'ملف 18/56 I (B 70) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للساحل المتصالح؛ ملف 18/51 I (B 70) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني العثماني لعام ١٩١٠؛ ملف 18/131 I (B 70) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني الخاص بالولاية القضائية الأجنبية (القوات العسكرية) لعام ١٩٢٧' [و‎‎٨‎٢] (٢٥٠/١٧٨)

3. The Turco-Persian boundary is adjacent to Mohammerab. and bv
tbn of twfcourt Shatt " el " Arab an - v P 61,8 " 11 can escape the jurisdic-
4. There are, at this moment, over 400 British and British Indian
Sh^ttll S Tt m I Consulat ^ 1 a majority of whom are at Braim, on the
Pnfirf wMi i e reasonably expected that from time to time this
committed bv thom t T 0 !! t0 exer , c . lse jurisdiction in respect of offences
i ' i u 0W u7 e l' ey can esca P e punishment by taking
, B " Ba. rah they-niJl be ablc to commit offences with the certainty that
\ crossing the river they can avoid the consequences of their acts, as happened
in the ease which gave rise to the present application to the Turkish authonties.
noule will t t0 I 50 seen whether His Majesty's Ambassador at Constanti-
nople will be able to induce the Turks to give effect to the capitulation bv
apprehend A th ® ^'stance necessary to enable him to
Eah Tft i^M 8 -r 11011 ? 1 . in the w^^if any now remain in
xSasran. If he is unable to do so, I fear that the difficulty of keepino- order
amongst the rapidly increasing colony of British and British Indian subjects in
Arabistan will become a formidable one. J m
Sub-enclosure to Enclosure 8.
Dated Constantinople, the 7th September 1910.
From—R. B. P. C ator , Judge, Supreme Consular Court, Constantinople,
To P. E. Crow , Esq., His Majesty's Consul, Basrah.
1 ha f";o bonour to return the warrant enclosed in your despatch No. 70,
August 12th, which I have endorsed as for execution as requested.
1 "ndcrstand from the Ambassador that the Turkish authorites are making
difficulties about handing over the accused, and it is to be understood that my
en orsement of the warrant merely gives you the requisite authority to arrest
the Turks ^ n0t t0UCh the di P lomati c question raised by
No. 87, dated Basrah, the-12th October 1910.
Copy forwarded to Lieutenant Wilson, Acting Consul, Mohammerah, with
the comjuiments of the undersigned.
F. E. CROW,
His Majesty's Consul, Basrah.
Telegram P., No. 218, dated the 23rd October 1910.
From—His Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The Political Resident, Bushire.
His Majesty s Ambassador, Constantinople, informs me, with reference to
the subject of your telegram of October 20th that both the Porte and Judicial
Authorities maintain to him and to other Ambassadors that, in the absence of
Extradition Treaties, they are unable to admit the principle of handing over
foreigners accused ot offences m non-Ottoman territory to Consular Jurisdiction,
ihe case, I tear, is a hopeless one.
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