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Show Italy's Kin to Surrender Crown Lands ROME, MondP-7, Sept. 1. King Victor Emmanuel has decided to surrender all the crown properties in favor of the peasants and for na- ' tional work for former soldiers. Premier Pre-mier Nitti, at one of the first sittings of parliament, which is to he opened Wednesday, will make this announcement. announce-ment. The crown properties of Italy are larger than those of any other country. coun-try. During the war the king gave over Us splendid royal palace at Caserta for the use of his soldiers. His intention in-tention now is that the vast lands which he possesses shall go to the peasants who fought in the war, while his palaces, castles and other building3 shall he utilized for pliil-anthropic pliil-anthropic purposes. In addition, the king has expressed a desire that his private patrimony he taxed like that of any other citizen. |