GRECO-ITALIAN: Chopin

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The 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.

Meanwhile, the Greeks having paid full homage, as requested by the Italians, to the remains of General Tellini and his three comrades, the bodies arrived in Rome on a special train draped in black and were met by representatives of the King and many prominent officials. The city was in mourning, flags were at half-mast, manifestoes bordered in black were to be seen throughout the capital, shops were closed, large silent crowds assembled to see the cortège pass through the streets. The bodies were taken to the Church of the Holy Apostles, over the door of which was a message dictated by Premier Mussolini :

"The mother country salutes with sorrow and pride her children, who fell for her, raising her once more into the divine atmosphere of glory."