The Ottoman Empıre In Brıtısh Parlıamentary Debates Extracts From Hansard Volume 4 (december 1878 – 1899)

Preface INTRODUCTORY NOTE 1878

1. TURKEY—PROPOSED GUARANTEED LOAN.—QUESTION

1879

1. THE TREATY OF BERLIN—THE GREEK FRONTIER.—QUESTIONS
2. RUSSIA AND TURKEY—THE DEFINITIVE TREATY.—QUESTION
3. TURKEY—FINANCIAL REFORM—M. DE TOCQUEVILLE.—QUESTION
4. TURKEY—FINANCE.—QUESTION
5. TURKEY—PAPERS.—QUESTION
6. TREATY OF BERLIN—EASTERN ROUMELIA—THE FRENCH COMMISSION-ERS.—QUESTION
7. TURKEY AND RUSSIA—ARMENIA
8. TREATY OF BERLIN—PROTOCOL 13—GREECE AND TURKEY—RECTIFICA-TION OF FRONTIER.—RESOLUTION
9. TURKEY—CRETE.—QUESTION
10. TURKEY—RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES IN EASTERN ROUMELIA.—QUESTIONS
11. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE GREEK FRONTIER.—QUESTIONS
12. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE BALKAN GARRISONS.—QUESTION
13. CONGRESS OF BERLIN—THE GREEK FRONTIER.—QUESTION
14. TURKEY—ANTI-SLAVE TRADE TREATY.—QUESTION
15. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE 23RD ARTICLE—THE EUROPEAN PROVINCES OF TURKEY.—QUESTION
16. TURKEY—THE TURKISH GUARANTEED LOAN, 1855.—QUESTIONS
17. EGYPT—ABDICATION OF THE KHEDIVE.—QUESTIONS
18. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE 23— THE PROVINCES.—QUESTIONS
19. TREATY OF BERLIN—ASIATIC PROVINCES OF TURKEY.—QUESTIONS

1880

1. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE 23rd ARTICLE
2. TURKEY—THE SLAVE TRADE TREATY
3. TURKEY—APPOINTMENT OF BRITISH CONSULS AND VICE CONSULS
4. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE 23— EUROPEAN TURKEY
5. TURKEY—ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION (APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS) — KEAMIL PASHA
6. TURKEY—CAPTURE OF COLONEL SYNGE BY BRIGANDS
7. TURKEY—MURDER OF MR. OGLE
8. TREATY OF BERLIN—TURKEY AND GREECE—RECTIFICATION OF THE FRONTIER—THE COMMISSION
9. TURKEY AND GREECE—RECTIFICATION OF THE FRONTIER
10. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE MONTENEGRIN FRONTIER
11. MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS
12. MOTION FOR PAPERS
13. THE TREATY OF BERLIN—EXECUTION OF THE ARTICLES
14. TURKEY—THE TURKISH PARLIAMENT
15. THE TREATY OF BERLIN—EXECUTION OF THE ARTICLES
16. TURKEY AND GREECE—MILITARY FORCES
17. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE GREEK FRONTIER
18. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE BERLIN CONFERENCE—TURKEY
19. ASIATIC TURKEY—CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS

1881

1. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE MONTENEGRIN FRONTIER
2. TURKEY AND GREECE — ACTION OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS
3. TREATY OF BERLIN— EXECUTION OF THE ARTICLES
4. TURKEY AND GREECE—THE FRONTIER QUESTION
5. TURKEY AND GREECE—THE FRONTIER QUESTION
6. TURKEY AND GREECE—AN EGYPTIAN CONTINGENT
7. AFFAIRS OF GREECE.—RESOLUTION
8. FRANCE AND TUNIS (THE TREATY)
9. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE 23—REFORMS IN EUROPEAN TURKEY
10. TURKEY—THE MURDER OF THE LATE SULTAN, ABDUL AZIZ—MIDHAT PASHA
11. INTERNATIONAL LAW—CYPRUS AND TUNIS—A CONFERENCE OF GREAT POWERS
12. FRANCE AND TRIPOLI
13. TURKEY IN ASIA—REFORMS
14. TURKEY AND GREECE—THE FRONTIER QUESTION
15. TURKEY—MIDHAT PASHA—FULFILMENT OF SENTENCE
16. TRIPOLI—CONSULAR JURISDICTION
17. FRANCE AND TUNIS (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)
18. TUNIS.—RESOLUTION
19. TURKEY AND GREECE—OCCUPATION OF TURKISH TERRITORY

