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XXX CONTENTS. CHAPTEE X. State of the dispute respecting the Holy Places, Lord Stratford's measures for settling it, He settles it, . Terms on which it was settled, 139 142 145 145 CHAPTEE XL Peaceful aspect of the negotiation, . Angry despatches from St Petersburg, Cause of the change, ..... Inferred tenor of the fresh despatches, Mentschikoff's demand for a protectorate of the Greek Churcl in Turkey, ....... Kffect which would he produced by conceding it, The negotiations which followed the demand, . Rage of the Czar on rinding himself encountered by Lord Strat ford, Its effect upon the negotiation, Mentschikoff's difficulty, .... He is baffled by Lord Stratford, He presses his demand in a new form, Counsels of Lord Stratford, .... His communications with Prince Mentschikoff, His advice to the Turkish ministers, His audience of the Sultan, .... The disclosure which he had reserved for the Sultai Turkish answer to Mentschikoff's demand, Mentschikoff's angry reply, .... His private audience of the Sultan, This causes a change of Ministry at Constantinopl But fails to shake the Sultan, Mentschikoff violently presses his demands, . The Great Council determine to resist, . Offers made by the Porte under the advice of Lord Stratford Mentschikoff replies by declaring his mission at an end, The representatives of the four Powers assembled by Lon Stratford, ....... Policy involved in this step, .... Unanimity of the four representatives, . Their measures, ......