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Art. I. The High Contracting Parties guarantee, jointly and severally, the independence and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, recorded in the Treaty concluded at Paris on the thirtieth of March, one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-six^[1].

Art. II. Any infraction of the stipulations of the said Treaty will be considered by the Powers signing the present Treaty as a casus belli. They will come to an understanding with the Sublime Porte as to the measures which have become necessary, and will without delay determine among themselves as to the employment of their military and naval forces.

Art. III. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in a fortnight, or sooner if possible^[2].

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Paris, the fifteenth day of the month of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
CLARENDON.
COWLEY.
BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN.
HÜBNER.
A. WALEWSKL
BOURQUENEY.

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No. III.

1857, June 19th.

Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, relative to the Frontier in Bessarabia, the Isle of Serpents, and the Delta of the Danube. Signed at Paris, June 19, 1857^[3].

Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Em-

1. Cf. Art. 7 of the Treaty of Paris.
2. Ratifications were exchanged on 29th April, 1856.
3. Parl. Papers, 1858; N. R. G. xvi. 2, p. 11.