| Title |
Lietuvos politinių partijų užsienio politikos nuostatos 1918-1919 metais: orientacija į Didžiąją Britaniją / |
| Translation of Title |
Provisions of foreign policy of Lithuanian political parties in the years 1918-1919: orientation towards Great Britain. |
| Authors |
Grodis, Andrius |
| DOI |
10.15388/LIS.2011.4 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Lietuvos istorijos studijos.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 28, p. 60-76.. ISSN 1392-0448 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The Social Democrat V. Čepinskis and Christian Democrat K. Bizauskas returned to the idea of protectorate of Great Britain expressed in the sessions of the Government. Their enterprise was taken by the government which hoped that the British custody will serve as a protection from the threat of White Russians, Bolsheviks, Germans, Polish, furthermore, it will help to develop economic cooperation from London to Moscow. It is assumed that V. Čepinskis hasn't even attempted to realize the pronouncement of the Government owing to the British refusal to provide the financial support. The discussion on Great Britain protectorate revealed that the party elite, which was on the level of learning political alphabet, had difficulties perceiving profound traditions and principles of London diplomacy. The British didn't want to abandon their choice of freedom and commit to the Baltic States. It was expressed in the pronouncement of September 1919 and declared that the Baltic States have to solve the issues of peace with Soviet Russia by themselves. The statements of the Lithuanian party elite demonstrated that the orientation towards Great Britain was also based on ideological values. In as much as the British custody and connection of tight international relations were accepted both by Right and Left parties. Considering Right parties that were founded on the principles of statehood based on ethnic nationalism as well as Left parties that declared the vision of civil society based on equality. De facto recognition of Lithuania by Great Britain in September 1919, efforts of London to regulate the conflict between Warsaw and Kaunas proved that party leaders of Lithuania have chosen the most optimal direction of foreign policy in the international situation at that time. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2011 |
| CC license |
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