Реферат: A War Of Independence Essay Research Paper

Canning reached more or less his goal, the acceptance of the Russian ultimatum –concerning

Russia’s affairs with Turkey — was a precondition for the protocol to be signed. It gave

Nicholas the advantage of commencing a war without necessarily violating the protocol. Last

but not least, even though a tributary, Greece was acknowledged as a state, which was of

immense importance for the Greeks. Nevertheless the British were not utterly satisfied by the

terms of the protocol and were planning in a more “elaborate arrangement”. (Dakin, 180).

Finally the Sultan at a separate meeting with the Russians accepted the Protocol of St.

Petersburg (in Akkerman, in October 1826), for he did not wish to be engaged in a war with

Russia.

Soon after the Conference at St. Petersburg was over, new negotiations emerged, for, the

Protocol just signed was not specific about how the Powers were to achieve their influence in

the Porte. In this series of negotiations France was participating as well. The result of these

meetings was the Treaty of London (6th July 1827). France was assigned to draw up the project

of the Treaty. This project included the following terms: it omitted reverences to the Protocol of

St. Petersburg and it was to be signed by the Allied Powers; it provided Turkey with mediation

of all the Powers and in case of mediation total independence to the Greeks was not to be

recognized; the Greek state was to be paying tribute to Turkey, and, with regard to the borders

of the Greek state, the Powers and Turkey were to set them by a future conference. However, the

significance of this treaty lies on a supplementary article according to which the Powers were

entitled to prevent any friction if the Turks did not accept their mediation. It was this article that

later on in 1827 enabled Russia, England and France to open fire against the Turks in Navarino.

If we were to evaluate the treaty of London what could we say? Courtney states very clearly the

accomplishments of Canning: “He had succeeded in his policy so far that he had prevented war,

that he kept back Russia from obtaining a preponderant authority in South-Eastern Europe and

that he saved Turkey from being beaten and humiliated, whilst he had favored and promoted the

aspirations of the Greeks.”(Courtney, 379)

On the other hand, if we want to make an evaluation that concerns Greece alone we should

notice that the allies did not include any borderlines which turned out to create problems and

disputes in the future and perpetuate the whole issue. Additionally, concerning the negotiations