Certain foreign purchasing commit sions, among them the British, therefore must suspend their activities at least temporarily.
Since the beginning of the conflict, Italy, in keeping with her avowed policy of neutrality, accepted orders for war materials both from neutrals and belligerents without distinction for the latter's political character.
The new decision, some observers said, might be attributed to some extent to "advice" from Berlin, where Italian sale of war materials to the Allies naturally was looked upon most unfavourably. The decision also was linked by these observers to the present visit to Rome of Dr. Clodius, well known German economic expert,—Havas.
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