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Rh As the Sublime Porte proposes to open, in a European conference or otherwise, with the great Powers interested, negotiations for the purpose of doing away with the capitular régime in Turkey and to replace it with the régime of international law, Italy, recognizing the good grounds of these intentions of the Sublime Porte, declares its willingness from now on to render to the Porte to that end her complete and sincere aid.

The Ottoman Government, wishing to show its satisfaction for the good and loyal service which it received from the Italian subjects employed in the administrations and whom it found itself compelled to dismiss at the time of the hostilities, declares itself ready to reinstate them in the positions which they had left.

An allowance shall be paid to them for the months during which they were not employed, and this interruption of service shall cause no prejudice to those of the said employes who would be entitled to a pension on account of length of service.

In addition, the Ottoman Government pledges itself to use its good offices with the institutions with which it is connected (public debt, railroad companies, banks, etc.) to the end that they may act in the same manner toward the Italian subjects who were in their service and are in a similar situation.

The Italian Government pledges itself to pay annually to the treasury of the public debt for the Imperial Government a sum corresponding to the average of the sums which in each of the three years preceding that of the declaration of war have been assigned to the service of the public debt under the revenues of the two provinces. The amount of the said annuity shall be determined by mutual accord of two commissioners, one of whom is to be designated by the Royal Government, the other by the Imperial Government. In case of disagreement, the decision shall be submitted to an arbitral commission composed of the said commissioners and an umpire designated by mutual agreement of the two parties. If the agreement cannot be reached, each of the parties shall designate a different Power and the selection of the umpire shall be made jointly by the Powers thus designated.

The Royal Government, as well as the administration of the Ottoman