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No. 475
Legation of the United States
Constantinople March 279 - 1895

To the honorable Walter Q. Gresham
Secretary of State
Washington DC.

Sir,
Refering to the expression in your
371. of March 6th that an opinion
prevails in some quarters that I am
"the sultans apologist or advocate," I
must ask that your department correct
the unjust imputation. My opinion of
the Sultan will only concern the public
when it affects my official conduct. Whatever
atrocities his troops may have practiced, I
do not feel called on to destroy my
influence here by publicly joining