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...Greek Government carried out part of the Council of Ambassadors' demands. The Italian naval squadron, escorted by a British and a French warship, was saluted at Piraeus. The memorial service to the Janina road victims was held in Athens and attended by members of the Greek Cabinet. Military honors were shown to the remains of the victims as they were transported to Italy. Greece can do nothing more until the committee of inquiry has delivered its report...
...memorial service in honor of the Janina victims to be held at Athens and attended by members of the Greek Government...
...Deed. A heavily wooded and lonely stretch of road in Greece. An automobile is approaching Santa Quaranta from Janina. In the car, Italian members of the International Commission for Delimitation of the Greco-Albanian frontier - General Tellini, Major Scorti, Lieutenant Conati, their interpreter and their chauffeur. The car is halted by a barricade of fallen trees. Shots ring out from the woods on either side of the road. . . . The five Italians are found dead. . . . The Greek Government expressed its profound regret to Italy. . . . The Ultimatum. The news of the murder was received throughout Italy with violent indignation. Demonstrations against Greece...
Albania. The Albanian Legation at Rome stated that the crime on the Janina road was carried out by Greeks, concluding its statement with: "It is an infamous calumny to suggest that the crime was committed by Albanians...