Nr. 7117. Berliner La carte type de la nouvelle frontière ainsi que les copies établées par Nach- MM. les délégués et leurs adjoints ayant été signées par la commission, le Konferenz colonel Blume déclare la séance levée a 2 h. 35. 1880. Rumänische Angelegenheiten. GROSSBRITANNIEN. kgl. Min. d. Ausw. Nr. 7118. 4. Jan. 1879. My Lord, I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that I received this afternoon a visit from M. C. A. Rosetti, President of the Roumanian britannien. Chamber of Deputies, who brought me a letter of introduction from Mr. White, Her Majesty's Agent at Bucharest. || M. Rosetti told me, that he had come to Paris in order to obtain the recognition of his country by France and the other Western Powers. He made a long and very interesting statement of the reasons, historical and political, which, in his opinion, rendered it just and desirable that this recognition should take place at once. He urged that, by withholding the recognition, France and England were in fact endangering, not promoting, the establishment of religious equality. He spoke also with great confidence of the predominant influence which Roumania could not fail, if she were properly supported, to exercise in the future Principality of Bulgaria; and he hinted at the importance of the moral and even material assistance of England being given to his country. || In answer to a question from me, he told me that he was to be received by M. Waddington this evening. | I observed to M. Rosetti, that the delay in establishing the religious equality, which was laid down by the Treaty of Berlin as a condition of the independence of Roumania, was, so far as I knew, the sole obstacle to the immediate recognition of that independence. I said, that I was well aware that there were Constitutional formalities to be gone through, which rendered the delay in some measure inevitable; but this fact seemed to afford an evi *) S. Staatsarchiv Bd. XXXV Nr. 6957 und 6960. Staatsarchiv XXXVII. A. d. Red. 9 Gross Nr. 7118. dent explanation of the temporary postponement of the recognition, and to britannien. Suffice to prevent its being misconstrued. || M. Rosetti entered into some ex4. Jan. 1879. planations as to what could and what could not be done for the Jews in Roumania. He said, that it would at once be declared that no man should be in the least degree excluded from political or civil rights on account of his religion. He appeared to consider almost all the Jews in Roumania to be aliens; but he said, that increased facilities would be given to them to become naturalized. || I repeated to M. Rosetti, that the question of religious equality was the obstacle to recognition, and I advised him to address himself specially to that question in his communication with M. Waddington. I have, &c. Lyons. Nr. 7119. Nr. 7119. GROSSBRITANNIEN. Generalkonsul in Bukarest (Mr. White) an den kgl. Min. d. Ausw. Das beabsichtigte Verfahren der rumänischen Regierung, betreffend die Judenfrage. Bucharest, January 17, 1879. My Lord, The instructions given by this Government to the special Gross- Envoys they have sent to Rome, Paris and London have had in view the 17.Jan. 1879. arrival at an understanding with the Western Powers on the subject of the britannien. mode with which they propose to deal with the different Jewish claimants to admission to Roumanian nationality. The Article XLIV of the Treaty of Berlin stipulates expressly, that difference of religion shall not be alleged against any person as a ground for exclusion or incapacity in matters relating to the enjoyment of civil and political rights, &c. | It follows, that the civil disabilities of persons of the Jewish religion, whether Roumanians or foreigners, whether enacted by any special law or by Ministerial circulars, must be repealed, and that all such persons must have exactly the same rights as those enjoyed by Christians of the same nationality in Roumania. || It follows, further, that persons who are not Christians must have in future the same facilities that Christians have for acquiring Roumanian nationality; and for that purpose Article 7 of the Constitution of 1866 must be so modified by "Chambres de Révision," elected ad hoc, as to remove from it the clause preventing nonChristians from becoming Roumanian citizens. When this has been accomplished, any Jew domiciled here who is now on the registers of foreign Consulates will be able to seek to obtain rights of citizenship by going through exactly the same forms of proceedings as are required from foreign Christians applying for naturalization. || On the above points I believe, that the Roumanian Ministers and the leaders of all political parties are perfectly sensible as to Gross what is expected from them. || But there is not the same unanimity of views Nr. 7119. as regards the mode of dealing with the claims of nationality