p. 24 | Permission to Enter Portuguese Territory

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 25, 1912

Permission to Enter Portuguese Territory

BROTHER C. ROBINSON, of the Nyassaland Mission, in reporting to the South African Union, writes:— “No doubt you will be glad to hear that we have received permission to enter Portuguese territory. Brother S. M. Konigmacher wrote about our entering there, and received a reply last week from the American consul at Lourenco Marquez, through whom we obtained the permit, stating that he was in receipt of a communication from the office of the high commissioner of Portuguese East Africa, reading as follows: ‘In reply to your despatch No. 230, of August 21 last, his excellency, the high commissioner, desired me to inform you that he has complied with your request, by authorizing the Seventh-day Adventist Mission to traverse the region of Angoni, in the district of Tete, in the work of mental, spiritual, and moral propaganda. Instructions to this effect have been sent to the governor there.’”

On account of lack of funds, it was impossible to open the station in 1911. It was even impossible to make the trip into the territory to select the location, which Brother Robinson estimates will require about fifty dollars. This will be done as early in 1912 as funds will permit.