Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-19
THE BLACK SEA.
The C6nfsFEHes Of European P0WsfB-Ths
Result before the EBgiIsh Hsuss
Of Commons,
Interesting Resume Of The Proceedings
The Basis tf SETTLEMENT,

LONDON, March l5.-PrOtocOls of
the proceedings in the Black Sea
question will be on the table of the
| House Of Commons tonight, signed
| by the plenipOtentiarie5 of the seven
powers represented. Their general
features are a COnciliatOry tone on the
part Of Russia; a WILLINGNESS on the
part OF Turkey TO accept The deneUtral-
izatiOn of the Black Sea. The Confer
ence met January II, and Lord Gran
vile was chosen President. Granville
regretted the absence of plenipOten-
tiary from France, and declared that
the object of the Conference Wss to
examine the Black Sea question with
out partisanship and discuss it with
perfect liberty. In regard TO the Rus
sian proposals for a revision of the
treaty of Paris, Baron Won BrunnOW
made q statement which contained no
trace Of the imperative tone OF the
GOrtchakOff circular. BrunnOW's 8
speech was most conciliatOry through
out, and was responded to in the same
spirit by MansOuras Pasha. The Con-
ference then went into the work of
declaration, as follows That the plen-
ipOtentiaries recognize as essential to
the principal right Of nations: No
power can shake of the engagements
OF treaty or modify its stipulatiOns,
except with the assent Of the contract
ing parties. On this friendly under
standing, which was arrived at on
March l3, Due de BrOglie gave his
adhesion to il. The second meeting
took place January a, when BrunnOW
more fully stated the changes that had
taken place since 1856, and urged that
All treaties should be Judged by the
new considerations arising ia the in-
terval. He cOntended the treaty of
Paris was really perpetuated in irTita-
tiOns By wOunding the Russian ma
tiOnal sentiment. The Turkish Am
bassadOf oOmbatted the arguments Of
the Russian Ambassador, and de-
ciared that Turkey was fully satisfied
with tina treaty, but that il other
powers thought il eight TO admit the
Russian demand On that government,
he would give guarantees equivalent
and compatible with the right and
security Of the Ottoman Empire. He
was authorized to concur with other
Plenipotentiaries while recognizing
juEtice TO the Turkish objections, he
adhered TO their former expressions
that the Turkish consent must be the
condition Of equivalents. At the third
sitting, February Sd, on the treaty,
four articles were proposed by Eari
Granville. The second article gave
Turkey the power to introduce ships
OF war Of n0D-riverain powers into
the Black sea only, If compelled to do
80 .H
Empire. Nansauras Pasna objected
to the phrase non-riverain as restFic-
tive to Turkey and offensive TO Russia.
A long debate, generally in OppOsi-
ton, followed, the representative Ofthe
Turkish government, pleading his in-
struetiOns as veryspEemptOry. At the
same meeting the secondary question
az the Danube cOmissiOn was at
Grst mooted, and il was agreed
10 insert the arrangement therein
In the principal treaty. At the
fourth meeting on February 7,
40 instructions had been received by
pleniBOtsnarles, and dnOthing was done.
At the fifth meetings on the 81 lHst'
Duke De Br0gl ewes introduced
He declared that the French govern
ment saw 40 sufficient reason 20 EaOd-
ify the treaty Of Paris, but now it
would willingly accept the arrange
meHt which has partially been con-
eluded. The italian Minister met
the objections OF the Turkish Minis
ter by a proposals Of a new article
iR which the words friendly and
allied powers were substituted for n0n
Teversln powers. This amendment
WIS accepted fully by Turkey and
other powers. There We're no
other articles after their com
pletiOn. The Turkish and Russian
plenipotenaries announced that they
Were authorized to conclude the con
ventiOn By abr0gating the stipula-
ti0Hs Of the tre8ty 0l Paris relative
to the .numbaT and strength Of theiE
respective neets oR the Black Sea,