The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
Full Text Of the Protocol.
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! pr0tocoi:
The Powers who commonly undertook tn,
pacifcation of the East, and, therefore, par
ticipated in the Conference, recognize tha
fore all is to maintain the agreement estab
lished, and jointly to affirm afresh the com
mon interest. they take In the improvement
of the condition of the Christians and re-
forms In Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria,
which the Porte accepted on condition OF
itself carrying them into execution. They
take cognizsnce of the treaty OF peace with
Servia. Regarding Montenegro, the Pow.
ers considered the rectifcation Of the from
tiers and the free navigation OF the Bojana
desirable in the interest OF solid and dura-
BILE arrangement. The Powers consider the
arrangements concluded, or to be concluded,
between the Porte aud the two principali-
ties as q step accomplished toward pacifca-
tion, which Is the object of the common
wishes. They invite the Porte to consolidate
1t by replacing its armies on peace footing,
excepting the number of troops indispensable
for the maintenance Of order, and by put
ting in hand with the least possible delay the
reforms necessary for the tranquility and
well being of the Provinces, the condition
OF which was discussed at the Conference.
They recognize that the Porte has declared
itself ready to realize an important portion
of them. They take cognizance, specially,
of the circular of the Porte Of February IS,
1876, and of the declarations made by the
Ottoman Government during thee Conference,
and since through its representatives.
In view of these good intentions on the
part of the Porte, and of its evident interest
to carry them into immediate effect, the
Powers believe they have grounds for hoping
that the Porte will profit by the present lull
to apply energetically such measures as will
cause that effective improvement in the con-
diti0n OF the Christian population which is
unanimously called for as indispensable to
the tranquility OF Europe; and that having
once entered on thispath, it will understand
that 1t concerns its honor as well as its inter.
est to preserve it, loyalty and efficiently.
The Powers propose to watch carefully, by
their Representatives at Constantinople and
their local agents, the manner in which the
promises of the Ottoman Government are
carried into effect. If their hopes should
once more be disappointed, and II the con-
dition of the Christian subjects OF the Sui.
tan should not be improved in a manner to
prevent the return of the complications
which periodically disturb the peace OF the
the East, they think it right to declare that
such state of affairs would be incompati-
BILE with their interests and those OF Europe
in general. In such case, they reserve to
to consider in common as to the
means which they may deem best fitted to
secure the well.being OF Christian popula-
tions and the interests and general peace.
Done at London, March 81, 1877. Signed.
MUNSTER BuEsT, L. DHARCoURT,
DERBY, L. F. MENABBEA,
SCHOUvALOFF.
To the protocol are appended the min
utes of the meeting held at the Foreign
Office, March 81.
Count Schouvaloff made the following
declaration before the signing of the
protocol: off peace with Montenegro is
and the Porte accepts the
advice of Europe, and shows itself ready
to replace its forces on peace footing,
and seriously to undertake the reforms
mentioned in the protocol, let it send.to
st. Petersburg Special Envoy to treat
of disarmament, to which His Majesty
the Emperor would also on his part con-
sent. If massacres similar to those which
have stained Bulgaria with blood take
place, this would necessarily put a stop
to measures of rehabilitation"
The following declaration was made by
Lord Derby before signature of the pro-
tocOl: "Inasmuch as it is solely in the
interest of European peace that Her
Government have consented
to sign the protocol proposed by Russia,
1t is understood beforehand that in the
object proposed not being attained
reciprocal disarmament on the
part Of Russia and Turkey, and peace
between them--the protocol in question
shall be null and void"