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pondence (pages 1/4) with the Colonial Office. Incidentally, the
N.B. on page 1 will show you how I have tried to avoid any fur-
ther reference by the Texaco to the matter of your status. In-
deed, I have, from the very time of my arrival over here, stood
up for your firm in every possible way, in order to obtain the
permission to appoint you in place of Mr. Cheetham, although, es
I had to report to London, the Texaco had recently had unpleasant
experiences in regard to another prominent British firm in Chine.
This fact, of having recommended you strongly, brings me
to a very unpleasant matter, although I mention it with all re-
serve seeing that the information is conveyed to me in the re-
stricted language of cables; and - frankly I cannot as yet be-
lieve that a firm of the standing of Reiss & Co. really intends
what these cables appear to convey.
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that, going by
I hesitate to write it down even -
Mr. Carroll's cable, you have expressed an intention to only work
this business - which we introduced to you if we are eliminated
from it! excepting in so far that you would allow us a return
ex your commission under a supposed contract with the Texas Com-
pany, a contract which you cannot of course enter into without
breaking one of the vital clauses of our present Agreement with
you and for which breach your London house and you would of course
be liable to us for heavy damages.
This would apply also if, in consequence of these and
similar actions against our interests which we entrust to your care, the Texas Company should terminate their contract with us
and appoint others.
A similar action would be if you did what was conveyed
to me in another cable from London. This is that you intend to
give up the agency immediately unless we annull our present
contract with you By this action you would of course jeopar-
dize the whole business which, as I just said, we put confid-
ingly into your care - and naturally you cannot demand, nor ex- pect, of anybody to annull any contract just because that suits
you.
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