Patriotism
Social-political activities of Mihajlo Pupin are alo very important area in his work. He started to act socialy especially since 1908, and Bosnia and Herzegovina`s anexy. this was considered as an attempt to stop Yugoslavian people to be free and united.
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Pupin as a member of Yugoslav national council in USA |
Because of this, Main emigrant
committee was founded in New York , and Pupin was its
president. At the first all-serbian meeting 15.9.1909.
held in St. Claire Avenuse in Kleveland, Pupin gave inspired
speach about union of the people and his needs. At the
end he suggested the new name of the organisation: United
Serbs aliance "Sloga", and determined New York
as its center. The main aim of this organisation was to
gather all serbian aliances in America. This was managed
only in 1929, when the Serbian national aliance was founded
in Pitsburgh.
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After the beginning of the
balkanian war, Pupin started organising and sending the
volunteers to Serbia. He asked those who couldn`t come
to give some money for Serbian red cross. At the same
time he cooperated with american journalists so that both
America and Serbia could be objectively informed about
everything. When the World war 1 came to its end, and
when volounteers came back, Pupin himself waited for them
in New York, so he could give to everyone 7 dollars for
the trip to their homes. He also promised that he will
help anybody who couldn't find a job.
The most important event in his social-work, was taking
part on the Peace conference in Paris.
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At the moment when changing of the borders
could be bad for Yugoslavian people, the prime minister
Stojan Protić, sent Pupin a telegram asking him to come
to Paris and help the Yugoslavian delegation with his
authority and cooperators in America.
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Peace conference in Versai
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Pupin accepted and left for Paris on March 31st, where
he came on April 10th. Then, he met president of the delegation
- Nikola Pašić, and found out more about all important
issues and people. After this, he gave all necessary arguments
to the Americans, and he was the connection between Yugoslavian
delegation and Americans. During this fifty-day work of
the Peace conference, which was held till May 31st 1919,
Mihajlo Pupin contributed, using his friendship with USA`s
president Wilson and foreign office Lansing, in defining
of Yugoslavia`s borders and in including Dalmatia, western
Slovenia, part of Slavonia, Baranja and his Banat into
the State SHS.
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| As a sign of gratefulness,
people of Bled declared Mihajlo Pupin to be their honoured
citizen. He was also the honoured citizen of Zrenjanin
in 1921. Selflessly, he supported our country financialy:
from gymnasium in Bijeljina, National home for education
in agriculture in Idvor, to the church of St. Clement
in Ohrid. He also founded Olimpijada Pupin fond which
was supposed to help children who lost their pearnts in
war and all poor children in the whole country. |
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Mihajlo Pupin's born house is completly reconstructed
and conservated for the anniversary. [further] |
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