented the occurrence of dual rule which could produce national and political complications. Among other citizens of Sombor who deserved credit for this project, Jovan Joca Lalošević and Antun Bošnjak were the most meritorious. Delegated representatives of the town of Sombor gave significant support in the work and organization of the Great Peoples Assembly, which aimed at uniting Vojvodina (Banat, Bačka and Baranja) with the Kingdom of Serbia. Lalošević was heavily engaged in composing of the Assembly resolution that promoted the broadest democratic principles and national differences in order to present the foundation of the new state in the light of a responsible project which would not repeat negative discriminative experience of the multinational AustroHungarian Monarchy. Joca Lalošević was the president of the National Government which carried out the complete Vojvodina administration takeover. The significance of Sombor and its men of national push and go could be seen in the fact that the King Aleksandar Karađorđević paid a visit to the town in order to express his gratitude to Sombor citizens and the role they played in the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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