STATE PAPERS. 
France to the Allied Powers, is 
fixed at the sum ofseven hundred 
millions of francs. The mode, the 
periods, and the guarantees for 
the payment of this sum, shall be 
regulated by a special Conven- 
tion, which shall have the same 
force and effect as if it were in- 
serted, word for word, in the pre- 
sent Treaty. 
V.—The state of uneasiness and 
of fermentation, which, after so 
many violent convulsions, and 
particularly after the last catas- 
trophe, France must still experi- 
ence, notwithstanding the pater- 
nal intentions of her King, and 
the advantages secured to every 
class of his subjects by the con- 
stitutional charter, requiring, for 
the security of the neighbouring 
States, certain measures of pre- 
caution, and of temporary gua- 
rantee, it has been judged indis- 
pensable to occupy, during afixed 
time, by a corps of allied troops, 
certain military positions along 
the frontiers of France, under the 
express reserve, that such occu- 
pation shall in no way prejudice 
the Sovereignty of his Most Chris- 
tian Majesty, nor the state of pos- 
session, such as it is recognized 
and confirmed by the present 
Treaty. The number of these 
troops shall not exceed one hun- 
dred and fifty thousand men.— 
The Commander in Chief of this 
army shall be nominated by the 
Allied Powers. This army shall 
occupy the fortresses of Condé, 
Valenciennes, Bouchain, Cam- 
bray, Le Quesnoy, Maubeuge, 
Landrecies, Avesnes, Rocroy, Gi- 
vet, with Charlemont, Mezieres, ° 
Sedan, Montmedy, Thionville, 
Longwy, Bitsch, and the Tete- 
de-Pont of Fort Louis. As the 
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maintenance of the army destined 
for this service is to be provided 
by France, a Special Convention 
shall regulate every thing which 
may relate to that object. This 
Convention, which shall have the 
same force and effect as if it were 
inserted word for word in the pre- 
sent Treaty, shall also regulate 
the relations of the army of occu- 
pation with the civil and military 
authorities of the country., The 
utmost extent of the duration of 
this military operation, is fixed at 
five years. It may terminate be- 
fore that period, if, at the end of 
three years, the Allied Sovereigns, 
after having, in concert with his 
Majesty the King of France, ma- 
turely examined their reciprocal 
situation and interests, and the 
progress which shall have been 
made in France in the re-estab- 
lishment of order and tranquillity, 
shall agree to acknowledge that 
the motives which led them to that 
measure have ceased toexist. But 
whatever may be the result. of 
this deliberation, all the fortresses 
_ and positions occupied by the al- 
lied troops shall at the expiration 
of five years, be evacuated with- 
out farther delay, and given up 
to his Most Christian Majesty, or 
to his heirs and successors. 
VI.—The foreign troops, not 
forming part of the army ofoccu- 
pation, shall evacuate the French 
territory within the term fixed 
by the 9th Article of the Military 
Convention annexed to the pre- 
sent treaty. 
VI.—In all countries which 
shall change Sovereigns, 'as well 
in virtue of the present Treaty, as 
of the arrangements which are to 
be made in consequence thereof, 
a period of six years from the 
