The replies of Austria, Germany, and Italy to the British
Note on the Aegean Islands question were received by the Foreign Office on Wednesday. The proposal that all the islands occupied by Greece, except Imbros and Tenedoe, shall be retained by that kingdom is accepted, on condition that Greece evacuates the districts in Epirus assigned to Albania by the Southern Albanian Boundary Commission. The Powers also require that Greece should give guarantees for safeguarding the liberties of the Moslem inhabitants of her new possessions, and should not raise fortifications against them. M. Venezelos, who is arriving shortly in London, will, it is expected, recognize the fairness of a compromise which ensures to Greece a substantial addition of valuable territory in com- pensation for her concessions in Albania.
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