Abstract

Italy and Greece in the Mediterranean

The diplomatic tension between Italy and Greece in regard to the final disposition of certain possessions Aegean and Adriatic seas which were formerly under the control of the Ottoman Porte, although denied or minimized by the official spokesmen of both countries, is not only a fact, but an occasion as well of no little embarrassment to the statesmen of the Entente Powers. The first signs of this estrangement between Italy and Greece, and between the Italians and the Greeks within and without the Hellenic kingdom, appeared when the Italian government showed a strong disposition to transform the twelve Greek islands, known as the Dodecanesos. It should be the aim of the peace conference to solve this problem as it may be accepted to solve other problems of a like nature.