Identic note from Germany, France, and England to the Government of Roumania, delivered February 20, February 20, 1880

Identic note from Germany, France, and England, to the Government of Roumania, delivered February 20, 1880.

My government has, through the agent of his royal highness the Prince, been informed of the official promulgation on the 25th of October, 1879, of an amendment passed by the constituent assembly of Roumania, to make the letter of the constitution of the , principality conform with the stipulations contained in the forty-fourth article of the Treaty of Berlin. My government cannot, however, look upon this constitutional amendment, brought to its knowledge as above mentioned, and especially those clauses by which individuals belonging to non-christian creeds residing permanently in Roumania, and not subjects of any foreign government, are compelled to undergo the formalities of individual naturalization as perfectly corresponding with the ideas which actuated the signatory powers at the Congress of Berlin. Trusting, however, that the Prince’s government will, in putting these changes in the constitution into effect, approximate continually to the liberal ideas which prompted the great powers, and taking into consideration the positive assurances conveyed in that sense, my government, desirous of giving to the Roumanian nation an evidence of its friendly sentiments, has decided to recognize the independence of the principality of Roumania without further delay, and declares itself prepared to inaugurate regular diplomatic relations with the government of the Prince. The undersigned, in communicating the decision of his government to the minister of foreign affairs, has the honor to renew the assurances of his most distinguished consideration, &c.