. The Red Cross in peace and war. goodwishes, our interview closed. I never spoke personally with this gentleman again; all furtherbusiness being officially transacted through the officers of our Lega-tion. Yet I can truly say, as I have said of my first meeting with ourmatchless band of missionary workers, that here commenced anacquaintance which proved invaluable, and here were given pledges ofmutual faith of which not a word was ever broken or invalidated oneither side, and to which I owe what we were able to do through allAsia Minor. It is to the strong escorts ordered from the SublimePort
. The Red Cross in peace and war. goodwishes, our interview closed. I never spoke personally with this gentleman again; all furtherbusiness being officially transacted through the officers of our Lega-tion. Yet I can truly say, as I have said of my first meeting with ourmatchless band of missionary workers, that here commenced anacquaintance which proved invaluable, and here were given pledges ofmutual faith of which not a word was ever broken or invalidated oneither side, and to which I owe what we were able to do through allAsia Minor. It is to the strong escorts ordered from the SublimePorte for our expeditions and men, that I owe the fact that they allcame back to me, and that I bring them home to you, tired and worn,but saved and useful still. Dr. Hubbell, and the leaders of the five expeditions tell us thatthey were never, even for a portion of a day, without an escort for pro-tection, and this at the expense of the Turkish Government, andthat without this protection they must not and could not have RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS, CONSTANTINOPLE.
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