On Friday week the third meeting of the Ambassadors was
held at the Foreign Office, and it was subsequently announced that the six Governments had agreed in principle upon two points, namely, upon Albanian autonomy, and upon a guarantee to Servia of commercial access to the Adriatic. This state- ment was amplified in two speeches made on Saturday by M. Poincare. He explained that the autonomous Albania was to be under the suzerainty of the Sultan and under the supervision of the Great Powers; it had also been agreed that the Albanian port opened to Servia should be free and neutral, and should be served by an international railway under the same European supervision, with freedom of transit for all merchandise, including munitions of war. The rest of M. Poincares speeches were devoted to a general review of the European situation, in the course of which he emphasized the persistence and efficacy of the Triple Entente and also its pacific character. He referred to the danger of a rupture in the peace negotiations, and declared that if it should occur France would, if necessary, " evoke the endeavours of the Powers on behalf of peace." We may add that the ambassa- dorial meetings will be resumed after the New Year.
