# The European Concert in the Eastern Question

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THE
EUROPEAN CONCERT
IN THE
EASTERN QUESTION
A COLLECTION OF
TREATIES AND OTHER PUBLIC ACTS
EDITED
WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES
BY
THOMAS ERSKINE HOLLAND, D.C.L.
OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW CHICHELE PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD HON. LL.D. GLASGOW MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
M DCCC LXXXV
[All rights reserved]
CONTENTS. :
| CHAPTER I. |||
| The Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire | The Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire | page 1 |
| CHAPTER II. Greece (1826-1881). |||
| Introduction | | 4 |
| Texts: No. I. | Protocol, No. 1, of 3rd February, 1830, of the Conference of London | 28 |
| II. | Protocol, No. 3, of ditto | 32 |
| III. | Convention of 7th May, 1832 | 33 |
| IV. | Explanatory Article of 30th April, 1833 | 39 |
| V. | Treaty of 13th July, 1863 | 40 ​ |
| VI. | Protocol of Conference at London of 13th October, 1863 | 44 |
| VII. | Treaty of 14th November, 1863 | 45 |
| VIII. | Protocol (A) of Conference at London of 25th January, 1864 | 50 |
| IX. | Treaty of 29th March, 1864 | 51 |
| X. | Protocol of Conference at London of 29th March, 1864 | 58 |
| XI. | Act of Accession of Sultan to No. IX of 8th April, 1865 | 58 |
| XII. | Convention of 24th May, 1881 | 60 |
| CHAPTER III. Samos and Crete (1830-1878). |||
| Introduction | | 70 |
| Texts: No. I. | Note of the Porte as to Samos of 10th December, 1832 | 74 |
| II. | Organic Law for Samos of 1834 | 76 |
| III. | Organic Law for Crete of 1868 | 77 |
| IV. | Firman, modifying No. III, of 1878 | 83 |
| CHAPTER IV. Egypt (1839-1885). |||
| Introduction | | 89 |
| Texts: No. I. | Firman of 1st June, 1841 | 110 |
| II. | "27th May, 1866 | 114 ​ |
| III. | Firman of 15th June, 1866 | 116 |
| IV. | "8th June, 1867 | 116 |
| V. | "29th November, 1869 | 118 |
| VI. | "10th September, 1872 | 119 |
| VII. | "25th September, 1872 | 120 |
| VIII. | "8th June, 1873 | 121 |
| IX. | "2nd August, 1879 | 125 |
| X. | The Règlement for the International Courts | 128 |
| XI. | Accessions of Powers to No. X. | 141 |
| XII. | Decree (establishing the 'Caisse') of 2nd May, 1876 | 147 |
| XIII. | Decree (Unifying Debt) of 7th May, 1876 | 150 |
| XIV. | Decree (Goschen-Joubeet) of 18th November, 1876 | 154 |
| XV. | Decree (Rothschild Loan) of 15th November, 1879 | 165 |
| XVI. | Decree (Commission of Liquidation) of 31st March, 1880 | 167 |
| XVII. | Decree (Law of Liquidation) of 17th July, 1880 | 169 |
| XVIII. | Declaration, at London, of the Great Powers and the Porte, of 17th March, 1885, with Annexed Convention and Decree | 194 ​ |
| CHAPTER V. The Lebanon (1842-1883). |||
| Introduction | | 206 |
| Texts: No. I. | Protocol of Conference at Pera of 9th June, 1861 | 210 |
| II. | Règlement for the Lebanon of 6th September, 1864 | 212 |
| III. | Protocol of Conference at Constantinople of 8th May, 1883 | 218 |
| CHAPTER VI. The Balkan Peninsula, etc. (1856-1885). |||
| Introduction | | 220 |
| Texts: No.I. | The Treaty of Paris of 30th March, | 241 |
| | Conventions annexed to this Treaty | 255 |
| II. | The Tripartite Treaty of 15th April, 1856 | 259 |
| III. | The Treaty (Bessaeabia and Danube Delta) of 19th June, 1857 | 260 |
| IV. | The Danube Navigation Act of 2nd November, 1865 | 269 |
| V. | The Treaty of London of 13th March, 1871 | 272 |
| VI. | The Treaty of Berlin of 13th July, 1878 | 277 ​ |
| VII. | The Additional (Danube Navigation) Act of 28th May, 1881 | 308 |
| VIII. | The Treaty of London (Danube Navigation) of 10th March, 1883 | 313 |
| | Règlement annexed to this Treaty | 316 |
| APPENDIX. |||
| No. I. Religious and Political Equality in Turkey. |||
| (1) The Hatti-Scheriff of Gulhané | (1) The Hatti-Scheriff of Gulhané | 323 |
| (2) The Hatti-Humayoun of 1856 | (2) The Hatti-Humayoun of 1856 | 329 |
| (3) Extracts from the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 | (3) Extracts from the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 | 335 |
| No. II. Russia and the Porte |||
| (1) The Treaty of San Stefano (1878) | (1) The Treaty of San Stefano (1878) | 335 |
| (2) The Definitive Treaty of Peace (1879) | (2) The Definitive Treaty of Peace (1879) | 348 |
| (3) The War Indemnity Convention (1882) | (3) The War Indemnity Convention (1882) | 350 ​ |
| No. III. Great Britain and the Porte. |||
| (1) The Cyprus Convention of 4th June, 1878 | (1) The Cyprus Convention of 4th June, 1878 | 354 |
| (2) Annexe to this Convention (1st July, 1878) | (2) Annexe to this Convention (1st July, 1878) | 355 |
| No. IV. Austria and the Porte. |||
| The Convention, as to Bosnia and Herzegovina, of 21st April, 1879 | The Convention, as to Bosnia and Herzegovina, of 21st April, 1879 | 356 |
| Additional Note | Additional Note | 359 |
| Index | Index | 361 |
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