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 BETWEEN THE CZAi; AND THE SULTAN. ool ' Queen of England shall declare before all Europe c h a p. ' that the Emperor of the Erench is united with XV- ' Her Majesty in her endeavours to allay the ' troubles now threatening Europe with war ; and ' it shall not be competent to the English Govern- ' ment to weaken the effect of this announcement ' by advising Her Majesty to include any other ' Sovereigns in the same statement. If Her ' Majesty should continue to be closely in accord ' with the rest of the four Powers, she may be ' advised to speak of them in general terms as ' her allies, but they are not to be named. 3d, ' If hostilities should become necessary, the two ' Governments will determine upon the measures ' to be adopted in common ; and in that case also ' it is distinctly understood that the English ' Government will advise the Queen not to shrink ' from the gratification of receiving the Emperor ' of the Erench as her guest. It is, of course, to ' be understood (il va sans dire) that the reception ' of His Majesty at the English Court is to be in ' all respects the same as would be the reception ' the Queen. "Whenever occasion requires it, the ' other actors in the operations of December 1851 ' shall be received and treated by the English ' authorities with the honours due to the trusted 1 servants of a friendly Puwer, and without objec- ' tions founded on the transactions of December, ' or any of the circumstances of their past lives.' These are only imaginary words, but they show what the Erench Emperor was seeking to achieve.
 * of any other great Sovereign in alliance with