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renaln In the same state that IT stood before

remain In the same state that 1T stood before
| the war.
without contestng the final decision which
Russia will take with respect to the amount
! of the indemnity, England reserves to herself
| TO point out to Che congress the serious OBJ
| jections which she sees TO 1t.
10. AS to the Valley of Alashkert and the
town Of Bayazid, that valley being the great
transit route for Persia, and having an I'M
mense value In the eyes of the Turks, his
Majesty the Emperor consents to restore to
| them, but he has demanded and obtained In
exchange the cession to Persia oil the iJtle
territory Of Khotuur, which the commission,
ers OF the two mediatory courts have 1ouud
| just to restore to the Shah.
| II. The government of her Britannia Majes-
| ty would have to express its profound regret
| In the event OF Russia insisting deflnlCVely
| upon the retroepssDn OF BessarHbta. AS, now
! ever 1t Is sufficiently established that the
other stgnatories to the treaty OF Paris are
not ready to sustain by arms the ellmitation
| of Roumania stipulated in that treaty, Eng
land does not fluid herself sufficiently inter
| ested In this question TO be authorized TO IN
cur alone the responsibility of opposing her
self to the change proposed, and thus she
binds herself not to dispute the decision in
| this sense.
In consenting not TO contest the desire Of
the Emperor OF Russia to occupy the port Of
Batoum and 10 guard his conquests in Ar
menia the government of her Majesty do not
hide from themselves that grave dangers,
menaGing the tranquility of the populations
| Of Turkey in Asia, may result In the future
| by this extension Of the Russian frontier. But
| Her Majestys government are Of opinion
that the duty of protecting the Ottoman
| Empire from this danger, which henCeforth
will rest largely dune mestre spectacle upon
| England. can be- effected without exposing
| Europe TO the Calamities Of o war. At
| the same time the government Of the Queen
| take cognizance of the assurance given by
| his Imperial Majesty that In the future the
! Russian frontier will be no more extended on
the side Of Turkey in Asia Her Majesty's
government being consequently OF opinion
| that the notifications Of the treaty Of San
StafanO approved Of in this memorandum suf-
| flee to mitigate the objections that they find
| in the treaty In It's actual form, engage them
seved not to dispute the articles Of the prelim-
| mary treaty OF San StefanO, which are not
modified by the ten preceding points, IT, after
| the articles have been duly discussed in con-
gress, Russia persists in maintaining them.
It may be that during the discussions In
congress the two governments may find 1t
| fresh notifications which 1t would be itnpos-
sible to foresee but II the understanding re-
! speCtiDg these new notifications be not es-
tablished between the Russian and English
Observation-Disclosures, the present memorandum
| Is destined to serve as q mutual engagement
| In Congress for the plenlpOtentiaries Of Rus
STA and Great Britain.
| In faith of which this document has been
signed by the Russian ambassador Mt London
and the principal Secretary Of State of her
Britannia Majesty. Done at London, May
| 3d. 1873. SCHOUVALOFF.
SATTgHTTRy