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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE EAST. Eosland Taking Possession ot Cyprus. How the ewTreaij is Looked L'pon. Other Points In the Controversy. Contro-versy. London, 9, The Post states, in official form, t&at Sir Garnet Woolaley will etart for Cyprus in a few days, and wiU take with him the ladiAD conticg?nL It appears that the congress was occupied yesterday with minor ques tiOQs. It endorsed the cession ut the province of Katour to Persia, and decided that the powers should periodically peri-odically receive reports on tbe conditions condi-tions ol Armenians. It Belt led the Servian boundary question, allotting Pirot to Servia, and referred the details of the Roumelian boundary question to a commission to acton the spot. A Berlin dispatch reports that tbe Russian requested a postponement of tbe Batoum question till Tuesday, not because the settlement was doubtful, doubt-ful, but to give time for reflection on and confirmation of tbe reports on tbe Anglo Turkish treaty. Lord Beacon-Afield made no mention of the treaty at to-day's sitting of the congress con-gress and probably will not do so, tor ii'be did be would thereby admit the right of the congress to discuss tbe treaty, a right wbicb England cannot admit, sa tbe treaty does not modify tbe treaty of Paris, It is probable that Russia will assent to this view. A Belgrade dispatch says the commandant com-mandant of Servian troops on the Javor frontier, reports that Osman Pasha with 30,000 men has entered Bosnia. Nu confidence is placed in i he reports. A Bucharest dispatch says the excitement is calaiiug, and many papers advise compliance with the decisions of the congress. The Tunes, in a leading editorial, remarks tbat British troops are now doubtless on their way to Cyprus, and tbe occupation of the island at this moment is being carried into efiect. An order has been received at tbe royal arsenal to cancel the demaud for 40,OOO,OCO cartridges remaining on tbe books of tbo department. There are various other evidences tbat the extraordinary activity which has prevailed in government establish' me tits during the last three months is about to decline. A Berlin correspondent says considerable con-siderable sensation was created here by tbe news of tbe Anglo Turkish alliance, and the cession of Cyprus. There ie a feeling that the oriental question baa entered upon anew and decisive Binge, and that tbe remodel ling process will continue alter tbe Berlin meeting U over. Some diplomatists diplo-matists have no hesitation in saying tbat the European anji Asiatic domains ol tbe porte are les3 likely to remain in statu q no lor the protection specially awarded to Levant. The first move it is thought, will be made by Roman Catholic Albanians on the confines of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ud who desire to be incorporated by Austria. In such case Italy is ex-pscted ex-pscted to occupy Albania and to offer to exchange it for South Tyrol. No tittle curiosity is felt respecting the aciiun of France and Russia in tbe immediate future. A Paris dispatch say3: Tbe arrange ment between England and Turkey, especially tbe acquisition of Cyprus, is not favorably received by public opinion here. Some newspapers are very bitter against it. Berlin, 9. It is believed the con gress decided that while Austria received re-ceived Batoum as a free port, the terri tory. principally intiabited by Laz'.s, is excepted from Russian control. In return for this tbe British plenipotentiaries plenipoten-tiaries accepted a substitution of tbe expression "essentially commercial," instead of "exclusively commercial," jw applied to Batoum. Mucb controversy con-troversy baa been proceeding on the Mihject uf the Sanjak uf SjIia betwet-n tiossiin and AusiiUu military delegates, dele-gates, the latter proposing a strategical strate-gical line reducing the territory 01 theSitijak nearly one-hall. It io uuderttood Count Schoiivalifl has retained tbe territory which the military mili-tary commit tec proposed to take HWiy horn the Sat j.ik. THE CONDITIONS. The following his Ibe feaiu-cs ui the couveuiion between Great Britain and Turkey : It is stipulated that if Bntouni, Kara and Ardaban are retained re-tained by Kubsia, and if an attempt is made at any future time to anuex a portiou ol Hie sultan's territory in Asia not ceded by a definite treaty of peace, Great Briiain engages to join the sultan in defending his territory ' oy force ol arms. Tbe sultan, in return, promisos to introduce neces-(isry neces-(isry reforms, to be agreed upon later. In order to enable Ureal - Britain to make tbe necessary provisions lor i xecuting her enaement, toe sultan conatuta to ain the L-Und of Cyprus Cy-prus to te occupied i)J administered I Hrpn( Retain, who flurt-es to Div to the porte Hie present excess of n-.e inland 'ti revenue over iu expendi lure?. Finally, Uret Britain eu-jirtHtrl eu-jirtHtrl to evacuate the island and terminate the convention if RustU restores Batoum, Kars and Ardahan to Turkey. Tue convention is to bo ratified wi:biu a montu. |
