The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-15
THE BERLIN TREATY.
LAST DAY OF THE CONGREss~sIGNING
TnE TREATY.
Exchange Of Compliments Between the
PIeRipOtenr In rIes-PrOv
of the Treaty.

Of the Treaty.
| BERLIN, July 1.-the treaty of Berlin wae
| formally signed yesterday by the members
of the congress- precisely one month from
tho day on which the delegates first INST
the ceremony of signing the document which
| is 10 secure tho peace of Europe q very in
| tereStlng one, being carried out with al that
grave decorum SO customary among dplO-
| mats, though there was no indication of any
| to delay the COnsummatiOn Of the labOP3 OF
| the congress.
| Precisely at the hour of noon the secre-
| taItes OF the vGTiOus pienipUtentiartes as
sembled at the Imperial ChanCellOry, and be-
! gan tho task of afIixinE the seals Of the
respective delegates, which were 10 serve as u
| certificatiOn Of their Individual signatures. 1t
was noticed at this time that the secretaries
| OF the OTTOMAN delegates were the only ones
| absent, which fact ut first created temporary
| fears that the Porte would create fresh diff
| Culties by refusing to sanction the several
| provisions of the treaty. The matter was
soon placed ut rest however, by the appear
anCe OF the missing secretaries, who finding
that they were causing delay, busipd them
selves In completing their share of the work
At half-past 2 O'Clock the delegates to the
congress assembled in the council chamber
for tho last time. The members were all in
full military dress, Prince Bismarck wearing
the magnificent full dress uniform of q Prus-
sian General. The president OF tho august
council looked worn and much fatigued.
Earl BGaCOnsiield was still suffering acltely
II, n
tered the chamber leaned heavily on his stick
Prince GOrtsChakOf was so weak from illness
that he had to be carried in from his carriage
by his servants in waiting. With these ex-
Ceptl0nS the members of the congress ap-
pearCd to be in most excellent health and
spirits.
After some unmpOrtant routine business
incident to the occasion had been carried out
Prince Bismarck arose and made d brief ad-
dress in which he cast n retrospective view
nN tnHl hot It,,I
ing to the important influence Of its deibera-
tiOns and decisions upon the future of Europe
In closing his address, the Prince requested
the members to proceed at once to sign the
document they had agreed upon, stating that
there were seven copies or one for each gov
ernment represented at and taking part in
the conferences.
Immediately all of the distinguished dele
gates except Prince GOrtsChakOn, who re-
manned seated I'm his council chair, proceeded
to the room occupied by the secretaries, In
this room the members found seven copies Of
the treaty spread out on the large table The
signing OF these papers was a somewhat te-
diOuS ceremony as il occupied nearly an
hour the delegates meanwhile exchanging
mutual compliments and distributing photo
graphs to each other with their respective
autographs.
The treaty being signed, the congress re-
assembled, and in their official chamber
Prince Bismarck made the closing speech at
$50 o'clock, expressing his high sense of
qualification and satisfaction at The aus
piCOus issue Of their mOmentOus dcbera-
tl0ns for the preservation of peace through
out Europe.
Count Andrassy in the name and behalf Of the
congress thereupOn heartily thanked Prince
Bismarck for the efficient manner in which he
had presided over their sessions. AS Count
Andrassy did SO, all the delegates rose In ac-
knowledgement, even Prince GOrtschakOff
struggling to his feet with the assistance of
Lord OdO Russell
The treaty, numbering sixty-four distinct
clauses, is exclusively wOrded in French.
gotten up, with elaborate design. 1t com
menCeS with "AU Nom de DieM, tOmt pIis-
SAINT I'll the name Of Almighty God" It'll
then rectes the names and several titles of
the contracting sOvereigns, and alludGs to the
continued Eastern disturbances, and also
liminary treaty Of San StefanO.
The closing paragraph expressly pFeSGribes
that all the enaCtments OF the treaties Of
Paris Of 1856 and Of London OF 1871, which the
present treaty does not modify, remain in
force.
After congratulations being exchanged on
all sides the members Of the congress left
Radziwil Palace for their respective resi-
dences in Berlin, preparatory to their return
home
In the evening a grand court dinner was
held at White Hall Palace, at which ITO per-
sons were present. The Crown Prince Fred
eriCk William congratulated the illustriOus
statesmen upon the realization Of his hopes
that the blessing Of peace should crown their
efforts. He deCIarsd that Germany's cO-Oper- |
alton can be counted on for all that tends to |
secure and preserve this benefit He drank |
the health of the plenipOtentiaries of the SOW |
ereign governments who on thisImemorable |
day signed the treaty Of Berlin. The only |
absentees from the banquet were Lord Bea- |
COnSfield and Prince GOrtschakOff