Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-27
THE ANGLo-TURKlSu TREATY.

Having given last week the text
of the treaty of Berlin, which was
the result of the conference of the
great powers which sat in that city
two weeks ago, we now give that Of
the separate treaty which the Brit
ish Government was negotiating
with the Ottoman Porte at the same
time. This places the whole ques-
ton before our readers:
ARTICLEI.-If BatOum, Arabian,
Kars, or any of them, shall be re-
tanned by Russia, and if any attempt
shall be made at any future time by
Russia to take possession of any
further territories of his Imperial
Majesty the Sultan in Asia, as fixed
by the Definitive Treaty of Peace,
England engages to join his Inpe-
rial Majesty the Sultan in defending
them by force of arms.
In return, his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan promises to England to
introduce necessary reforms, to be
agreed upon later between the two
powers, into the government and
for the protection of the Christian
and other subjects of the Porte in
these territories and in order to
enable England to make necessary
provision for executing her engage
ment, his Imperial Majesty the Sui
tan further consents to assign the
island of Cyprus, to be occupied and
Il hvr LNnnrlanh
ARTICLE 1.-THE present con-
vention shall be ratified, and the
notifications thereof shall be eX-
changed within the space of one
month, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the respective
plenipOtentiaries have signed the
same, and have affixed thereto the
seal of their arms.
Done at Constantinople the fourth
day of June, in the year one thOus-
and eight hundred and seventy
eight.
ANNEX.-It is understood be-
! tween the two high contracting
parties that England agrees to the
| following conditions relating to her
occupation and administration of
the island of Cyprus:
|. That q MuSSulman religious
tribunal (Mehkemei Sheri) shall
continue TO exist in the island,
which will take exclusive cOgni-
zance of religious matters, and of no
others, concerning the Mussulman
population Of the island.
II. That a MusSulman resident in
the island shall be named by the
Board of PiOus Foundations in
Turkey (Evka) to superintend, in
conjunction with a delegate to be
appointed by the British authorities,
! the administration of the property,
funds and lands belonging to
mosques, cemeteries, Mussulman
| schools and other religious estab-
| lishments existing in Cyprus.
III. That England will pay to the
Porte whatever is the present eX-
cess of revenue over expenditure in
! the island this excess to be calu-
lated upon and determined by the
average of the last five years, stated
to be 22,936 purses, to be duly Veri-
fed hereafter, and to the exclusion
of the produce of State and Crown
lands let or sold during that period.
~. That the Sublime Porte may
freely sell and lease lands and other
property in Cyprus belonging to the
! Ottoman Crown and state (AraZli
Miriye We Emiaki HOumayOun)
the produce of which does not form
part of the revenue of the island re-
ferred to in Article III.
V. That the English Government,
through their competent authorities,
may purchase cOmpulsorily, at a
fair price, land required for public
improvements, or for other public
purposes, and land which is not cul-
! tiVated.
VI. That if Russia restores to
Turkey Kars and the other con-
quests made by her in Armenia
during the last war, the island of
Cyprus will be evacuated by Eng
land, and the convention of the 4th
of June, 1878, will be at an end.