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Honorary K.C.M.G. It is submitted that the rule should be that precedence takes effect from the date when the Ruler was formally proclaimed as such.
So far as the Rulers of the Unfederated States are concerned, there is no diffi- culty, for they very seldom meet one another except in one another's States. So far as the Rulers of the Federated States are concerned, I think that the Sultan of Perak (who would be the loser) could be persuaded to agree. If he agreed, the other three Rulers would doubtless agree. If any change is made, it will be necessary to consider the scale of salute of guns accorded to the various Rulers.
26. Finally, I venture, with deference but with emphasis, to urge that it is not a matter in which the Government can look for early results. In fostering feelings of friendliness, confidence, and co-operation between a number of native States; of which the people are as slow to think and to act as they are quick to suspect, one must avoid lany premature advances and refrain from asking for any promise, under- taking, or concession that the other party is not yet prepared to make. Perhaps it may be said that the golden rule in federation-making is to observe the rules of love- making. In any event, it can be safely said that it is no longer possible, or desirable, to obtain signatures to a Treaty of Federation in the manner that was successful in 1895.
W. GEORGE MAXWELL.
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No. 186.
CONFIDENTIAL
Oxford,
15th October, 1920.
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