Evening star., 1923-09-14
SERB-|TALy CRISIS
WANING WITH ROME
OBTAINING F|UME
Jugoslavia Reported Willing
to Permit Annexation If
Adjoining Harbor Omitted.
BY the Associated Press.

Mussoiini declares the annexation of
Flume TO Italy he will announce the
withdrawal of the Italian troops from
Porto Barros the adjoining harbor. Il
is learned here from an authoritative
quarter. He will thus give up any claim
to that port TO Sussak and to the delta
there. which will be left to Jugoslavia.
This 1t is stated. is the result of
direct negotiations now going on be-
tween Musso!ini and the -Jugoslav gov
ernment which are reported at about
the point of completion. Jugoslavia be-
ing satisfied to have a free hand in the
development of the ports left to it.
Settlement Nears.
The latest developments. both in Rome
and Belgrade. appear to tend toward a
settlement which will remove the Serbo-
Italian crisis, at one time threatening
the breaking of relations and possible
hostilities. from the international field,
as the Greco-Italian situation appears to
have been removed.
A statement issued by the interallied
council Of ambassadors today says
that the Italian government has de-
cided TO evacuate Corfu on September
27, the date fixed by the council for
the conclusion of the Greek inquiry
into the massacre of the Italian mem
bers of the Greco Albanian boundary
delimitation mission.
The international commission which
will Investigate the Janina murders
leaves for Albania today under orders
to conduct as vigorous an inquiry as
possible.
The ambassadors are understood to
have decided that if on the day set
for the evacuation the commission Of
inquiry thinks Greece has not done
everything in her power to bring the
assassins to justice, Italy shall re-
ceive the deposit of 50,000.000 lire
made by Greece under the terms of
settlement decided upon by the coun-
Gil =
Up to almost the last moment the
Italians insisted that the powers
ought 10 take Premier Mussolinfs
word as TO the evacuation, and leave
it to him to fix the exact date after
the reparation measures had been
carried out.
The British ambassador insisted quite
as strongly that public opinion through
out the world ought to be reaSsured
by a definite arrangement that would
put an end to the talk that Italy In
tended to remain in Corfu Indefinitely.
He asked that the Italian premier
choose a fixed date which would be
early enough to set all speculation
as TO ItaIy's intentions at rest.
The allies assured the Italian am
bassador that the greatest diligence
4 Il l,a ntE-nI in n lgr n
| inquiry into the assassination of Gen.
| Tellini and the other members of the
| Italian boundary commission and
pleaded with him to urge Rome TO
| accept the desire of Great Britain
and fix a precise date for the evacu-
alton of Greek territory, so as to re-
! lieve the world Of anxiety. The af-
| ternoon session was postponed until
! o'clock. and then again to $3.50
| o'clock. in order to give time for the
/ their governments.
! Two more hours were occupied by
| the ambassadors at the evening ses-
| sion before they could come to an
! agreement, but eventually it was an
nounced with an air OF great relief
| that Italy had agreed to evacuate.
| An official communique issued soon
afterward said:
| The ambassadors council has
adopted a solution which il considers
such as will put an end to the situa-
ttion created by the assassination OF
| the Italian delegation. The solution
Twill be Immediately transmitted to
lAthens and also communicated to the
league council and will be made pub
ilic tomorrow at noon"
( The members of the commission of
| inquiry will leave tomorrow to take
!up their work with instructions to
pursue their investigations with the
greatest energy.
| The text of the note advanced by
the council of ambassadors to Greece
ihas been officially communicated to
the league of nations with a covering
note expressing the opinion that the
isituation created by the assassination
lin Greece of Gen. Tellini and the
iother members of the commission
may be considered to have been reg
iulated in satisfactory manner.
Five Conditions.
The text as now made public gives
five conditions which Greece must
fulfill. The fifth condition says. the
Iinter-allied commission of investiga-
ton into the assassinations will COM
imence> it's work on September II at
lJanina and that five days later it will
Telegraph its first observations. If cul-
Iprits are not discovered by that time,
the commissioners will report the
conditions under which they are
working, and the ambassadors coun-
Gil will decide from this report
whether the fifth condition of its note
to Greece of September has been
fulfilled. (This condition was that
THE arrest and exemplary punishment
of the guilty parties should be under
taken with all possible speedy
If this condition." says the note,
lis not considered to have been tuI-
filled, as the Italian government has
made known its decision to evacuate
Corfu in any circumstances on sep
I tember 81, the date fixed by the coun-
ell of ambassadors. the termination OF
the Greek inquiry, the council re-
serves the right to notify Greece OF
other measures which may De taken
by the allied powers in coercion or
punishment.
! Such measures. it is added, might
consist of Greece's paying to Italy the
| 50.000,000 lire which the council
would ask the Permanent Court of
International Justice at The Hague
| to release from deposit. at the same
! time abandoning recourse to the
! court, as previously arranged. for fixa-
ton of the indemnity, except that
Italy might apply to the court for the
| costs of her occupation of Corfu.
| The earlier conditions are: First.
| Greece's apologies must be presented
to the allied diplomatic representa-
| tiyes in Athens not later than Sep
| in honor of the victims of the assas-
| ination shall be held at Athens on
| September 10; third. warships of the
, three allied powers will arrive at
/ Phaleron the same day to receive the
salute from the Greek fleet. and.
| fourth, honors shall be paid to the
1 victims on September 19. the date on
/ which their bodies are embarked for
Italy.
| The note is signed by Premier Poin-
J care and addressed to the French
| minister in Athens.