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and England preserved the power Of concentrat.
ING their suuadrous in the Mediterranean.

Moreover by the terms or tile treaty, the en-
trance to the Black Sea Is formally ana forever M .S
Riparian powers or any other power. But Dy
virtue OF the convention called The Straits Con-
ventinn, the passage through these straits Is
closed TO lags OF war. only In time OF peace. 1t
results from this contradiction that the coasts OF
the Russian Empire remain exposed 10 all aggres-
sions, even on the part Of less powerful States as
soon as they possess naval forces, to which Rus.
sia would be able to oppose only q few vessels OF
The treaty of the 1Sth-S0th March, 1855, more.
over has not escaped the inlractions TO which
most OF the European compromises nave oecn
subject, and in pr -scnce o1 WHICH IL .Woala DE
dlIficut to affirm that written law, founded upon
respect for treaties as O base OF public law and
rule for the relations between States, has preserv
ed the same moral sanction which 1t may have
lad In other times.
Wallachia, the fate Of which had been fixed by
the treaty OF peace and by the subsequent proto.
co.'s under nle guarantee OF the Great Powers,
effect series OF revolutions as contrary TO. the
spirit as to the letter OF these compromises, and
which led them first to union, then to the sum-
moning OF a foreign prince. These events occur
red with the consent OF the Porte and the acqules-
cence OF the Great Powers, OF at least without
the latter having thought IL necessary TO make
their DEGREES respected.
The representative Of Russia was the only one
to raise his voice to point OUT W the CaDnets tnat
by this toleralIon they would put themselves In
contradiction to the explicit stipulatlons or the
treaty Beyond doubt, II these concessions,
granted to one OF the Christian nattonalttles OF
The East, had resulted.from general understand
ing between the Cabinets and the Porte, by virtue
Of principle spSa9fe 70 Ese wheg fhe 1ra 81
Cabinet would have had nothing to do but ap-
plaud. But they were exclusive.
The Imperial Cabinet then. could not but be
struck with the fact that It aa eeen @ Pesns @
few years after Its conclusion, IN one OF lis essen
tial clauses, in the face OF the Great Powers as
sembled in conference at Paris, and representing
as whole tile high collectlve authority upon
which rested the peace Uf The East This infrac-
tion was not the only one. At several intervals,
and under various preteXts, the entrance 10 the
Straits has been opened TO foreign ships OF war,
and that OF the Black sea 70 wnole squahrons, tne
presence uf which was u violation or the clarac-
ter OF absolute neutrality ascribsd to these waters.
In proportion rs the pledges offered by fhe
treaty grew weak, and especially the guarantees
OF an elective neutrality OF the Back sea the ln-
PRODUCTION OF ironclad Ships unknown and un-
fore cen at The time o. the conclusion ofthe treaty
Of 1866 augmented for Russia the dangers OF an
eventual war by increasing, IN considerable pro-
portions, the already evident inequality OF the re-
Spective naval forces.
In tllls state Of things, his Majesty the Emperor
was obliged to ask himself, what are the rights
and what the duties which accrue TO Russia from
these notifications In the general situation, and
from those nfractiOns or engagements TO which
he has not ceased 10 be scrupuously faithful al
though they were conceived In spirit of MIS-
trust with respect to him
Upon mature examination OF the question his
Imperial Majesty has arrived NJ the following con-
knowledge o: the government to which you are
accredited:
Our august master cannot admit in law that
the treaties infring0l in several OF their essen
ttal and general clauses, remain obligatory IN
those which touch the direct interests OF his en-
pire. His Imperial Majesty cannot admit, IN fact,
that the security Of Russia should depend on
fiction which has not wilhsto0d the test OF time,
and be put In peril by his respect for engage
ments which have not been observed In their In
tegrity. The Emperor, conhdlng In the senti.
ments Of equity OF The slgnatory powers OF the
treaty OF 1885, and IN The CONSEQUENCES they have
of their own dignity, nstrucls you to declare that
his Imperial Majesty can no longer consider him
self bound by the olig cations Of the treaty OF 18TH
s0th March, 1856, far as these limit his right OF
sovereignty In the Black Sea; that his Imperial
Majesty considers lt his right and his duty to give
notice to his Majesty the Sultan In respect to the
special convention additional to The said treaty,
which fixes the number and the dimensions OF
the ahlps-Of-war which the two riparian powers
reserve the right OF maintaining In the Black Sea;
that he loyally gives notice OF this TO the powers
signing and guaranteeing the general treaty, OF
which this special convention constitutes an In.
tegra part that he restores to his Majesty the
Sultan the full possession OF his rights In tlls re.
spect, as he equally reclams his own for himself.
state that our august master has in view only
the security and dignity or his empire. 1t Is by
no means the purpose or his Imperial Majesty to
to raise the Eastern question upon this point.
He has no other wish than the preservation and
ofpeace.
He fully maintains his adhesion to the general
OF the treaty Of 1885, which settled the
posItIon or Turkey In the European system. He
is ready to come to an understanding with
the powers who signed this arrangement,
either to confirm It's general stpuations, Or TO re-
new them or to substitute for them any other
equitable arrangement which may be thought
suitable to secure the repOse OF the East and the
European equilibrium. His Majesty, however,
Is convinced that that peace and equilibrium will
have stronger guarantee when they shall have
been placed on more just and sold bases than
those resulting from position which no great
power could accept as normal condition OF ex-
lstence.
You are desired to read this dispatch to the
Minister Of Foreign Anhirs, and leave copy with
him. Receive, &C., GoRrscHARoFF.