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are undesirable and harmful. I will pay (perhaps $ 1,000,000)
for their churches and they must leave". Remember they
are all Protestants. While Austria, Italy, + Spain, are Catholic;
+ Russia, Rumelia, Romania, Bulgaria, + Greece are Orthodox.
Greeks and(?) both Churches hate the Protestants as the devil
does holy water. The Missionary faith in their luck + the
prestige of the Union is sublime. With a bold aggressive
Pope at Rome, and a Greek Patriarch like him at St Petersburg
they would unite the protestant ^{Catholic + Greek} Powers in support of the Turks demand
that protestants should leave, and England would not be strong
enough to make them remain, even with our aid. Besides, such a
move would preserve the Turk a long time where he is. It is a fact,
that the Ottoman Empire remained strong + undivided until
protestant missionaries planted liberal ideas here, beginning
about 40 years ago

I have never here whispered this danger. If rough times
come along that line I have sounded the note of warning where I
should be heeded.- There is no aggressive Pope, -- Patriarch
or Sultan -- This is the security. It is a quiet boast among
the Professors at Roberts College that they created Bulgaria.
Its chief officers were the graduates of that College.

My position here is one requiring constant vigilance.
If it is given to the public, you will see that at the