Word: grecos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Italo-Greek dispute (caused by the murder of General Tellini and three other Italian members of the Greco-Albanian Boundary Commission near Janina in the Epirus on Aug. 27, and protracted by the subsequent occupation of Corfu and adjacent islands by Italian forces) hung fire while waiting for the report of the Council of Ambassadors' Inquiry Mission at Janina...
...moment the friends and opponents of the League are joined in hot debate as to the success of the League in handling the Greco-Italian crisis. By its quiet use of the public opinion of the world, say the pro-Leaguers, Geneva brought a restraining influence to bear on Mussolini and saved the situation, establishing its own position as a permanent force for peace. But the critics are up in wrath claiming that the death-knell of the League has been sounded, flouted and defied by Italy, and requiring only the in pace requiescat" or the equivalent pagan expression...
...Inquiry to be held to establish the exact responsibility for the murder of the Italian delegation for the Delimitation of the Greco-Albanian frontier. The committee of inquiry to be composed of one Italian, one French and one British member with Japanese President...
...must be noted that the Janinn, murder was morally a blow against the Council of Ambassadors who had set up the Greco-Albanian Delimitation Commission, and this explains to some extent the Council's virtual affirmation of the Italian ultimatum...
Appeal to the Allies. The Greek Government, in a note answering the various Allied notes, appealed for the formation of a special commission to inquire into the murders, suggesting that representatives of Britain, France, Italy be empowered to carry on investigations on both sides of the Greco-Albanian frontier. The note contained a significant paragraph to the effect that the Government reserved the right to collect indemnification from Italy for the Corfu occupation. Despatches from Athens described the populace of Greece as being in a high state of indignation. The press is solid in supporting the Government. In no instance...