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"1st. In lending myself to acts which gave the 

 Eoman authorities a moral sanction. 



"2nd. In placing myself at variance with MM. 

 d'Harcourt and de Kayneval. 



" 3rd. In making arrangements which were not 

 partial, inasmuch as I had only to concern myself 

 with what related to the entry of the (French) troops 

 into Borne, and the special conventions calculated to 

 secure that end." 



" To this I reply :- 



"1st. Was the Council of State in a measure to 

 judge how far my action gave any moral force to the 

 Eoman authorities? The Council could know no 

 more as to this than as to the susceptibilities of Gaeta. 

 So far as I am concerned, I am convinced that I have 

 done nothing to deserve such an imputation, and the 

 details given in my memorandum should have sufficed 

 to show that this was so. But, after all, did not my 

 instructions authorise me, in so many words, 'to 

 devote myself exclusively to the negotiations and the 

 relations which it might be desirable to establish with 

 the Eoman authorities and inhabitants, and to come 

 to terms with the men at this moment (May 8th) in- 

 vested with power in the Eoman States. I have care- 

 fully avoided going beyond the line I have laid down 

 for myself, and it is a well-ascertained fact I have not 

 recognised the Eepublic, the name of which does not 

 appear in any of my agreements. It is a principle of 

 diplomacy that the relations between the various 



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