Nothing appears to have yet been settled as to the
demands to be addressed to Greece. The French Government has, it is said, notified the Athenian Government that whenever henceforth a Frenchman is captured by brigands the State must pay the ransom, but the only effect of this will be that captives will be killed if they inform the Government of their capture. The Times demands a British administrator to put down brigands, but it will be difficult to find a man whom the Greek Government will aid, and without their assistance he would be nearly useless, even if he knew Romaic. The swiftest way to obtain redress would be to demand the extirpation of brigandage under penalty of the resumption of the Ionian Islands, -but England does not want to be bothered with them again. On the whole, we prefer our first plan, a demand that brigandage be made to cease, under penalty of the establish- ment of an international tribunal, with power to try all charges brought by Western Europeans against Greeks. Of course, such a demand, if made, must be supported by adequate force.
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