1882

1. AFFAIRS OF EGYPT—SUZERAINTY OF THE SULTAN
2. TREATY OF BERLIN, ARTICLE 23—THE EUROPEAN PROVINCES OF TURKEY
3. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE 9—THE BULGARIAN TRIBUTE
4. TURKEY (ALBANIA)—THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN SELBY
5. TURKEY—ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
6. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFATRS)—THE EXISTING CRISIS.—OBSERVATIONS
7. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)
8. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)
9. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)—THE CONFERENCE
10. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIES)—THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE
11. EGYPT—THE POLITICAL CRISIS
12. EGYPT AND ITALY—CESSION OF ASSAB BAY
13. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)
14. EGYPT—THE POLITICAL CRISIS
15. EGYPT AND ITALY—CESSION OF ASSAB BAY
16. EGYPT—THE POLITICAL CRISIS
17. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)—THE CONFERENCE.—QUESTION
18. EGYPT (DIPLOMACY, &c.)
19. EGYPT—ARMAMENTS AT ALEXANDRIA —IMPENDING HOSTILITIES
20. EGYPT (MILITARY AFFAIRS)—PROCEEDINGS OF THE FLEET AT ALEXAN-DRIA—POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT
21. EGYPT—PROTECTION OF THE SUEZ CANAL-PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS
22. EGYPT—THE CONFERENCE—ACTION OF THE PORTE
23. EGYPT—THE CONFERENCE—INTERVENTION OF THE PORTE
24. EGYPT (MILITARY EXPEDITION)—DESPATCH OF TROOPS FROM TURKEY.—QUESTION
25. TURKEY—THE WAR INDEMNITY
26. EGYPT (POLITICAL AFFAIRS)—INTERVENTION OF TURKEY
27. TURKEY AND EGYPT — ACTION OF H.M. CONSULS.—OBSERVATIONS
28. FRANCE AND TUNIS — COMMERCIAL TREATY OF 1875 — THE CAPITULATIONS
29. TURKEY—ARMENIA
30. TURKEY (FINANCE, &c.)—THE TREATY OF BERLIN—THE PUBLIC DEBT OF TURKEY
31. AFRICA (EAST COAST)—TAJODRA BAY
32. EGYPT. ADJOURNED DEBATE. [SECOND NIGHT].
33. TURKEY IN ASIA—NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS
34. TURKEY IN ASIA—JEWS IN PALESTINE
35. EGYPT—RESOLUTION
36. TURKEY—SERVIA—DETENTION OF PRISONERS
37. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE 23— THE EUROPEAN PROVINCES OF TURKEY
38. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLES 52, 54, 55—THE DANUBIAN CONFERENCE
39. TURKEY—DISORDERS IN UPPER MACEDONIA
40. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE 61— REFORMS IN ARMENIA
41. TREATY OF BERLIN—THE TRIBUTE OF BULGARIA
42. TURKEY—THE NEW TARIFF
43. RESOLUTION
44. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE X.—THE VARNA RAILWAY CLAIMS
45. TURKEY
46. TREATY OF BERLIN-ARTICLE 61—ARMENIA
47. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE X.—THE VARNA RAILWAY
48. TURKEY—GREEK SUBJECTS OF THE PORTE
49. TURKEY IN ASIA—THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS
50. TURKEY IN ASIA—THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS
51. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE XXIII.—THE ISLAND OF CHIOS
52. TURKEY IN ASIA—THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS
53. QUESTION. OBSERVATIONS
54. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)—NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS
55. TURKEY (FINANCE, &c.)—THE PUBLIC DEBT

1884

1. EGYPT—CO-OPERATION OF TURKEY
2. EGYPT—THE SOUDAN—SUZERAINTY OF THE SULTAN
3. EGYPT (AFFAIRS OF THE SOUDAN)—SUZERAINTY OF THE SULTAN
4. EGYPT—SUZERAINTY OF THE SULTAN
5. TURKEY—GREEK PATRIARCHATE AT CONSTANTINOPLE
6. MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS
7. QUESTION. OBSERVATIONS
8. TURKEY—IMPRISONMENT OF GREEK SUBJECTS AT CONSTANTINOPLE
9. TURKEY IN ASIA—AMERICAN SCHOOLS IN ARMENIA
10. TURKEY—THE EUROPEAN PROVINCES — CHRISTIANS IN MACEDONIA
11. TURKEY (EUROPEAN PROVINCES)— THE GOVERNOR GENERALSHIP OF EASTERN ROUMELIA
12. TURKEY—QUARANTINE IN TURKISH WATERS
13. PUBLIC HEALTH—QUARANTINE AT SMYRNA
14. TURKEY—QUARANTINE IN THE DARDANELLES
15. TURKEY—THE TREATY OF BERLIN—THE STIPULATED REFORMS
16. QUESTION. OBSERVATIONS
17. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE XXIII. —MACEDONIA
18. MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS
19. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE XXIII. —MACEDONIA
20. TURKEY—THE FRANCO-ENGLISH LOAN OF 1855—THE CONVENTION
21. TURKEY (EUROPEAN PROVINCES)— DISTURBANCES IN ALBANIA
22. ENGLAND AND TURKEY—THE ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION
23. THE DARDANELLES AND THE BLACK SEA
24. TREATY OF BERLIN, ARTICLE LXI.— REFORMS IN ARMENIA

