[Peace.] Withdrawal of Prussian Troops from Hesse-Darmstadt. ART. V. Immediately after the Guarantee has been given in accordance with Article III, or after the payment of the War Indemnity, His Majesty the King of Prussia will withdraw his Troops from the Grand Ducal Hessian Territory. Maintenance of Troops during Retreat. The Maintenance of the Troops during their Retreat is to be provided for according to the existing Federal regulations for that purpose. Special Agreement to regulate Property-Relations. ART. VI. The arrangement of the Property-Relations founded by the late German Confederation is reserved for a special Agree ment. Future Negotiations to regulate Zollverein Affairs. Renewal of Zollverein Treaty of 16th May, 1865. ART. VII. Immediately after the conclusion of the Peace, the High Contracting Parties will enter into Negotiations for the Regulation of the Zollverein Affairs. Meanwhile the Zollverein Treaty of 16th May, 1865, and the Agreements connected with it, which have been rendered inoperative by the outbreak of the War, shall again come into force from the date of the exchange of the Ratifications, with the condition that it is reserved to each of the High Contracting Parties to make them inoperative after 6 months' notice to that effect. Renewal of Treaties and Conventions. ART. VIII. All the other Treaties and Conventions concluded between the High Contracting Parties before the War are hereby re-instated in their force. Railway Traffic. ART. IX. Immediately after the restoration of Peace in Germany, the High Contracting Parties will cause a meeting of Commissioners for the purpose of agreeing upon rules adapted for the furtherance of passenger and goods Traffic on the Railways as much as possible, and especially for the regulation of the conditions of competition in a suitable manner, as well as for the prevention [Peace.] of the injuries to the general interests occasioned by the efforts of separate Administrations. As the High Contracting Parties are agreed that new connecting lines of Railway adapted for the general interest ought to be allowed and as far as possible facilitated, they will cause the above-mentioned Commissioners to lay down the principles demanded by the general interests of traffic in this respect also. Suppression of Tour and Taxis Post. ART. X. The Grand Ducal Hessian Government declares that it agrees beforehand to the arrangements that Prussia may make with the Princely House of Taxis, for the Suppression of the Tour and Taxis Post. Postal Arrangements to pass over to Prussia. The whole of the Postal Arrangements in the Grand Duchy of Hesse will consequently pass over to Prussia. Telegraph Station at Mentz. ART. XI. The Grand Ducal Hessian Government undertakes not to allow any other than a Prussian Telegraph Station in Mentz. Right of Prussia to use of all Telegraph Lines, &c. The Grand Ducal Government likewise grants to the Prussian Government the right of the unrestricted establishment and employment of Telegraph Lines and Telegraph Stations in all other parts of the Grand Ducal Territories also. Abolition of Navigation Dues on the Rhine. ART. XII. The Grand Ducal Hessian Government will entirely stop the levy of the Navigation Dues on the Rhine, and of the Navigation Fee also-Tariff B, annexed to the Convention of 31st March, 1831 (No. 151)—as well as that of the Toll on the Cargo-Additional Articles XVI and XVII to the Convention of 31st March, 1831-from the date when a like measure is carried out by the other German States bordering on the Rhine. Abolition of Navigation Dues on the Maine. The High Contracting Parties undertake the like engagement with regard to the Navigation Dues still existing on the Maine. [Boundary. River Meuse and Luxemburg.] Emmerich, have been altered and have disappeared in many places, or can only be found with great difficulty. It was, therefore, necessary to provide for these gaps in the external signs of the Frontier by a supplement to the abovementioned Treaty and Procès- Verbal. For that purpose they have appointed Commissioners, furnished as such with Full Powers: By His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieur Pierre Joseph Auguste Marie von der Does de Villebois, his Commissioner in the Duchy of Limburg, &c.; and the Sieur Theophile François Lemire, Engineer of Surveys in the Provinces of Gueldre and Utrecht, and in a part of those of Northern Netherlands; and By His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Chevalier Frederic Chrétien Hubert von Kühlwetter, former Minister of State, President of the Royal Regency of Dusseldorf, &c.; and the Sieur Eugene Peltzer, Inspector of Surveys and Councillor of Finances, &c. ; Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed to add to the above-mentioned Treaty of 26th June, 1816 (No. 56), and to the Procès- Verbal of 23rd September, 1818, the Declarations and Stipulations contained in the following Articles : ARTS. I to VII. See Table. Done at Aix-la-Chapelle, 11th December, 1868. (L.S.) V. D. D. D. VILLEBOIS. (L.S.) LEMIRE. (L.S.) VON KUHLWETTER. (L.S.) PELTZER. [Peace.] according to the arrangements to be agreed to upon the basis of the proposals for Federal Reform of 10th June last. Cessions by Prussia to Hesse-Darmstadt. ART. XV.