of those Jews britannien. domiciled in this country who are not under foreign protection, and who have 17.Jan. 1879. been hitherto excluded from claiming nationality by existing legislation. || What is the status of these persons? || Some would have every one of them submit to the process of seeking naturalization, as they are not yet citizens in the eyes of the law. || Others are more accommodating, and, with a view to comply with the wishes of the friendly Powers, propose passing special laws for the purpose of conferring nationality on certain classes amongst native Jews, such as those who had served in the army or those whose fathers had also been born in Roumania. || It is hoped here, that the French Government may be induced to accept some declaration to this effect as sufficiently binding to determine the recognition of Roumanian independence by France, and this Government are desirous to learn whether Her Majesty's Government would be disposed to accept a similar declaration from them, and in what terms. I have, &c. W. A. White. GROSSBRITANNIEN. Nr. 7120. Min. d. Ausw. an den kgl. Generalkonsul in Bukarest. Das beabsichtigte Verfahren der rumänischen Regierung wird für nicht genügend erachtet. Foreign Office, January 21, 1879. Nr. 7120. Gross 21.Jan. 1879 Sir, I have to state to you, that Her Majesty's Government do not consider that the passing of a law to enable Jews to apply individually to britannien. the Roumanian Legislature for naturalization would be a sufficient compliance with the Article of the Treaty of Berlin which provides for the removal of all religious disabilities in Roumania. || A telegram in the above sense has been addressed to you this day. || I am, &c. Salisbury. GROSSBRITANNIEN. Nr. 7121. Generalkonsul in Bukarest an den kgl. Min. Die rumänische Gesetzgebung, betreffend die Juden. My Lord, Bucharest, January 27, 1879. Nr. 7121. As frequent reference will have to be made to the existing britannien. Roumanian legislation which concerns itself with the status of Jews domiciled 27.Jan. 1879. Gross Nr. 7121. in this country, I have requested Mr. Percy Sanderson to draw up English britannien. translations of the principal laws referring to this matter, and I beg leave to 27.Jan, 1879. forward them for your Lordship's information. I may have occasion later to add to these other extracts of regulation on the same subject. || The Civil Code of Roumania was promulgated in 1864 and is a close imitation of the Code Napoléon. A translation of Articles 6, 8, 9, 16, 17 and 18 is inclosed. Previous to its publication a special Bill was passed enabling aliens, but only Christians, to hold land in Roumania. In 1866 the present Constitution was adopted. According to this fundamental statute naturalization can only be obtained by an act of the Legislature; this process is, however, a simple and inexpensive one. || Article 7 of this Constitution excluded hitherto non-Christians from the faculty of acquiring naturalization. It is for the modification of this particular Article that Chambers of Revision are to be elected in the course of March or April next. || When this has been effected, the civil disabilities of non-Christians may be removed by any ordinary legislation, and as it is not proposed to amend or alter the existing Electoral Law or the Laws on Naturalization, the newly-elected Chambers will become simply a regular Parliamentary body after they have modified Article 7 of this Constitution, and will be, as such, fully competent to deal with the other question affecting the status of either Roumanian or foreign Jews. || The former will, no doubt, be admitted to the franchise without any further alteration of the Electoral Law, except such as will be probably accomplished whilst modifying Article 7. || But the principal question, upon which a clear understanding appears indispensable, is as follows: "Are there any Roumanian Jews at present, and who are they?" The advocates of the Jews say, that all those domiciled here are Roumanians; native lawyers and politicians, on the contrary, affirm, that none can claim nationality under existing legislation. || I have, &c. W. A. White. Beilage. Extracts from Law regulating Rights of Foreigners domiciled in the Country to purchase Property, passed August 19, published August 20, 1864. Article 1. Foreigners of any Christian creed, domiciled in Roumania, will have the right of buying landed property, but under the conditions of submitting, in all that concerns the said property, to the laws of the country, and in case only that Roumanians enjoy the same rights in the foreigner's country. Nothing in this law is to prejudice the provisions of the law on the subject of naturalization. Art. 2. The present law does not concern in any way colonization, which is forbidden. Art. 3. All measures contrary to this law are and remain abrogated. |