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File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway' [31r] (68/488)
The record is made up of 1 volume (242 folios). It was created in 1901-1908. It was written in English, French and Turkish, Ottoman. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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IThis Document is the
Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received September 26.)
(No. 134. Commercial.)
Sir, Therapia, September 18, 1908.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 122 of the 31st ultimo, I have the honour
to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch I have received from the British
Delegate on the Board of Health, reporting on the unofficial meetings he has had with
members of the Young Turk party, to explain to them the exact situation of
the Mixed Commission and the Board of Health, as well as a Memorandum he has
drawn up on the subject, and presented to the Board. In this Memorandum
Dr. Clemow has made a most excellent and lucid exposition of the situation of these
two bodies, and the measures which it is needful to take in hand.
It seems that there is room to hope that matters in connection with the sanitary
arrangements of this country may be put on a proper footing both as regards finance,
and ^especially as regards the establishment by Turkey of a Sanitary “ Reglement ” based
upon the Paris Convention of 1903.
The idea of holding a Conference by the Powers interested in the pilgrimage is
still only nebulous and there will be time to consider it when it takes more
definite shape, but, as Dr. Clemow says, it seems at first sight to have much to
recommend it.
I have, &c.
(Signed) GERARD LOWTHER.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Dr. Clemow to Sir G. Lowther.
Sir, Constantinople, September 14, 1908.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 96 of the 29th ultimo, I have the honour to
report that, together with my Italian, Dutch and French co-Delegates, I have recently
seen, quite unofficially, and conversed with two members of the Young Turk party
here—Dr. Essad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^id Dr. Djenab Bey—and with Dr. Loutfi Bey, of Paris.
As I had anticipated, there seemed to be a considerable lack of exact knowledge
as to the financial and other arrangements in connection with the existing mechanism
for the external sanitary defence of the Turkish Empire. I have, consequently,
prepared a brief note on the subject, which was presented to the Board at last Tuesday’s
meeting, and of which copies are inclosed herewith.
In this note I have given a brief history of the Board of Health and of the Mixed
Commissions, and have grouped the reforms that it appears desirable to introduce
under the following four headings :—
(a.) Purely sanitary questions ;
( 6 .) Financial questions;
(c.) Question of a “ Reglement Interieur ” of the Board and the Sanitary
Ad ministration ; and
(d.) Question of the attitude of Turkey towards the International Sanitary
Conventions.
I have pointed out that the reforms of the second group (financial) are already
being considered by the Mixed Commission; those under the first and third headings
may for the most part be carried out by the Board of Health. Particularly in purely
sanitary matters the course marked out for the Board is a perfectly clear one. One of
the four reserves under which Turkey was prepared to accept the Venice Convention ol
1897 was the maintenance of the “Reglement” of 1867 (now entirely out of date), until
[1974 cc—1] B
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This volume contains copies of correspondence between British officials regarding the construction of the Hedjaz [Hijaz] Railway. The correspondence discusses a number of different aspects of the railway including its route, the progress of its construction and donations made towards its construction by members of the Muslim community in India.
A limited amount of the correspondence in the volume is in French, including a copy of a letter sent by Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador in London, to Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary (folio 15).
The volume contains a number of reports and related information about the railway. Of particular interest are the following:
- A report on the Hejaz Railway by Major Francis Richard Maunsell, dated July 1907 (ff 56-69)
- A memorandum respecting German influence on the Hejaz Railway by George Ambrose Lloyd, 1906 (ff 95-96)
- A list of the principal stations on the Hejaz Railway with approximate distances between Damascus and each station (f 100)
- A map of the Hejaz Railway with list of stations (f 106)
- A report by Mr Teofani Loiso, Vice-Consul at Mersina, based on information provided to him by his son who was employed as an engineer on the railway (ff 105-107)
- A report by Herr Otto von Kapp Kohlstein, a German engineer who inspected the Haifa-Damascus branch of the route and worked on the construction of the Damascus-Maan branch (ff 107-109).
In addition, the volume contains cuttings (and translations) of press articles related to several aspects of the railway and its construction. Also included are two maps. The Turkish (Ottoman) language material consists of the second of these two maps.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (242 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 240; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. It should be noted that the covers of this volume have not been foliated.
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