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extract from the Angsbaygey dHge'e'Ae |et'-As' VI
''.1 bcb has only recently acknowledged the IN
d,ntndsnce of Montenegro, can scarcely remain an ia
sntctsor Of events Moreover comnefcla s..e' , az.
re- Woibxna down TO the mouth Of the Pruth the eoun-
y warns with Russian troops and that reenforcemen's
are continually arriving , .L.
an Austrian army OF ODeerNatioh was assehiVih8 on e
Austro Turkish frontiers.
On nee 6. Is52. Lord Stanley interpelatel Lord
Maine sbury with respect 10 the affairs OF Montenegro
and Bouspartes noble friend made the following dec
laration: ,,
The noble lord minated his desire to ask whether
spy change had recently taken place in the political rea
tons Of that wild country bordering on Aoana cated
Montenegro. l believe that no change whatever q Is
tai en- place with respect to its political relations Inc
chief Of that country bears double tide he Is head OF
the Greek Church in that country and ne also me ten
rora sovereign But with respect his po
sition he under the Jurisdiction o. me EnpT9r 81 hut
sia rho considered 10 be the head Of the TAoG Gree~
Church The chief of Montenegro has been as believe
all his ancestors we're before him accustoms d 10 receive
from the sanction and recognition OF the Emperor ms
Episcopal urisdicton and titles WITH respect 70 tne
ufndenc of that country whatever the opinion OF diner
eut persons may be 10 the advantage OF such poson
the fact is that MoHnegro has ban On 'de9deHt eo&ry
Tor ,omeIinQ like $50 yedrs and though various attempts
have been made by the Porte to bring il into subsection
those attempts have failed one after another anu de
country in the same position now that was Some %oO
In Ills speech Lord Malmesbury, the then Tory
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, quietly dlssects
the Ottoman Empire by separating from II country
that had ever belonged TO it, recognising at the same
tine the Emperor of Russias spiritual pretensions
over subjects of the Porte. What are We 70 say OF
these two sets of Ogarcbs except that they rival each
other IN lInbecilty! 80.
The Porte was of course seriously alarmed at this
speecb Of British Minister and there appeared short
Ia afterward in an English newspaper the following
letter from COnstantinople dated Jan. ., ls53;
The Porte has experienced the greatest irritation
owing TO Lord Malmesbury declaration in the House of
LORDS thai Montenegro was independent lie thus Payea
into the hands OF Russ and Austria by which England VIII
lose that influence and confidence which she has hitherto
epioyed In the first article Of the treaty Of Ssiow coz
cded between the Porte and Austria in 1884, TO which
treaty England, HOLLAND and Russia were mediating
pares it is expressly stipulated that an amnesty snOnid
be granted the subjects Of both Powers who had taken
Mont,1egrins, Moldavians and WaachiaDs, named as
rebel subjects Of the Porte The MOntenegrns who re
side in Constannope Of whom there are ZO)O TO 'o'O
pay the harotch capatontax and judicial procedure
With subjects Of other Powers al Conssaninopie the
Monteno erns are always considered and treated as
Turkish subjects without objection
In the beginning of January 1888, the Austrian Gov
eminent seat Baron Roller of KOenstein an aldede-
camp of the Emperor to CatarO to watch the course
OF events while Mr.. DOzerOh, the Russian Envoy at
COnstantinOpe handed in protest to the DYan against
the concessions made 10 the Latns IN the question oil
the Holy Shrines. At the end Of January, Count
Leinngen arrived at COnstantIDOpe, and was admitted
on the sd February, to private audience with the
Sultan to whom he delivered letter from the Austrian
Emperor. Tie Porte refused to comply WIN MS de-
mands and Count Leiningen thereupon gave IN an
uhimatum allowing the Porte four days 10 answer.
Tie Porte Immediately placed itself under the protec
ten OF England and France, which did not protect her
while Count Leinngen refused their mediation On
Feb 49, he had obtained everything he had asked Tor
with the exception OF Art III and his umatum was
accepted. 1t contained the following articles;
81 Immediate of Montenegro and the establishment
dec sYson by which the Porte to engage herself
he
to recognize the @sZf ea1' ~ isso OIL A5a the Of M
susesr committed against the Christians OF Bosnia and
IN Removal of all the political refugees aud renegades pres
tnt il the provinces adjoining The Austrian ifoniieIs
whose he'd l Ay annuled and the maintenance
Of Ie OF s Ss 's Ss wRo. ship and
wi EssbIm.ni Of coDsulates Bosnia sery,
Here eoyina ard all over Roumelis
vii Dsyows Of the eoDduet maintained 1850 in the affair
Of the refugees"
Before accedng to this ultmatum, the Ottoman
Porte as Mr. Simpson states, addressed note to the
ambassadors of England and France, demanding
pTCmise from them of positive assistance in the event
Of war with Austria "The two Ministers not being
liable to pledge themselves in definite manner the
Turkish Government yielded to the energetic proceed
ings Of Count Lenipgen
On February 2oth. Count Leinngen arrived at vi
emma and Prince MenchikOf at COnstantinOple. On
the Sd OF March, Lord John Russell had the mpudence
todecare in answer to an Interpolation of Lord Dud
ley Stuart that
"In answer TO representations made 10 the Austrian Gov
ernment had been given that the latter held
the same VIEWS the English Government the sub
iect and though he could not state the precise terms of
the arrangement that had been made the intervention OF
France AID England had been sand he trusted
the late differences were now over The adopted
by England had been to give Turkey such advice
would maintain her honor and her independence.
For his part he thought that grounds of right of
international law of faith toward ally, and also
grounds of general policy and expedency he HaiRte
nance Of the Integrity and independence IF Turkey
n
England KARL MARI