sentences:  But, before it executes this last decision, Epirus turns for the last time to face its judges and pleads with them to modify their decision by which a whole people is condemned.This people hopes that the Powers will be pleased to make known to it, the sole interested party, their final decision May Christian and civilized Europe, by this decision, escape the heavy responsibility for the horror of a ruthless struggle.After a three months period of armed conflicts, the European Powers intervened and asked for negotiations on a new basis.On May 17 the state of Northern Epirus was internationally recognized by the Protocol of Corfu, as an autonomous region inside the borders of Albania.