"And just as British policy has served the ends of Prussian statecraft
in Bulgaria and Roumelia, even so it serves them at this moment in
Armenia.
"It was I who willed and inspired the indulgence of the Sultan for the
bloodthirsty Moussa Bey. Massacred by the Kurds on the one hand, and
on the other observing the success of the revolution in Roumelia, the
Armenians will inevitably be led from one revolt to another and, helped
by a few timely suggestions, will come to believe that they can win
their autonomy.
"Herein lies another difficulty which disturbs your mind, and of which
my hands hold the threads; another people, to whom you might have
looked for help in the event of my allies going to war with you, but
which England and I will be able to remove from your influence.
"In Roumania, a Hohenzollern guards all the keys which open the doors
of his frontiers.
"In Serbia, I am working by sure means to destroy the last remaining
sympathies for Russia. To attain this end I will leave no stone
unturned, even as I am doing in Greece against France.
"With an eye to the future interests of my African colonies, I have
compelled England to keep Portugal quiet. I do not wish any
revolutionary upheaval to react upon Spain, that indomitable nation
which still resists me, but in whose mouth nevertheless, I have put an
invisible bit. I shall know how to drive her headlong into the trap
that awaits her in Morocco.
"With the help of Italy, Switzerland is mine.
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