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their coming —the principal object, is to raise a
loan, which they will probably raise. That is their
principal object certainly, but they will also be most
desirous of ascertaining, on what terms they can obtain
the friendship & alliance of this country. Would it Sir
be too much to hope for your interference to stop the effusion
of blood —to prevent the continuance of a struggle
which will exhaust both. If you will suggest any
thing to the Greeks, I will answer that it shall receive
their most solemn attention & if it be consistent with
their honor & their interest, that it shall be carried in
to effect. He answered. A mediation of this sort, if
rejected would probably involve the interfering Mediator in a war.
What are the views of the Greeks with respect to their
independence? I said. I imagine their independence
must be recognised in an unqualified form— but it is
not impossible that they might consent to make some
pecuniary remuneration to the Porte for that unqualified
recognition. Mr C. There seem two ways in which
the matter might be considered, first, could the Greeks
not be in a situation of qualified dependence as in
Wallachia & Moldavia —or would they be disposed
to pay a tribute for the unqualified recognition of their
independence. I said, I imagine they would not be
satisfied with the former, for there could be no security
with such a Government as that of the Porte, unless such
a power as England was the guarantee, that a yearly tribute
would be intolerable, but that I imagined a loan might be
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