Public opinion here is genuinely disturbed by the recent spectacle
of the Ambassadors' Conference, after seeming to agree with the League of Nations, bolting off with the bit between its teeth and requiring Greece to pay to Italy the, full f41:10,000 which she had pro- visionally lodged as an indemnity. Nobody even pre- tends that the guilt of Greece had been proved. Convenience took the place of justice. The Permanent Court of Justice was thrown over. We have no doubt that Lord Crewe protested, but he was overruled and the Council of the League at Geneva was on the point of departure and could do nothing to save this eleventh-hour situation. The incident will not be easily forgotten, and, in our opinion, the Government would do well to take the public into their confidence and show either that we have misinterpreted the facts or that they deplore the facts as much as we do, but were unable to prevent what happened. It is most important for it to be generally known that the Government are not complaisant towards sinister manoeuvres which make a Public Law of Europe impossible.
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