HOUSE OF LORDS.
DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENGLAND ':'; '.. AND TUBKEY.
July B.—Earl Granville asked the noble duke the President of the Council whether he was able to confirm or deny the statement which appeared in some of"the morning papers that a convention had been entered into between this country and Turkey with the object of securing for the future the territories in Asia of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan and for the cession to England of the Island of Cyprus. The Duke ; of-Richmond and Gordon: My lords, in answer to the question of the noble earl I have to state that ift view,,of,the retention by Russia of a portion of the Asiatic territories of the Porte a conditional contention was on June 4th lait entered into between Her Majesty and the Sultan, to the following effect :— " If Batoum, Ardahan, Kars, or any of them, shall be retained by Russia, and if attempt should be made at any future time by Russia, to take possession of any f*urther portion of the Asiatic territories of .the Sultan as fixed by the definite treaty of peace, England engages to join the Sultan in defendiug them by force of arms. In return the Sultan promises to England to introduce necessary reforms, to be agreed upon by the two Powers, into the government ot the Christians and Other subjects of the Porte in those territories ; and in order to enable England to make necessary provision for executing her engagement the Sultan further conBents to assign the Island of Cyprus to be occupied and administered by England. If the Government of Russia should at any time surrender to the Porte the territory it has acquired in Asia by the recent war, the stipulations in the convention will .cease to operate, and the Inland will be evacuated." Under this convention
(the condition on which it is founded having now arisen) a firman has been issued by the Port* authorising the transfer of Cyprus to England, and possession of the island will be at once taken,' and the government administered on behalf of Her Majesty. I have to add that Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir Garnet Wolseley to administer the government of the island.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2977, 30 August 1878, Page 3
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368HOUSE OF LORDS. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2977, 30 August 1878, Page 3
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