italy-tripoli

Updated: July 11, 2025

At the beginning of the Italy-Tripoli war, Izvolsky had written: "We must even now not only concern ourselves with the best means of preserving peace and order in the Balkans, but also with the matter of extracting the greatest possible advantage to ourselves from coming events." The Powers called a Conference of Ambassadors in London to try to arrange a Balkan settlement.

M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham - Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle