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Description : Salisbury R.A.T.G. Cecil, third Marquess of Important series of 21 autograph letters signed Salisbury, written as Prime Minister, to G E. Buckle, Editor of 'The Times', most of the letters marked Private or Confidential: the longest, dated 27 May 1890, furnishing Buckle who is about to go on holiday with a droll account of the current state of play in the scramble for Africa: Those who write about the African boundary have all got hold of the wrong end of the stick. Germany have never made any pretence of asking for Uganda-& the line she would draw at the Victoria Nyanza is very much the same as the one de Winton asks for. The difficulty is at the other end of Lake Tanganiyka-the Stevenson road. A settlement there is the more difficult that I have to satisfy two Companies-& two Missionary Societies: In point of right these ladies have very strong claims-though I suspect what they claim is of little value to either side, except for sentiment. But that is a very big except, Just at present I do not see my way out. Meanwhile Portugal, as a starting point for negotiations, calmly proposes that we should admit her right to a band of territory stretching from the East coast of Africa to the West. You had much better stay in the country: you will hear nothing from me, but lamentations & woe ... in the first letter of the series December 1886 Salisbury describes the manoeuverings within the Conservative Party that made it impossible for Hartington to be made Prime Minister in other letters Salisbury asks Buckle to keep news of the promotion of his nephew out of The Times for the time being .... If you should chance to have heard anything of Balfour's being taken into the Cabinet- pray do not mention it tomorrow-as I have not yet got the Queen's approval... and, in a follow- up letter, thanks him for so doing ... I am much obliged to you for your silence this morning .... , he also congratulates him on the sound doctrine contained in your leader, comments on the Khedive, describes English relationships with Italy over Abbysinia, thanks him for allowing the British Minister at Teheran to see The Time's weekly Indian telegram, denies rumours of an ecclesiastical appointments he is an admirable man: but... his knowledge of Welsh is quite inadequate..., sends urgent news concerning German attempts to annex Samoa, denies Times reporters access to a meeting .... I am afraid that if a reporter was there they would not speak at all .... and gives the paper details of Cabinet reshuffles .... We anticipated your suggestions - ., c. 50 pages, 8vo, one or two slight marks but generally in fine condition, a few integral blanks removed, 10 Downing Street, Foreign Office, Hatfield House and Arlington Street, 1886-1902 E1000-1500 A fine series by the man who combined the posts of Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary during the heyday of the British Empire, written to the editor of the Empire's most influential paper. Practically all these letters appear to have been written while Salisbury was in office, except for the last, written immediately after his resignation in favour of his nephew Balfour. This last, written in a slightly unsteady hand, demonstrates the bond of sympathy that had grown up between the leaders of the two estates: I am very much touched by the kind letter you have written me on my resignation. On this occasion I have received many letters, but none that has affected me so much...
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