The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-06
THE ANGLO-KUssIAN AGREEMENT.
The Points Upon winch England and
Russia Are Agreed.
[LondOn lobe, June al


" The Berlin congress having assembled
there Is no longer any reason for our with
holding the full text of the agreement be-
tween Che governments of England and Rus
sia, signed at the Foreign Office on the thr
tieth Of May.
The agreement comprises two MONOGRAM
dums. The title Of the first emorandum Is.
Project of memorandum determining the
points upon which an understanding has
been established between the governments Of
Russia and Great Britain, and which will
serve as mutual engagement for the Rus
sian and English plenipotentiaries at the
congress-"
! After q preamble expressing the desire Of
the Russian and English governments to es-
tablish an understanding that may obvate
the settlement of the Eastern question by the
sword, the memorandum goes on to state:
tTRANsLATIoN.I
l. England discards the longitudinal d.
vision Of Bulgaria. but the representative of
advantages Of it to the congress, promising,
nevertheless, not to Insist upon 1t against the
deflnitive opinion of England.
2. The arrangement OF the boundaries OF
Southern Bulgaria should be modified In such
q manner as to remove them from the Bgean
sea, according TO the southern deimitation Of
the Bulgarian provinces, proposed by the con-
conference of Constanttnople. This does not
Germ the question Of the frontiers SO much as
It refers to the exclusion of the littoral Of the
HIgean sea; that Is to say, to the west Of
Lagos. From this point t. the coast of the
Black sea the discussion Of the frontier will
remain free.
3. The western frontiers OF Bulgaria should
be rectified upon the base of natt0naIties, so
as to exclude from that province the nom
Bulgarian populations. The western from
tiers of Bulgaria ought not to pass In prin-
ciple line traced FROM close to Novi-Bazar to
KOursha-Balkin.
4. The Bulgaria replaced in the limits
which are mentioned in the points two and
three, shall be divided into two provinces,
namely:
The one to the north Of the Balkans should
be endowed with political autonomy, under
the government of q prince, and the other, to
the south of the Balkans. should receive
large measure of administrative self-govern-
ment (autOnOmie admnistrativeG-fOr in
stance like that which exists in English colo
nies-with q Christian Governor named with
the acquiescence Of Europe for five to ten
years.
8. The Emperor of Russia attaches pecu-
liar Importance to the retreat Of the Turkish
army from Southern Bulgaria. His Majesty
does not see any security or guarantee for
the Bulgarian population In the future II the
Ottoman troops are maintained there.
Lord Salisbury accepts the retreat of the
Turkish troops from Southern Bulgaria, but
Russia will not object to what is enacted by
the congress respecting the mode and the
cases where the Turkish troops would be al
lowed to enter the Southern province to re-
sist an instruction or invasion, whether in
state of execution or a state of menace.
England, nevertheless, reserves to herself to
insist at the congress on the right of the Sui
tan to be able to canton troops on the frontiers
Of Southern Bulgaria
The representative OF Russia reserves to
himself at the Congress complete liberty in
the discussion of this last proposition of Lord
Salisbury.
g. The British government demands that
the superior officers chefs sHperieursI OF the
militia In Southern Bulgaria should be named
by the Porte with the consent of Europe.
z. The promises concerning Armenia stipu-
lated by the preliminary treaty of San Ste
fano should not be made exclusively to Rus
STA, but to England also.
s. The government of her Britannia Majesty
taking, as we'll as the Imperial government,
warm interest in the future organization OF
the Greek provinces Of the Balkan peninsula,
the article Is of the preliminary treaty of
San Stefano shall be modified in such a man
ner that the other powers, and notably Eng
land, may have, like Russia, a consulting
voice in the future organization OF EpIrls,
! Thessaly and the other Christian provinces
resting under thedominion Of the Porte.
g. In so far as the war indemnity is con-
5 eerned his Majesty the Emperor has never
had the intention of converting it into terrific
rial annexations. and he does not refuse to
give assurances In this respect
4 1t is understood that the war indemnity will
not deprive the English government of their
rights as creditor, and it will in this respect