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So long as that man remains on the Coast no disruptions of any serious nature would ever occur, but as soon as his successor comes there will be some great troubles.
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The speaker says that serious disruption will not happen while a particular man remains on the Coast. That stability is expected to end when his successor arrives, bringing “some great troubles.” The statement presents the change in leadership as the turning point between continued calm and major difficulty.
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- The Guardian archive (originally Manchester Guardian, June 24, 1897)
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