* His Majesty the King of Prussia cedes to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, &c., for the restoration of Territorial Unity in the Province of Upper Hesse, the following portions of Territory with all Sovereign and Domanial Rights: 1. The former Electoral Hessian District of Katzenberg, with the localities Ohmes, Vockenrode, Ruhlkirchen, Seibelsdorf; 2. The former Electoral Hessian Bailiwick of Nauheim, with all the Sovereign Rights of Property, and all the bathing establishments and Salt Works in Nauheim, as well as the localities Dorheim, Nauheim, Schwalheim, Rödgen; 3. The former Nassau Bailiwick of Reichelsheim, situated to the east of the above, with the localities Reichelsheim and Dornassenheim; 4. The former Electoral Hessian Enclave Treis on the Lumda; 5. The former Electoral Hessian Domanial Forest District situated between the Grand Ducal Hessian localities Altenstedt and Böhnstadt; 6. The former Frankfort Districts of Dortel weil and Lower Erlenbach; 7. The former Electoral Hessian District of Massenheim; 8. The former Nassau District of Haarheim; 9. The former Electoral Hessian Territorial portion of the District of Mittelgründau, comprising about 1,700 acres (Morgen). These portions of Territory (1 to 9) become part of the Province of Upper Hesse, and are to enjoy the same political relations (Article XIII). The portion of Territory formerly belonging to Electoral Hesse on the left bank of the Maine, with the locality Rumpenheim, is in like manner ceded to His Royal Highness with all Sovereign and Domanial Rights. A description of the respective Boundaries is subjoined (at the end*). Commissioners to regulate Cessions of Territory, &c. ART. XVI. The arrangements to be made between the two High Contracting Parties in regard to the portions of Territory reciprocally ceded, the Archives, the Officials, Soldiers, &c., are reserved for special Agreement by Commissioners on both sides. * See page 1736. [Greece and Turkey. Crete, &c.] that the Hellenic Government is bound to observe in its Relations with Turkey the rules of conduct common to all Governments, and thus to satisfy claims put forward by the Sublime Porte in respect to the past, by re-assuring her at the same time with regard to the future. "Greece ought, therefore, in future, to abstain from favouring or tolerating: "1. The formation on her Territory of any Band recruited with a view to an aggression against Turkey. "The Equipment in her Ports of Armed Vessels intended to succour, under any form whatever, any attempt at Insurrection in the possessions of His Majesty the Sultan. "With regard to the demands of the Porte relative to the repatriation of Cretans emigrated to Hellenic Territory, the Conference takes note of the Declarations made by the Cabinet of Athens, and is convinced that it will, as far as depends upon it, be ready to facilitate the departure of the Candiot families who may wish to return to their country. "As to the private losses sustained by Ottoman subjects, the Hellenic Government, in no way contesting the right of Turkey to endeavour to obtain by legal means the compensation which may be due, and Turkey accepting on her side the jurisdiction of the Greek Tribunals, the Plenipotentiaries do not think that they ought to enter upon an examination of the facts, and are of opinion that the Cabinet of Athens ought to neglect no legal means to enable justice to be done in due course. "The Conference cannot doubt that, in presence of the unanimous expression of the opinion of the Plenipotentiaries on the questions submitted to their examination, the Hellenic Government will hasten to conform its acts to the principles which have just been stated, and that the grievances as set forth in the ultimatum of the Porte will by the very fact be definitively removed. "This Declaration shall be made known without delay to the Cabinet of Athens, and the Plenipotentiaries are convinced that the Sublime Porte will forego carrying out the measures announced as intended to follow upon the rupture of diplomatic relations, if, in a communication notified to the Conference, the Hellenic Government defers to the opinion expressed by it. "The Plenipotentiaries appealing, then, to the same sentiments of conciliation and peace which animate the Courts whose Representatives they are, express the hope that the two Governments |