Shanghai, May 12.
With to the report published in the Chinese press that the Italian Government has decided to prohibit, for the time being, the importation of Chinese silks into Italy, Reuter's Agency is officially informed that the Italian Legation at Peking has not received an: communication from Rome to this effect.
The Ttalian Legation feels certain that the measure referred to could not in any case have the character of special hostility to China that has been erroneously attributed to it. Most probably it forms part of a general measure against the importation of luxuries into Italy, designed to improve the exchange situation.—Reuter, a
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