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prejudice against this Sultan has dis-
appointed more than one gentleman here,
who expressed the desire that I "drive him
with a club"; but until the President modifies
his last injunction to me, viz. "dont get me in
trouble over there and protect the Missionaries";
, or until rule 30 of my personal instructions
is changed, I must disregard the criticisms
of those to whom I am not responsible._

So intelligent a gentleman as Dr
Smith must see how dangerous it would be
for the foreign policy of our Government at
this post to be dictated by Missionary
Agencies. If their judgment should controll {sic}
my action, then the President should have
a Missionary for Minister, instead of
myself._

Dr Smith must also realize how
dangerous it would be for Missionaries

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prejudice against this Sultan has dis-
appointed more than one gentleman here,
who expressed the desire that I "drive him
with a club"; but until the President modifies
his last injunction to me, viz. "dont get me in
trouble over there and protect the Missionaries";
, or until rule 30 of my personal instructions
is changed, I must disregard the criticisms
of those to whom I am not responsible._

So intelligent a gentleman as Dr
Smith must see how dangerous it would be
for the foreign policy of our Government at
this post to be dictated by Missionary
Agencies. If their judgment should controll {sic}
my action, then the President should have
a Missionary for Minister, instead of
myself._

Dr Smith must also realize how
dangerous it would be for Missionaries