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ENGLAND AND TURKEY.
The Convention icy which England Guar
antees the Integrity Of Turkish
Territory In Asia.

l.. ?. WRENN, Secretary.


The convention entered into between Great
Britain and Turkey on the fourth of June
last was laid before the British Parliament on
July 8. It Is as follows:
CONVENTION OF DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE Be
TWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND TURKEY,
SIGNED JUNE 4, 1873.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress
of India, and his Imperial Majesty the Sui
tan, being mutually animated with the sin
cere desire of extending and strengthening
the relations Of friendship happily existing
between their two empires, have resolved
upon the conclusion of convention OF de-
fensve alliance, with the object Of securing
for the future the territories in Asia of his
Imperial Majesty the Sultan.
Their maiesties have accordingly chosen
and named as their plenipotentiaries that is
to say
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress Of
of India, the Right Honorable Austen Henry
Layard, her Majesty's Ambassador Extraor
binary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Sublime Porte;
Excellency Salvet Pasha, Minister for For
eign Affairs of his Imperial Majesty;
Vino, after having exchanged their full
powers, found In due and good form, have
agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE I.
If Batoum, Arabian, Kars, or any of them,
shall be retained by Russia, and II any at
tempt shall be made at any future time by
Russia to take possession of any further ter
ritories OF his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, in
Asia, as fixed by the definite treaty of peace,
England engages to join his Imperial Ma
iesty 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 those territories, and in order
to enable England to make necessary prOyi-
sion for executing her engagement, his I'm
perial Majesty the Sultan further consents to
assign the Island of Cyprus to be occupied
and administered by England.
ARTICLE IT.
The present convention 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 plenipO-
tentiaries have signed the same, and have
affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Constantinople the fourth day of
June, in the year 1873. A, III. LAYARD,
SAFVET.
ANNEX TO THE CONVENTION OF DEFENSIVE
ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND
TURKEY SIGNED JUNE 4, 1873.
The Right Honorable Sir A. H. Layard, G.
G. r., and his Highness Safvet Pasha, now
the Grand Vizier of his Majesty the Sultan,
have agreed to the following annex to the con-
yention signed by them as plenipotentaries
of their respective governments on the fourth
OF June, 1878:
ANNEX.
It is understood between the two high con-
tracing parties that England agrees to the
following conditions relating to her occupa-
ion, nd nd f,iT,i6f Of fhn Trlo 1P
Cyprus.
l. That q Mussulman religious tribunal
(Mehkemel Sheri) shall continue to exist in
the island, which will take exclusive cog
niZanCe of religious matters, and of no others,
concerning the Mussulman population of the
island.
1. That Mussulman resident in the island
shall be named by the Board of PiOus Found
ations in Turkey (Evlxaf) to superintend, in
conjunction with 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 establishments existing in
| Cyprus.
8. That England will pay to the Porte
| whatever is the present excess of revenue
over expenditure In the island this excess to
be calculated upon and determined by the av-
erage of the last five years. stated to be %, 1856
purses, to be duly verified hereafter and to
| the exclusion of the produce of State and
crown lands let or sold during that period.
| 4. That the Sublime Porte may freely sell
and lease lands and other property in Cyprus
belonging to the Ottoman crown and State
| (Arazii Miriye We Emlaki Houmayoun) the
produce of which does not form part of the
revenue Of the island referred to In article
| three.
5. That the English government, through
! their competent authorities, may purchase
cOmpulsOrily, at fair price, land required for
public improvements or for other public pur-
poses, and land which is not cultivated.
6. That If Russia restores to Turkey Kars
| and the other conquests made by her in Ar
menia during the last war; the Island of Cy-
prus will be evacuated by England, and the
convention of the fourth Of June, 1878, will be
at an end
Done at Constantinople the first day of July,
1878. A. B. LAYARD,
SAFyET.