Rassegna storica del Risorgimento

590 Eugenio Passamonti
essere messo in dubbio da un documento, firmato da qualche sultanato locale. E concludeva:
We bad at the samc time stated that we were unable to make siici. a declaration as had been desired by the Italian. miuisters, to the eiFect that the establishment of Assab bay not only met with no opposition on the part of Her Majesty's Government but would receive their moral support. We had felt that such a declaration would be at variance with the language we had hitherto held, and would put the Egyptian Government in a false position. For the same reason Her Majesty's Government felt that they must decline the present proposa!. They considered that it would be inconsistent with their previous attitude and would be liable to be construed as a practical recognition of terri-torial rights of which they denied the validity. w
EUGENIO PASSAMONTI
(Continua)
l) Blue Book, Assab, il., Graaville a Machiavelli, dote. 82, 19 agosto 1881.