Th e chairman of the bank, Beaumont Pease, reported that "Nothing but a return to loft y ideals, to the highest conception of State authority, to stern civic discipline and selfsacrifi ce, to strenuous work and thrift , could save the nation from complete moral and economic disruption" ("Th e British Italian Banking Corporation, Limited," Economist, March 22, 1924, 640ff .)

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 1723