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| International | Austria | [P|S|M] |
Note of Turkey in reply to the Austro-Hungarian Note relative to the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Communicated to the Powers signatory
of the Treaty of Berlin, July 12, 1878, on October 9, 1908
in French. (Revue Generale de Droit International Public, xv. 37-8)
The Ottoman Government having examined, with all the attention that it merits, the considerations exposed in this Note, is bound to declare that it
is unable to (p.87) participate in the point of view of the Imperial and Royal Government.
In effect, the administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in its actual form, is based on Article XXV of the Treaty of Berlin as well as on the Convention
of Constantinople of 1879, which is the development of it.
The diplomatic acts defined explicitly the character of the Austro-Hungarian occupation and administration of the aforesaid provinces, and the maintenance of the Ottoman sovereignty.
Any derogation from these acts cannot be brought about without the unanimous agreement of Turkey, the sovereign of these countries, and of the
other High Contracting Powers.
Accordingly the Ottoman Government finds itself under the necessity of reserving all the rights which result in its favour from the international
treaties, and of protesting against the violation of these acts by the Imperial and Royal Government.
| | R.B. Mowat, Select Treaties
and Documents 1815-1916, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1916, pp.86-87 |
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