Editing Christmas Uprising (section)

==International influence and reactions==
===Italian role===
As a result of the Podgorica Assembly, King Nicholas was exiled to the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]], from which the uprising enjoyed substantial support, due to the Italian claims and desired influence in the region. King Nicholas's Ministers asked for the Italian Expedition Corps in [[Albania]] to enter Montenegro, "in order for it to be liberated solely by Italian troops".<ref>Živojinović, Dragoljub: ''Pitanje Crne Gore i mirovna konferencija 1919 [The Issue of Montenegro and the 1919 Peace Conference]'', Belgrade 1992, p. 7. See Rastoder, Šerbo: Crna Gora u egzilu [Montenegro in Exile], Podgorica 2004.</ref> A committee organized by Italian ethnographer [[Antonio Baldacci (botanist)|Antonio Baldacci]] supported the Greens until at least 1921.<ref>{{cite book|author=Srđan Rudić, Antonello Biagini|title=Serbian-Italian Relations: History and Modern Times : Collection of Works|date=2015|page=146|publisher=The Institute of History, Belgrade / Sapienza University of Rome, Research center CEMAS |isbn=9788677431099|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_7RPDQAAQBAJ&q=Serbian-Italian+Relations+History}}</ref>

In late November 1918 during the Podgorica Assembly, Italian troops attempted to take control of the coastal areas of Montenegro under the guise of Entente troop movement, but got prevented from doing so.{{Citation needed|reason=|date=May 2018}}

===International response===
In the spring of 1919, the [[United States]] sent [[Charles W. Furlong]] as an envoy from the Peace Commission to Montenegro. Furlong reported to ''[[The New York Times]]'' in an interview published on June 15, 1919, that the electors in the Podgorica Assembly acted as [[carpetbaggers]] did in the United States.{{sfn|Woodhouse|Woodhouse|1920|p=110}}

An initiative called the Inter-Allied Commission of Investigation monitored the Podgorica Assembly and the [[Whites (Montenegro)|Whites]] after the uprising. It included [[Louis Franchet d'Espèrey]], as well as lieutenants from the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], and [[Italy]]. They recorded that there were as few as 500 unionist troops in Montenegro, and that they were not exclusively Serbian but from other constituents of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The commission also concluded from interviewing Greens held as prisoners that the uprising had been "caused by agents of [[King Nicholas I]] and supported by some emissaries from Italy."{{sfn|Woodhouse|Woodhouse|1920|p=111}}