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The Italian Ambassador, the Marquis Imperiali, honoured me with a communication to a like effect, of which the following is a translation:—
London,
August 2nd, 1918.
Dear Sir,
On the instructions of His Excellency, Baron Sonnino, I have pleasure in communicating to you the following:
“The Italian Government recognizing that the provision contained in the Treaty of Bucharest of May 7th, 1918, between Rumania and the Central Empires, relating to religious equality in Rumania, are, so far as the Jews are concerned, less liberal than those which the Rumanian Government itself had spontaneously promised to grant, now declares that at the final settlement of the Rumanian question, it will use its best endeavours to secure for the Jews in Rumania a settlement which will definitely assure them of a permanent position of equality.”
Accept, dear Sir, the expression of my most distinguished consideration.
(Signed) Imperiali.
N. Sokolow, Esq.