ABSTRACT
King Nicholas had precipitated the Balkan War against the advice of the powers, and on April 1, 1913, he refused to obey their command to raise the siege against Scutari. After the Balkan War was finished, Europe was electrified by the news that the Albanians had surrendered Scutari to Montenegro. It was announced at Vienna that Austro-Hungarian troops would cross the border from Bosnia into Montenegro if the Montenegrins did not immediately withdraw from Scutari. In the Balkan campaigns of the World War Italy managed to get military control of the disputed region and agreed to withdraw only on condition that northern Epirus to be mostly attributed to Albania. The two Adriatic powers agreed to support the Albanian national movement as the best possible check upon Serbian and Greek aspirations. The agreement stood the strain of Italy's war with Turkey, and, largely owing to fear of Russia and pressure from Germany, of the war of the Balkan States with Turkey.
