[Sovereignty of Greece.] Acceptance of Hereditary Sovereignty by King of Bavaria. ART. II. His Majesty the King of Bavaria, acting in the name of his said son, a minor, accepts, on his behalf, the hereditary Sovereignty of Greece, on the conditions hereinafter settled. Title of King of Greece. ART. III. The Prince Otho of Bavaria shall bear the title of King of Greece.* Greece to form a Monarchical and Independent State, under the Guarantee of Great Britain, France, and Russia. ART. IV. Greece, under the Sovereignty of the Prince Otho of Bavaria, and under the Guarantee of the 3 Courts, shall form a monarchical and independent State, according to the terms of the Protocol signed between the said Courts on the 3rd February, 1830 (No. 149), and accepted both by Greece and by the Ottoman Porte. Limits of Greece. ART. V. The limits of the Greek State shall be such as shall be definitively settled by the negotiations which the Courts of Great Britain, France, and Russia have recently opened with the Ottoman Porte, in execution of the Protocol of 26th of September, 1831. King of Greece to be a Contracting Party to Definitive Treaty. ART. VI. The 3 Courts having beforehand determined to convert the Protocol of the 3rd of February, 1830 (No. 149)† into a Definitive Treaty, as soon as the negotiations relative to the limits of Greece shall have terminated, and to communicate such Treaty to all the States with which they have relations, it is hereby agreed that they shall fulfil this engagement, and that His Majesty the King of Greece shall become a Contracting Party to the Treaty in question. Three Courts to obtain recognition of King Otho. ART. VII. The 3 Courts shall, from the present moment, use their influence to procure the recognition of the Prince Otho of Bavaria as King of Greece, by all the Sovereigns and States with whom they have relations.‡ *The title of the present King is "King of the Hellenes." See Protocols of 3rd August, and 13th October, 1863. + See Arrangement of 21st July, 1832. See Explanatory and Supplementary Article of 30th April, 1833. [Sovereignty of Greece.] Royal Crown to be Hereditary. ART. VIII.* The Royal Crown and dignity shall be hereditary in Greece; and shall pass to the direct and lawful descendants and heirs of the Prince Otho of Bavaria, in the order of primogeniture. In the event of the decease of the Prince Otho of Bavaria, without direct and lawful issue, the Crown of Greece shall pass to his younger brother, and to his direct and lawful descendants and heirs, in the order of primogeniture. In the event of the decease of the last-mentioned Prince also, without direct and lawful issue, the Crown of Greece shall pass to his younger brother, and to his direct and lawful descendants and heirs, in the order of primogeniture. Crowns of Greece and Bavaria not to be united. In no case shall the Crown of Greece and the Crown of Bavaria be united upon the same head.† Majority of Prince Otho. ART. IX. The majority of the Prince Otho of Bavaria, as King of Greece, is fixed at the period when he shall have completed his 20th year, that is to say, on the 1st of June, 1835. Regency during Minority of King of Greece. ART. X. During the minority of the Prince Otho of Bavaria, King of Greece, his rights of Sovereignty shall be exercised in their full extent, by a Regency composed of 3 Councillors, who shall be appointed by His Majesty the King of Bavaria. Prince Otho to retain his Appanages in Bavaria, and to be assisted by King of Bavaria. ART. XI. The Prince Otho of Bavaria shall retain the full possession of his appanages in Bavaria. His Majesty the King of Bavaria, moreover, engages to assist, as far as may be in his power, the Prince Otho in his position in Greece, until a revenue shall have been set apart for the Crown in that State. Guarantee of Loan by 3 Powers.‡ ART. XII. In execution of the Stipulations of the Protocol of *King Otho renounced his right of succession to the Throne of Bavaria, on the 18th March, 1836. + See Family Compact, 1st November, 1832. See Note, page 899; Arrangement of June, 1860, and Treaty of 29th March, 1864, Art. Vla [Sovereignty of Greece.] the 20th of February, 1830, His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias engages to guarantee, and their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of the French, engage to recommend, the former to his Parliament, and the latter to his Chambers, to enable their Majesties to guarantee, on the following conditions, a Loan to be contracted by the Prince Otho of Bavaria, as King of Greece. Extent of Loan. 1. The principal of the Loan to be contracted under the guarantee of the 3 Powers, shall not exceed a total amount of 60,000,000 of francs. Loan to be raised by Instalments. 