...pro quo was indicated in a separate, secret clause : "His Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, wishing to spare the Sublime Ottoman Porte the expense and inconvenience which might be occasioned by affording substantial aid, will not ask for that aid if circumstances should place the Sublime Porte...

...Emperor of All the Russias, wishing to_ spare the Sublime Ottoman Porte the expense and Jnconvemence which might be occasioned to it by affording substantial...that aid if circumstances should place the Sublime Porte_under the obligation of furnishing it, the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in place of the aid which it...

...to spare Turkey the expense of providing troops 1 Hertslet, vol. ii, No. 168. for Russia, the Tsar ' will not ask for that aid if circumstances should...Sublime Porte under the obligation of furnishing it '. Instead, ' the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in place of the aid which it is bound to furnish in case of...

...the two States made a defensive alliance. The Tsar promised military help in time of need : in return the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in place of the aid which it is bound to furnish in case of need . . . shall confine its action in favour of the Imperial Court of Russia to closing the Strait 2535-28...

...keeping the Dardanelles closed to foreign traffic: [A]s His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians, wishing to spare the Sublime Ottoman Porte the expense...obligation of furnishing it, the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in the place of the aid which is bound to furnish in case of need, according to the principle of reciprocity...

...dominions. Nevertheless as his Majesty the emperor of all the Russians, wishing to spare the Sublime Porte the expense and inconvenience which might be...under the obligation of furnishing it, the Sublime Porte, in the place of the aid which it is bound to furnish in case of need, according to the principle...