T his "Berlin Memorandum" demanded the adoption of an armistice for two months; the repatriation of the Bosnian exiles and fugitives; the establishment of a mixed Commission for that purpose; the removal of Turkish troops from the rural districts of Bosnia; the right of the Consuls of the European Powers to see to the carrying out of all the promised reforms.

Lastly, the Memorandum stated that if within two months the three Imperial Courts did not attain the end they had in view (viz.

the carrying out of the needed reforms), it would become necessary to take "efficacious measures" for that purpose[96].

Bismarck is known to have favoured the policy of Gortchakoff in this affair.
[Footnote 96: Hertslet, iv.pp.

2459-2463.] The proposals of the Memorandum were at once sent to the British, French, and Italian Governments for their assent.