ABSTRACT
I know as an ex-Governor of Uganda that I am entirely out of court; and I could properly say, as others no doubt will, that it is nothing whatever now to do with me. But I cannot but regard the matter as having a signi cance wider than that of any personal considerations: and I feel I should be failing in my duty were I to disregard the letter and the symptoms of anxiety it reveals. I am sure too that, you at the Colonial O ce would wish to know what is passing / in the native mind and all sides of a di cult question: and I feel therefore that my proper course is to pass the letter on to you as a privileged communication, and in strict con dence, for personal information. I do not think you will regard it as necessary or well advised, in the circumstances, to refer the papers back to Uganda,
which could only make bad blood. us the fewer my own observations, in a delicate position, the better.
