Italian police naval patrols fired on a motor launch which put out from the southern port of La Spezia Saturday night carrying the baggage of refugees bound for Palestine, but the launch escaped outside of Italian territorial waters. It is assumed that it made contact with a blockade runner anchored off shore.
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