ANDRASSY NOTE, THE, a declaration drawn up by Count Andrassy on behalf of Russia, Austria and Germany, and presented to the Porte, after the adherence of France and Great Britain, on Jan. 31, 1876. Serious insurrections had broken out in Bosnia and Hercegovina. The Andrassy note was an attempt at conciliation : it urged the equality before the law of Christian and Muslim subjects, the abolition of the system of farming taxes, and the erection of an administrative local assembly repre senting both religions. Neither the Andrassy note nor the sub sequent Berlin memorandum (to which Great Britain refused any support) was successful. Serbia and Montenegro declared war. The "Bulgarian atrocities" followed, precipitating the Russo-Turkish War, which was closed by the treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, 5878 (qq. v.) . ( See also EASTERN QUESTION.)