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position, and I consider that,

you

" have shown great tact and ability

in steering

so

8.

successful a course .

I have

enjoyed

the

advantage of personal acquaintance with the leading actors in the political drama that has lately been played in this part of the globe, which contains one

fourth

of the human race, and which

in

must yet fill a great place the history of the world. While enforsing impartially the laws of -neutrality against both Belligerents,

I

I have been so

fortunate as to

retain the respect and good

will of the Officers and Agents of both. And I would repeat that from the

beginning of my

administration

here, I have made the Government House a neutral ground on which English, French, German, Russian, Italian, American, Chinese,. and Japanese Ministers, Admirals Generals, and other high "Functionaries frequently meet,

and