'File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905' [‎208r] (419/480)

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theoretical
■/e hava re dueel our xxxxxx In U j-fdrea c e to al ao at nil. we_
^ xiaTe incr^aej.J.neyjt abl/ our Interfere nce In alalnl »tratlnn,
^l-5°-,qH£_^ I'Oilsiblllty eBpe olally ord n to the attlt.!:^ of
Q^ht we not now to ca ll a ha lt, ana mak e him
accept thle re^onslblltty for the future.? Trie aoa ent X m a
E^itloua one. We do not I imaKlne. havinK Kot rid of one lot
^ o want
responsibilities. to enter unwittingly upon
set which may eYentually be worse>
The two biles of the question ctre tnat the
Sultan wants us to rule his state for him becaua® there is
much more cnance of his being able to leal a comfortable life
in tnao case, we I presume want to lo nothing of the sort,
ani in Ghe future will be only concerned in the interests of
our own subjects ani in tendering the minimum amount of advice
The position of the Bultan is
Ui He has taken a loan from us on condition that he
reforms his adminstration, permits us to control
his finance, establisnes a levy and followii our
advice,
(2) these conditions he has fulfilled,
(j/ lie refuses go take any intei^est in affairs and
wishes to abdicate and to make us i^esponsible.
Our position is
(l) We have done these tnings
go any further
(8; We dont want to. xaxxugaaxaxflt. Even our loan la ful^r
secured on tne subsidies,
(3) We want the Sultan to accept responsibility, which
is morally and actually his»
iO the bultan it seems therefore, must
be brought home a realisation of his position, which bluntly
is as follows ;