Rome, July 1.
A curious conflict looms between italy and Greece ax a result of the decision of the Italian courts to validate the claim of a man named Capone to be the direct heir of the last Byzantine emperor and of thet dynasty's estates which include a large slice of modern Greece, not ably the entire Peloponesus and part of Thessaly.
Unless the Italian Minister of Justice interferes, Greek property in Italy can be seized by Capone in the enforcement of his claim so that the Greek Government already hastily withdrawing its deposits from Italian banks.
Capone has also applied to the seize all Greek war vessels which Italian courts for an order to might visit Italian waters. It is stated that the Greek Government intends to lay the case before the Hague court of arbitration Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
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