Reporting in The Voice of the Montenegrin on the formation of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

U ovom radu autori su prikazali ulogu službenih novina Glas Crnogorca u informiranju javnosti i formiranju javnog mišljenja pri osnivanju Kraljevine SHS. Na osnovi analize sadržaja glasila, u razdoblju od kolovoza 1918. do veljače 1919. godine, došli smo do zaključka da je kralj Nikola I. uspješno koristio spomenuti tjednik u cilju širenja svojih političkih stavova i ideja, ali i borbe protiv političkih protivnika, okupljenih u Odboru za ujedinjenje na čelu s Andrijom Radovićem. Crnogorski vladar podržavao je ideju osnivanja Kraljevine SHS, istovremeno se zalažući da Crna Gora uđe u ovu zajednicu kao nezavisna država.This paper is dedicated to the foundation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The authors analyse the reporting manner in Montenegrin weekly newspaper Glas Crnogorca (Voice of the Montenegrin) on this important event in the period between August 1918 and February 1919. By analysing the contents, it was determined that Montenegro supported the unification of the South Slavs, at the same time supporting its own entry into the newly formed community on an equal footing. The majority of information found in the weekly newspaper from the period under research is dedicated to the establishment of Yugoslav Confederation, as well as the preservation of Montenegrin sovereignty. This proves the importance of this topic for Montenegro.The readers may learn from these texts not only about the problems of the state in the internal political agenda, i.e. undermining Montenegrin sovereignty, but also about the actions of Andrija Radović, from the pages of the propaganda newspaper Ujedinjenje (Unification), that was initiated by Montenegrin Committee for National Unification. The information published in the weekly newspaper Glas Crnogorca represent a special historical document that illustrates the struggle of King Nicholas I for the preservation of Montenegrin statehood and national identity