ITALY.
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. STARTLING REVELATIONS. Rome, May 10. Seizure of Parodi's documents show that he despatched huge .supplies of jute to Germany via Clnasso. ]n order to defraud the Customs the consignments were disguised as hemp and tow. A .sreat fire occurred early in 11)17 in the national rope-making manufactories at Cornigilitano, wherein a large quantity of enemy jute was destroyed. Parodi falsified the accounts and secured insurance money as though the jute belonged to Italians. Parodi was recently severely criticised for keeping a large number of merchant steamers idle at Oenoa, obstructing Allied traffic. —Press Association.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1918, Page 6
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