The Danube 1815 to 1856

Abstract

The Congress of Vienna, by dropping Dalberg’s proposal, did not see its way to do anything for the Danube, for the simple reason that the lower part of that river belonged to Turkey, which was not represented at the Congress ²). As Turkey was not admitted to membership of the European Concert till after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, in 1856, it was practically impossible to introduce any general rules for the navigation of the Danube, because international rules are only binding on those states subscribing their names to them.