[9] In order to calm the situation, the sultan introduced a number of concessions, including:[10] At the end of 1911 a group of Albanian Members, led by Ismail Qemali, started a debate in the Ottoman parliament.

[11] In January 1912, Hasan Prishtina, an Albanian deputy in the Ottoman parliament, publicly warned MPs that the policy of the CUP government would lead to a revolution in Albania.

[16] The revolt started in the western part of Kosovo Vilayet[17] and was led by Hasan Pristina, Nexhip Draga, Bajram Curri, Riza bej Gjakova and others.

[18] Prishtina who was in the Kosovo Vilayet during the revolt, and Qemali who was in Europe gathering weapons and money and attempting to win over European public opinion to the cause of the uprising, maintained communication through the British Consulate in Skopje.

[22] Albanian rebels were divided; some supported the CUP government, others the Freedom and Accord Party, while some even wished to return to Abdul Hamid's autocracy.

[27] Demonstration of the weakness of the Ottoman Empire and promises of Albanian autonomy threatened Serbian ambitions for the incorporation of these territories into its domain.