2. The said Loan shall be raised by instalments of 20,000,000 of francs each. Guarantee of Interest and Sinking Fund by 3 Powers. 3. For the present, the first instalment only shall be raised, and the 3 Courts shall each become responsible for the payment of one-third of the annual amount of the interest and sinking fund of the said instalment. 4. The second and the third instalments of the said Loan may also be raised, according to the necessities of the Greek State, after previous agreement between the 3 Courts and His Majesty the King of Greece. 5. In the event of the second and third instalments of the above-mentioned Loan being raised in consequence of such an agreement, the 3 Courts shall each become responsible for the payment of one-third of the annual amount of the interest and sinking fund of these two instalments, as well as of the first. Payment of Interest and Sinking Fund by Greece. 6. The Sovereign of Greece and the Greek State shall be bound to appropriate to the payment of the interest and sinking fund, of such instalments of the Loan as may have been raised under the guarantee of the 3 Courts, the first revenues of the State, in such manner that the actual receipts of the Greek Treasury shall be devoted, first of all, to the payment of the said interest and sinking fund, and shall not be employed for any other purpose until those payments on account of the instalments of the Loan raised under the guarantee of the 3 Courts shall have been completely secured for the current year. [Sovereignty of Greece.] Representatives of 3 Courts to watch over fulfilment of Engagement by Greece. The diplomatic Representatives of the 3 Courts in Greece shall be specially charged to watch over the fulfilment of the lastmentioned stipulation. Pecuniary Compensation to Turkey to be paid out of Proceeds of Loan. ART. XIII. In case a pecuniary compensation in favour of the Ottoman Porte should result from the negotiations which the 3 Courts have already opened at Constantinople for the definitive settlement of the limits of Greece, it is understood that the amount of such compensation shall be defrayed out of the proceeds of the Loan which forms the subject of the preceding Article. Bavarian Troops to be raised for King of Greece. Evacuation of Greece by Allied Troops. ART. XIV. His Majesty the King of Bavaria shall lend his assistance to the Prince Otho in raising in Bavaria a body of troops, not exceeding 3,500 men, to be employed in his service, as King of Greece, which corps shall be armed, equipped, and paid by the Greek State, and be sent thither as soon as possible, in order to relieve the troops of the Alliance hitherto stationed in Greece. The latter shall remain in that country entirely at the disposal of the Government of His Majesty the King of Greece, until the arrival of the body of troops above mentioned. Immediately upon their arrival the troops of the Alliance already referred to shall retire, and altogether evacuate the Greek territory. Bavarian Officers to organize a National Military Force, ART. XV. His Majesty the King of Bavaria shall also assist the Prince Otho in obtaining the services of a certain number of Bavarian officers, who shall organize a national military force in Greece. Regency to proceed to Greece without delay. ART. XVI. As soon as possible after the signature of the present Convention, the 3 Councillors who are to be associated with His Royal Highness the Prince Otho by His Majesty the [Sovereignty of Greece.] King of Bavaria, in order to compose the Regency of Greece, shall repair to Greece, shall enter upon the exercise of the functions of the said Regency, and shall prepare all the measures recessary for the reception of the Sovereign, who, on his part, will repair to Greece with as little delay as possible. Declaration of 3 Courts to Greek Nation. ART. XVII. The 3 Courts shall announce to the Greek nation, by a joint declaration, the choice which they have made of His Royal Highness Prince Otho of Bavaria, as King of Greece, and shall afford the Regency all the support in their power. Ratifications. ART. XVIII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at London in 6 weeks, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at London, the 7th May, in the year of Our Lord, 1832. (L.S.) PALMERSTON. (L.S.) A. DE CETTO. (L.S.) TALLEYRAND. (L.S.) MATUSZEWIC. [An Act was passed by the German Diet, 4th October, 1832, recognising Prince Otho as King of Greece.] [An act of Parliament was passed on the 16th August, 1832 (2 and 3 Will. IV., cap. 121), to enable His Majesty to carry out the above Convention.] |