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... regard to Armenia . What was the response ? A rebuff of silence . calculated to raise the suspicion of Russia ? But Prince Lobanoff made another attempt to come to terms with England . Russia was seriously alarmed by the sudden collapse ...
... regard to Armenia . What was the response ? A rebuff of silence . calculated to raise the suspicion of Russia ? But Prince Lobanoff made another attempt to come to terms with England . Russia was seriously alarmed by the sudden collapse ...
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... regard to the circumstances of each place . Let It would probably be best to let Russia administer Armenia under the nominal rule of the Sultan , as we administer native States in India - i.e . under the supervision of a Political ...
... regard to the circumstances of each place . Let It would probably be best to let Russia administer Armenia under the nominal rule of the Sultan , as we administer native States in India - i.e . under the supervision of a Political ...
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... regard to European control . The result is published in a Blue Book , from which I make a few extracts . Writing from Bulgaria , Consul Calvert says : - I have now seen all the local Beys or Turkish landowners . They every one comment ...
... regard to European control . The result is published in a Blue Book , from which I make a few extracts . Writing from Bulgaria , Consul Calvert says : - I have now seen all the local Beys or Turkish landowners . They every one comment ...
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... regard to administrative reforms , how would it be viewed by you Musulmans ? ' They one and all energetically replied with the same formula . One Bey even laughed outright at my simplicity in putting such a question . Another remarked ...
... regard to administrative reforms , how would it be viewed by you Musulmans ? ' They one and all energetically replied with the same formula . One Bey even laughed outright at my simplicity in putting such a question . Another remarked ...
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... regards the superintendence of reforms ' : - All but one considered that the appointment of foreign Commissioners , selected by the guaranteeing Powers , would be acceptable ; and several expressed a strong opinion that the presence of ...
... regards the superintendence of reforms ' : - All but one considered that the appointment of foreign Commissioners , selected by the guaranteeing Powers , would be acceptable ; and several expressed a strong opinion that the presence of ...
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