1886

1. TURKEY — TREATMENT OF CHRISTIANS
2. SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE—GREECE AND TURKEY
3. EASTERN ROUMELIA—CUSTOMS CORDON
4. SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE—THE GRÆCO-TURKISH FRONTIER
5. SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE—TURKEY AND GREECE—ACTION OF THE POWERS
6. TURKEY—RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
7. TURKEY—DISTURBANCES IN ARMENIA (VAN)
8. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE LXL— ARMENIA

1887

1. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE LXII. —ARMENIA — ABDUCTION OF A CHRISTIAN GIRL
2. TURKEY IN ASIA—OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISH LADY AT ALEPPO
3. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE LXL— ARMENIA

1888

1. BULGARIA AND TURKEY — TREATY OF BERLIN — RECIPROCAL ENGAGEMENTS
2. TREATY OF BERLIN—ARTICLE LXI.—ARMENIA
3. TURKEY (EUROPEAN PROVINCES)— MACEDONIA
4. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)— ARMENIA—PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS
5. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)— ARMENIA
6. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)—ATTACK ON A BRITISH SUBJECT AT ALEPPO
7. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)—ARMENIA-ARRESTS
8. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)— ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS IN VAN
9. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)— PERSECUTION OF ARMENIAN PROTESTANTS
10. TURKEY (ASIATIC PROVINCES)—MRS. BARKER—THE COURT AT ALEPPO
11. TURKEY—BRITISH AND AUSTRIAN RAILWAY LESSEES
12. TURKEY (FINANCE, &c.)—THE PUBLIC DEBT

1889

1. FOREIGN JOURNALISTS. ARMENIAN JOURNAL
2. REQUEST OF THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF AN ARMENIAN JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN LONDON
3. THE ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS IN ASIATIC TURKEY
4. ARMENIA
5. ARMENIA—QUESTION
6. CRUELTIES IN ARMENIA
7. QUESTIONS—OBSERVATIONS-DISTURBANCES IN CRETE
8. ARMENIA
9. QUESTIONS—OBSERVATIONS. ALLEGED OUTRAGES IN ARMENIA
10. MOUSSA BEY
11. MOUSSA BEY
12. TURKEY—BULGARIA
13. CRETE
14. TURKEY AND ARMENIA
15. ARMENIA.

1890

1. AFFAIRS OF ARMENIA. ADJOURNED DEBATE
2. THE TURKISH COURTS AT ALEPPO
3. CRETE
4. THE TURKISH COURTS AT ALEPPO
5. EMIGRANTS FROM THE CAUCASUS
6. MAHOMMEDAN IMMIGRATION INTO TURKEY
7. ARMENIAN OUTRAGES
8. CRETE AND TURKISH WAR VESSELS
9. AFFAIRS OF ARMENIA. CLASS V
10. MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS IN MACEDONIA
11. OUTRAGES IN ARMENIA
12. ARMENIA
13. DISORDERS IN CRETE
14. SLAVE TRADE
15. REFORMS IN ARMENIA
16. ARMENIA
17. ARMENIA
18. ARMENIA
19. MACEDONIA.
20. OUTRAGES IN ARMENIA.
21. OUTRAGES IN MACEDONIA.
22. AFFAIRS OF ARMENIA. CLASS VII.

1893.

1. ARMENIA.
2. PRATIQUE AT THE DARDANELLES.
3. ARMENIA.
4. CONSTANTINOPLE QUAY.
5. AN AMNESTY FOR ARMENIAN PRISONERS.
6. ARCHBISHOP KHRIMIAN.
7. ARCHBISHOP KHRIMIAN.
8. ARMENIAN ARRESTS.
9. THE ANGORA TRIALS.
10. THE ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS.
11. QUESTION. OBSERVATIONS.
12. THE INSANITARY CONDITION OF MECCA.
13. ARMENIAN AFFAIRS. 1893-4.
14. THE IMPRISONED ARMENIANS.
15. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA IN THE EAST.
16. THE BENGAZI SLAVE TRADE.
17. THE IMPRISONED ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOPS.
18. THE ARMENIAN PRISONERS.

