The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-30 00:00:00

THE TREATY BETWEEN THE DRUSES

AND NARONITM

The French papers publish the.following as the
text of the treaty of peace signed between the
Drumm and the Marenites :
We, the undersigned caimakam, wakeels, im
dim, and head men among the Christians, havingi=
by order of his Exoelleucy the Musheer of Saida to the pre-
sauce of his Excellency the Kaye, and Caimakam of his Ex-
cellency Wadi Effendi ; having then conferred with the
esinuilam, wakeela, mokatagis, the divan, and bead men of
the Drums, seeking mutually to extirpate the causes of
disunion that have occurred, and to preserve future tran-
quillity, pursuant to the orders of his excellency, and fur
the love of the country :
Becogniming that, since the commencement of these dis-
orders, the government, the chiefs of the country, rational
people. and those who love the country and tranquillity,
have incessantly striven to prevent those disorders from
taking place ; but seeing that the machinations of those
who love disorder, and chie9v of those persons who have
no pity on infanta, boys, and girls, and that the obstinacy
of unreasonable persons have been unable to prevent tho
war from breaking out ; acknowledging that, in practice of
such a state of things, there is no other mode of stopping
the effusion of blood and bringing back general tranquillity
but that of concluding peace between the belligerent parties
conformably to the peace made in the year 12il1 ,14 the
Ilegire (A.D. 1545), entitled "The oblivion of that which
has happened":
In coroequenee, it has been agreed upon, with God's
help, to draw up this treaty of general peace upon the con-
dition above stated ; and that, respecting all that has oc-
curred since the commencement of the general war down to
the present moment, neither of the parties has the right to
put forward any claims now or hereafter ; that after the
signing of this treaty, whoever shall endeavour to break
the peace shall be immediately punished by the authorities,
and whoever shall seek to protect him shall be punished
in consequence ; all the chiefs in such a case will have to
unite for preventing the renewal of such an act.
The orders of the authorities will be given pursuant to
the regulations of the Mountain. The cuunacem, the rao-
kategia, will also have to conform their actions in follow-
ing the administrative regulations of the Lebanon without
any change, hastening to carry out all the orders of the au-
thorities, engaging to acquaint the latter with what is
going on whenever necessity require* it.
They will have to use all their efforts to bring about
union, friendship, and concord between the two nations, by
procuring tranquillity and well-being for ell the inhabitiuda,
end especially by endeavouring to bring back each individual
to his home, there to live at peace and to retake possession
of his property, without the possibility of being opposed or
molested by any one in any way whatsoever. As far as
possible, should circumstances so require, they will give
their assistance to the population in conformity with the
regulations of the government and with the help of his Ex-
cellency the Mushier.
The promptest means shall be taken without delay to put
an end to all cause of disunion by substituting for it rela-
tions of good friendship and the return of general tranquil-
lity, in conformity with the will and orders of the Sultan,
whom Clod preserve, and with the intentions of his Excel-
lency the Mushier.
But as it is admitted that the chief causes of the disorder
lie in the indifference with which the onlers and regulations
of the admini•dration are executed, the undersigned entreat
his excellency to take efficacious measures for the due dis-
pensation of justice by causing all things to be performed iu
their mitersl way, and by rendering justice to every one
with the greatest iniputislity.
All Nee nookatagis and officials will have to discharge
their duties with seal and attention, in conformity with the
regulations of the Mountain, without permitting the least
injustice to be done—duties which it is hoped they wi'l
perform andowily and impartially as their conscience
dictates.

Peransat to the preceding, peaces concluded bet wee 3 us
as the conditions above-mentioned, and it has been found
peter to draw up four copies of the lame, signed by each
nation, two of which shall be exchanged between the
iurtiei and two shall be presented to his Excellency the
Ilusbeer, to be kept in the archives of the government and
serve so a rule of conduct for the present and the future.
The 11th xilheljee.
I Here follow the signatures of the Christian caimakam,
mokatagis. members of the divan, wakes's, and principal
inhabitants.)
After publishing this treaty, the Semaphore de
Mrtraeille a,:ds, on the authority of its correspon-
dent at Beyrout, that the state of affairs had im-
proved greatly in the Mountain, that the roads
were free, and that the inhabitants were beginning
to return to the spots they had abandoned on the
Lebanon.