Përpjekja e Perandorisë Osmane për të stabilizuar situatën në viset shqiptare: Komisioni i reformave i Haxhi Adil Beut (shkurt-prill 1912)
The Efforts of the Ottoman Empire to Stabilize the Situation in Albanian Territories: The Reforms Commission of Haxhi Adil Bey (February –April 1912)

Summary/Abstract: After the Parliament was dismissed in January 1912, the cabinet of Said Pasha was reconstructed. Part of it were people of great authority in the “Committee for Union and Prosperity” which got the support of the government and its press. The goal of the government was to strengthen its administrative and military position and to extinguish the conflicts within the Ottoman Empire. The appointment of Haxhi Adil Bey in the position of the Minster of Interior elicited credibility and optimism. He was entrusted and given full competence in directing the Reforms Commission in Albanian territories. There were quite a few discontents among the people and they became even more profound when the leaders took their place at the head of the Albanian movement after the Parliament’s dismissal. The government had information on the upheaval movement that was being lead by Albanian deputies. It was sure that the Committee with the Minister of Interior Haxhi Adil Bey at the head together with the foreign and Ottoman experts would calm down the discontents in the territories of Rumelia. The sending of the Minister from Istanbul found great echo even among diplomatic circles which expressed their skepticism about the success of this commission. During the journey they were confronted with difficulties where even physical assaults by Albanian rebels were not to be missed. The meetings he held in Albanian vilayets result to have encountered a cold welcome and indifference by the people, even though Haxhi Adil Bey tried to tempt them by many promises, he dealt out a considerable amount of money so that they did not rebel against the government and invited them to support the “Committee for Union and Prosperity” during the elections of spring 1912. Also part of his mission was to enforce the army and the gendarmerie and to make changes within the administration. The efforts of the Minister of Interior to regain the trust of Albanians, to stop the national development and the armed resistance failed. Finally Haxhi Adil Bey couldn’t make it to prevent the upheaval movement of Albanians and his mission resulted as unsuccessful.

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