1894.

1. CAPITULATIONS. CLASS 1.
2. THE ARMENIAN PRISONERS IN TURKEY.
3. THE TUNIS-TRIPOLI FRONTIER.

1895.

1. PRESS PASSPORTS FOR ARMENIA.
2. ARMENIA.
3. ARMENIA.
4. ARMENIAN COMMISSION.
5. ARMENIAN INQUIRY.
6. CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.
7. ARMENIAN INQUIRY.
8. THE ARMENIAN COMMISSION.
9. ARMENIA.
10. ARMENIAN ECCLESIASTICS.
11. ARMENIAN PRISONERS.
12. ARMENIA.
13. HUSSEIN PASHA.
14. ARMENIA.
15. ARMENIA.
16. SASSOUN.
17. ARMENIAN FUGITIVES FROM SASSUN.
18. ARMENIAN PRISONERS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
19. MILITARY VICE-CONSULS IN ASIA MINOR.
20. ARMENIA.

1896.

1. ZEITOUN.
2. ARMENIA.
3. ARMENIA.
4. ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS.
5. TREATY ENGAGEMENTS (OTTOMAN EMPIRE).
6. MISSIONARIES IN ASIATIC TURKEY.
7. ARMENIA.
8. MASSACRES AT URFA.
9. CRETE.
10. CRETE.
11. CRETE MASSACRES.
12. CRETE.
13. AFFAIRS AT VAN.
14. BRITISH POST OFFICE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
15. CRETE.
16. AFFAIRS OF CRETE AND ARMENIA. CLASS II.
17. BRITISH POST OFFICE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
18. CRETE.
19. CRETE.
20. CRETE.
21. CRETE.
22. PASTOR KHAMIS.
23. CRETAN DISTRESS FUND.
24. MASSACRE NEAR KHARPUT (REPORTED).
25. CRETE.
26. NAZIM PASHA AND THE ARMENIAN COUNCILS.
27. DISTURBANCES AT NIKSAR.
28. CRETE.
29. CRETE.

1897.

1. TURKISH REFORMS.
2. OTTOMAN EMPIRE REFORMS.
3. CRETE.
4. CRETE.— MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
5. CRETE.— MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
6. CRETE.
7. CRETE (MINISTERIAL STATEMENT).
8. CRETE.—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.
9. ARMENIA.
10. CRETE.
11. THE CRETAN QUESTION—MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
12. CRETE.
13. CRETE.
14. CRETE.
15. CRETE.
16. CRETE—SPEECH BY LORD KIMBERLEY AT NORWICH.
17. CRETE.
18. CRETE.
19. EASTERN QUESTION.
20. CRETE.
21. CRETE.
22. CRETE.
23. CRETE.
24. GREECE AND THE POWERS.
25. CRETE.
26. TURCO-GREEK WAR.
27. TURCO-GREEK WAR.
28. TURKO-GREEK WAR.
29. CLASS II.—CRETE.
30. CRETE.
31. CRETE.
32. TURKEY AND GREECE.
33. CRETE.
34. CRETE.
35. TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN POWERS.—FOREIGN OFFICE VOTE.
36. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
37. DJEVAD PASHA.
38. TURKEY AND GREECE.
39. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. CRETE.—CLASS II.
40. TURKEY AND GREECE.

1898.

1. EVACUATION OF THESSALY.
2. GRECO-TURKISH RELATIONS. SUPPLY.
3. CRETE.
4. GREEK LOAN BILL.
5. THESSALY.
6. CRETE.
7. AFFAIRS IN CRETE.
8. CRETE.
9. CANDIA.
10. THE CORDON AT CANDIA.
11. CRETE.
12. BRITISH COMPENSATION CLAIMS AGAINST TURKEY.
13. THE ARMENIANS IN ASIA MINOR.

1899.

1. RUSSIA AND THE ARMENIANS.
2. CONSTANTINOPLE RIOTS.
3. ARMENIAN ORPHANAGES.
4. DISTRESS AT VAN.
5. THE ARMENIAN MASSACRES.
6. MECCA PILGRIMAGES.
7. THE ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS.
8. BRITISH INDIAN PILGRIMS IN ARABIA.
9. BRITISH CLAIMS FOR LOSSES IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

INDEX.