The Globe of Friday week printed the text of the
Anglo-Russian Agreement, signed on May 30th at the Foreign Office by Lord Salisbury and Count Schouvaloff. Under this agreement, the Powers agree that Bulgaria shall be divided into two Provinces, of which the Northern one shall be independent, and the Southern one governed like an English colony, the Governor being ap- pointed for five or ten years with the consent of Europe. Southern Bulgaria will not reach the 2Egean. Turkish troops are not to enter Bulgaria in time of peace, but may enter it on war or insurrection being threatened. The superior officers of the Militia in Southern Bulgaria are to be named by the Sultan. Europe is to settle the organisation of the Greek and other Christian Provinces. The Russian Government is not to be paid its indemnity in land. Bayazid is to be restored to the Turks, but Batoum and Kars may become Russian, the British Govern- ment holding that although this extension of Russia is a danger to Turkey, "the duty of protecting the Ottoman Empire from this danger, which henceforth will rest largely (d'une mesure spe'ciale) upon England, can be effected without exposing Europe to the calamities of a fresh war." The British Government engage, subject to these points, ten in number, 4, not to dispute the articles of the preliminary Treaty of San Stefano." Fresh modifications may be proposed in Con- gress, by common consent, but failing them, " the present Memorandum is a mutual engagement in Congress for the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Great Britain."
