SERVIA, AUSTRIA, TURKEY, AND RUSSIA. 1 6 I 



' ' Article 36. — Les Musulmans qui possSdent des propri^tfe dans les territoires 

 annexes a la Serbie, et qui voudraient fixer leur rfoidence hors de la Principaut^, 

 pourront y conserrer leurs immeubles en les affermant ou en les faisant administrer par 

 des tiers. Une Commission Turco-Serbe sera charg^e de r^gler, dans le d^lai de trois 

 annees, toutes les affaires relatives au mode d'aliSnation, d'exploitation, ou d'usage, 

 pour le compte de la Sublime Porte, des propri^tfe de I'Etat et des fondations pieuses 

 (vacouf), ainsi que les questions relatives aux int^rdts des particuliers qui pourraient s'y 

 trouver engages. 



"Article 37. — Jusqu'a la conclusion d'un traits entre la Turquie et la Serbie, les 

 sujets Serbes voyageant ou s^journant dans I'Empire Ottoman seront trait^s suivant les 

 principes g^neraux du droit international. 



" Article 38. — Les troupes Serbes seront tenues d'ivacuer dans le d61ai de 15 jours, 

 a partir de la signature du pr^ient Trait^, le territoire non compris dans les nouvelles 

 limites de la Principaute. 



"Article 39. — Le tribut de la Serbie sera capitalist et les representants des Puis- 

 sances a Constantinople fixeront le taux de cette capitalisation d'accord avec la Sub- 

 lime Porte. La Serbie devant supporter une partie de la dette publique Ottomane pour 

 les njuveaux territoires quilui sont attribufe par le present Traite, les lepr^sentants a 

 Constantinople en determineront le montant, de concert avec la Sublime Porte, sur une 

 base Equitable." 



SERVO-BULGARIAN WAR, 1886. 



For a period of nine years, consequent on the satisfactory character 

 of the Treaty of Berlin, Servia and the new-born States of Bulgaria 

 and Roumelia, that had entered into the enjoyment of national life, 

 and free institutions, amply justified the decisions of the Berlin Con- 

 gress of 1878, for they proved, by settled order and peace, worthy 

 of the political freedom conferred upon them by the wisdom of the 

 statesmanship of United Europe. 



We will now quote from the previous chapter on " Bulgaria, 

 Russia, and Turkey," in regard to the events which subsequently 

 followed. 



In the summer of 1886, signs of restlessness appeared among the subjects of 

 Turkey in Macedonia and Albania, which extended into Bulgaria and Roumelia, 

 and showed that a storm was brewing in the Balkans, but few supposed that the 

 Treaty of Berlin was in danger. 



Suddenly Europe was startled by a popular coup d'etat, a bloodless revolution in 

 Roumelia, which deposed the Governor-General, overthrew the Government, and 

 proclaimed by acclamation its union with Bulgaria. 



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No sooner had Roumelia proclaimed her union with Bulgaria and become one 

 kingdom, and invited Prince Alexander, by one voice, to accept the Rulership, than 

 on every hand he was assailed by foes without and factions within, and the cry 

 seemed to be all along the Une, Compensation ! Compensation ! 



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