Diran Bey reports that the chief editor of “L’independance Belge” wants to publish some articles offered by the Ottoman legation. He doesn’t accept money because of the newspaper’s neutrality but he might accept an Ottoman decoration, although even that is difficult observing Belgium’s neutrality.
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Consulted online at Ottoman Diplomats: Letters From the Imperial Legation in Brussels (1849–1914) (2014 Edition), Centre for Political History (PoHis), University of Antwerp, <http://dighum.uantwerpen.be/ottomandiplomats/>.