Armenians At The Twilight of The Ottoman Era Part 4

1321 April 27, 1909 THE ARMENIANS Will the Powers avenge the slaughter of tens of thousands of Armenians across the Bosporus? Their treaty with the Sublime Porte justifies their intervening. The Convention of Cyprus between Great Britain and Turkey, signed... More

1321 April 27, 1909 THE ARMENIANS Will the Powers avenge the slaughter of tens of thousands of Armenians across the Bosporus? Their treaty with the Sublime Porte justifies their intervening. The Convention of Cyprus between Great Britain and Turkey, signed June 4, 1878, preceding the Treaty of Berlin, engages that England shall defend Turkey against Russia s further seizures of the territories in Asia Minor, with this proviso: In return his Imperial Majesty the Sultan promises to England to introduce necessary reforms, to be agreed upon later between the two Powers, into the Government and for the protection of the Christians and other subjects of the Porte in these territories. And in order to enable England to make necessary provision for executing her engagement, his Imperial Majesty the Sultan further consents to assign the Island of Cyprus, to be occupied and administered by England. The Sultan had just promised the Czar, in the Treaty of San Stefano, to effect without delay Less