A meeting, so crowded that the Duke of Argyll could
not get in, was held on Saturday afternoon at Willis's Rooms, to advo- cate the claims of Greece to an extended frontier. The meeting, which was crowded with Members of Parliament, resolved unanimously that the "increase and development of the Greek kingdom would offer a sure guarantee of peace and liberty in the East," and that the " Government be strongly urged to insist upon the complete fulfilment by the Porte of the stipula- tions " made for the benefit of Greece at the Conference of Berlin. The meeting was enthusiastic, and from the names of those who attended it must exercise some influence upon the Government, which will, however, perhaps be as much impressed by the very decided language of the French Liberals as by any speeches made in London. The French have expressed, through the 1Upublique Francaise and the Debats, decided anger at the way in which French policy in this respect has been thwarted, and though M. Waddington may not agree with the journals, the majority of the Chamber will. France requires a client in the East Mediterranean, and finds one in Greece, and resistance to her just claims only endangers the one valuable alliance that England has retained.
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