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I have to express to you in reply the great satisfaction with which Her Majesty's Government have received this communication, and lose no time in authorizing you to assure your Government that the British cabinet, like that of France, desires to uphold the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire under its existing dynasty; and is ready to use its influence and its means of action for the purpose of maintaining this essential element of the balance of power in Europe; and like that of France, would not hesitate to declare itself openly against any combination which might be be conceived in a spirit of hostility to the principles above mentioned.
I was to a certain degree prepared for the hostility of France by what passed at a visit made by M. Titof to the French ambassador; when the latter, in the course of conversation, said he thought war between France and England inevitable.
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