Note 708 — APPENDIXES
Reading edition
"For very good and potent reasons, especially on account of the troublesome war, as also for the purpose of obtaining good and reliable information about the Turks, the hereditary enemies of the whole of Christendom, and other potentates, adjacent to the Empire, in order that the Emperor, the King, and other potentates may exchange their correspondence."—Dr. Joseph Rübsam, L'Union postale, 1892, p. 126.