"الملف 35/86 I A 32 معاهدة مسقط التجارية، ١٨٩١: مراجعة سنة ١٩٠٥" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٠] (٤٨٠/٤٢٣)

of minibtera anl iiign officials, for knowing tue finknciAl
conlition, I'or fixing salaries, for lookimg after his family,
for being acquainted with political events, etc, ani I would
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see that everybody knew this. At present he never even answers
the queries of his ministers on any subject.
Once we have cleared up the position and attitude
of the Sultan, we are then in a position to revise treaties
or do anything else we like. But it seems at present that
there is the danger of an artificial situation developing,
amixxssKxiKsaiiaxxjaaxKg The moment is a critical one. One phase
is over and another beginning. The second phase may develop
into what the world regards as British protectorate unless we
make tne situation clear, though niaK actually at the moment it
is mucn less like it than it was before. And this development
will take plac« so to speak against our own will and simply as
the result of circumstances unless we seize the present
opportunity, which is unique, for settling the matter once
and for all.
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