Ambassadors should deal with the matter. Italy assured that it would leave the League rather than allow the League to interfere. Britain favored referring the Corfu matter to the League of Nations, but France opposed such a course of action fearing that it would provide a precedent for the League to become involved in the French occupation of the Ruhr. With the threat of Mussolini to withdraw from the League and lack of French support the matter went to the Conference of Ambassadors. Italy's prestige was safeguarded and the French were relieved from any linkage between Corfu and the Ruhr at the League of Nations. On September 8 the Conference of Ambassadors announced to both Greece and Italy, as well as to the League of Nations, the terms upon which the dispute should be settled. The decision was that: the Greek Fleet shall render a salute of 21 guns at Piraeus to the Italian Fleet, which will enter the port, followed by French and British warships, which shall be included in the salute, a funeral service shall be attended by the Greek Cabinet, military honours shall be rendered to the slain upon embarkation at Preveza, Greece shall deposit 50,000,000 lire in a Swiss bank as a guarantee, the highest Greek military authority must apologise to the British, French, and Italian representatives at Athens, there shall be a Greek inquiry into the murders, which must be supervised by a special international commission presided over by the Japanese Lieutenant-Colonel Shibuya, who was a military attaché of the Japanese embassy, and which must be completed by September 27, Greece must guarantee the commission's safety and defray its expenses and the conference requested the Greek Government to communicate its complete acceptance immediately, separately, and simultaneously to the British, French, and Italian representatives at Athens. In addition, the conference requested the Albanian Government to facilitate the commission's work in Albanian territory. Both Greece, on September 8, and Italy, on September 10, accepted it. The Italians added, however, that they would not evacuate the island until Greece had given full satisfaction. In Italy the press widely reported satisfaction with the Conference's decision and praised Mussolini. On September 11 the Greek delegate, Nikolaos Politis, informed the Council that Greece had deposited the 50,000,000 lire in a Swiss bank and on September 15, the Ambassadors Conference informed Mussolini that Italy must evacuate Corfu on the September 27, at