Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-19
BLACK SEA CONFERENCE.
It's Progress and Results.

LONDON, March 17.-Pr1tocols on the
proceedings of the Black Sea question
will be on the table of the House of Com
mons tonight, signed by the plenipoten
tiaries of the seven powers represented.
Their general features are a cOnciliatory
tone on the part of Russia, willingness
on the part of Turkey to accept the de-
naturalization of the Black Sea and a
Difference of the conference to the wishes
of either power.
The conference met Jan. II. Lord
Granville was Chos en- President. Gran
vile Tegret,Cd the absence Of a plenipo-
Tertiary from France, and declared the
object of the conference was TO examine
the Black Sea question without paItizan-
ship, and discuss with perfect liberty, the
Russian proposals for revision of the
treaty of Paris. Baron Won Brunow
made a statement which contained no
trace of the imperative tone of Gortschs-
koff's circulars. Brunow's speech was
most conciliatory throughout, and
was responded to in the same spirit by
Mapsaurss Pasha. The conference then
went to work on a declaration that the
plenipotentiaries recognize it as an essen
tial principle of the rights of nations that
no power can shake off the engagements
of treaty or m,dify its stipulatiOns, ex-
cept with the assent of the contracting
parties. On this friendly understand
ing was arrived at, and on March IS,
Due de Broglie gave his adhesion to it,
The second meeting took place Jan.
he, fnll 81 1,a
changes that had taken place since 1856,
and urged that all treaties should be
Judged by new considerations arising in
The interval. He commended that the
treaty of Paris really perpetuated irrita-
tons by wounding the Russian national
sentiment. The Turkish Ambassador
combated the arguments of the Russian
Ambassador, and declared that Turkey
was fully satisfied with the treaty, but if
the other powers thought it right to ad-
NIT the Russian demand on that Govern
ment, and would give guarantees equiva-
lent and compatible with the rights and
security of the Ottoman Empire, he was
authorized to concur. The other Pleni-
pOtentiaries, while recognizing the JUS
tice of the Turkish objections, adhere to
their former expression, that Turkish coz
sent must be a condition of equivalents.
At the third setting, Feb. 8, on
the treaty, four articles were proposed by
Earl Granville. The second article gave
Turkey the power to introduce ships of
war of the non riparian powers into the
Black Sea, only if compelled to do so,
for the security of the Ottoman empire.
Mansaurss Pacha objected to the phrase
nOn-riparian as restrictive to Turkey and
offensive to Russia. A long debate, gen.
rally in opposition, followed, the repre-
sentative of the Turkish, Government plead
ing his instructions as very peremptory.
At the same meeting the secondary ques-
ton of the Danube Commission was first
mooted, and 1t was agreed to insert an
arrangement of this IN the principal
treaty.
At the fourth meeting, Feb. Z,
no instructions had been received by the
and nothing was done.
At the fifth meeting, Sd inst, Duke
De Broglie was introduced. He declared
the French Government saw no sufficient
reason to modify the treaty of Paris, but
now it willingly accepted an arrangement
which had partially been concluded. The
Italisn Minister met the objection of the
Turkish Minister, by proposing a new ar
ticle, in which the words friendly and
allied powers were substituted for non
riparian powers This amendment was
accepted by Turkey and other powers.
There were no differences on the other
articles. After their completion, the
Turkish and Russian plenipotentiaries an
nounced that they were authorized to
conclude convention abrOgating the stipu-
lations of the treaty of Paris relative to the
number and strength Of their respective
fleets in the Black sea.