SIR,—Many friends of Greece who are also friends of Albania
will be saddened at reading the article entitled "Greece's Expectations" by •• A, Special Correspondent" in your issue of December 3rd. We had understood during the war between Italy and Albania that Greece was a partisan of Albanian independence, and now a writer, anonymous indeed but writing apparently with authority, suggests that, having valiantly defended herself against unprovoked Italian aggression, Albania (which is recognised as one of the United Nations) should be torn in pieces between Yugoslavia and Greece or, alternatively, annexed by Greece. These claims put forward in the name of Greece are no new thing. They were made in 1913 and again in 1919. In the first case, they were ruled out by the London Conference, and in the second case by the Peace Conference.
The courage, the sacrifices, the sufferings of Greece have touched the hearts of men everywhere. When the time comes, let Greeks and Albanians, in peace and amity, together demarcate their frontier. Your correspondent's article is equally unjust to. Albania as an Allied country and to Greece as the Mother of Freedom.—Your obedient servant, Chesilbourne Manor, Dorchester. EDWARD BOYLE.
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