... act upon the advice of British Of cers ‘in matters relating to the administration of justice, the development of the resources of the country, the interests of commerce, or in anyother matter ... the aforesaid territo-ries [the conventional Basin of the Congo] bind themselves to watch over the preservation of the native tribes, and to care for the improvement of the condi-tions of their ... of International Law, p.58.142Ibid., p. 59.143Lawrence, The Principles of International Law, p.84. On this occasion, by the Treaty of Paris of 1856, Turkey was ‘admitted to participate in the...