Treaty of London of 1883 Commissions of the Danube River
percy sanderson, british-built dredger of danube commission in 1911
in 1883, austria, britain, france, germany, italy, russia, , turkey represented @ conference, time in london. majority decided admit romania , serbia in consultative capacity , bulgaria represented through turkey, nominal suzerain. serbia accepted, romania , bulgaria protested, taking no part in conference.
after month of discussion, delegates decided to:
detailed , liberal rules drawn in convention danube between ibraila upstream iron gate never applied. romania did not agree, , stretch of danube administered each riparian state, due regard, however, principle of free navigation.
as conditions in delta improved, shipping increased , more funds received ced. conditions improved: there 111 shipwrecks of seagoing vessels between 1861 , 1881, 5 wrecks between 1909 , 1929
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