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Scottish interests in ISynealsndi partly due to his
friendship with Balfour of Durletgh, one of the oreanioers
of the Defence 'undo He doubted Johnston's ability to
persuade the missions to accept the treaty,
to let Johnston go to Edinburgh till after the Scottish
deputation to the Foreign Office which followed the
petition. fa wrote t'.. thio would be fixing an official
(1)
and refused
sanction to Johnston9s exhortations which I am not prepared
to do, -I do not want to have the appearance of putting
proaoure upon thee* Scotch people to abandon what they
believe to be their righte. "
But it
(2)
.; roe Rhoden' determination to preserve
northern an well as southern Zambeoia from the Portuguese,
which finally nquabhod the treaty. This made iäyaaelund
no longer an isolated and not very important problem, but
an clement in the big push northwards from the Cape, with
all that thin implied for future relations with the Transvaal
and Germany. Rhodes began to try to aialg to the Laken
Company with the new British South Africa Company which was
granted a charter in June 1889. The Lakes Company bad been
1y F. o. 84 19.
, Africa Savo Tsado, Domestic and Various,
note on
.4 Cameron's letter to P. O. 23rd April 1889.
(2) F 8411949 Africa Slave Trade, Domestic and Various
note on 1urlet h'e requeut, for a deputation, 5th May 1889.