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Second, Premier Salandra's speech of Dec. 3 for "armed, alert
neutrality," and the declaration in Parliament on Dec. 5 by
Signor Giolitti showing that the declaration of Aug. 1 was
merely a repetition of one conveyed to Austria in the Summer
of 1913, when Austria had suggested that she aid Bulgaria in
subduing Serbia.
Third, the arrival in Rome in December of the former German
Imperial Chancellor, Prince von Buelow, as Extraordinary
Ambassador to the Quirinal, for the purpose of keeping Italy
neutral, and, when this seemed doubtful, to negotiate between
Italy and Austria what territorial compensation the latter
would render the former in order to perpetuate the neutrality
of the Peninsula.
Aside from the influence of these official acts, which invited
press comments, the Italian papers have paid keen attention to
the conduct of the war, concerning which the Government could
not, on account of its neutrality, offer an opinion. Among
such incidents of conduct have been the British declaration of
a protectorate over Egypt and the bombardment of the
Dardanelles by the Franco-British fleet.
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