22 SEPTEMBER 1923, Page 1

In the latter part of last week the situation as

between Italy and Greece rapidly improved, and on the night of Thursday, September 18th, the Conference of Ambas- sadors sent a Note to Greece which contained the vital statement that the Italian Government would " in any case " evacuate Corfu by September 27th. At the beginning, wheii Signor Mussolini had absolutely refused to acknowledge the authority of the League, it seemed almost impossible that a way out could be found which would satisfy Italy and save her face. It is a pleasure to compliment everybody, including Signor Mussolini himself, on what has been achieved. On Wednesday, Greece carried out all the ceremonies of apology for the Janina massacre as prescribed by the Conference of Ambassadors.