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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [27v] (67/216)
The record is made up of 1 volume (104 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1914-16 Jul 1919. It was written in English and French. 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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(e) His Majesty's Govemment acquiesce in certain facilities being granted
to the Baghdad Railway Company on the River Tigris at Baghdad.
While His Majesty's Government have no desire to exaggerate the disparity
between these respective desiderata, they are confident that the German govern
ment will appreciate their attitude in regarding the proposals put forward in the
revised counter-draft now enclosed as representing the utmost limit of concession
to which they can properly agree.
Sir E. Grey will now proceed to deal seriatim with the points raised by Herr
von Kuhlmann in his covering note of the 3rd November, and to refer when
necessary to the corresponding clauses of the counter-draft.
His Majesty's Government are in principle opposed to explanatory' notes,
holding that a convention itself should be so clear and precise as to require no
explanation; nevertheless, they recognise that, in the present instance, many
points of detail are involved and that their inclusion in the text of the convention
might prove somewhat cumbrous and inconvenient, and they are accordingly
prepared to defer to the wish of the German Government, on the distinct under
standing that the explanatory note is ratified and published at the same time as
the convention.
His Majesty's Government agree to the adoption of the words tc system
and undertaking " as proposed in article 1, clause (a), provided they are first
funished with authentic copies of all existing agreements between the Ottoman
Government and the BagKdad Railway Company, including the final text of the
supplementarv agreements now under discussion at Berlin, as it is clearly essential
that they should know precisely what they are asked to agree to ; provided also
that it is expressly agreed in the explanatory note that their freedom of action
with regard to future variations of the concession is not impaired by this
wording.
His Majesty's Government would also agree to the inclusion in the explana-
torv note of the words " under the express condition that no prejudice of an
economic or financial nature is caused to Great Britain in pursuance of this cla use.
They consider further that the obligations of Great Britain under this clause
should be defined in the same document. In the view of His Majesty's Govern
ment, Great Britain would be bound, after the signature of this convention and
the conclusion of all pending negotiations with Turkey, not to oppose the increase
of the Turkish customs duties up to 15 per cent, ad valorem, and not to oppose the
allocation of a portion of this increase or of existing Turkish revenues for the
purposes specified in article 35 of the Baghdad Railway Convention of March
1903: such an obligation would not, however, commit His Majesty 's Government
in advance to support the allocation of any particular revenues, but merely that of
adequate revenues, to such purposes.
His Majesty's Government prefer the wordsdeclare that they will not
oppose " to those suggested in article 1, clause (6), of the German counter-draft;,
this undertaking corresponds, moreover, to that which the German Govern
ment assume in article 4, clause {a).
The addition suggested by the German Government of the words " as re
presentatives of a group of British shareholders "in article 1, clause (c), does not
commend itself to His Majesty's Government. It is essential that there should
be British representatives on the board of the Baghdad Railway/and His Majesty's
Government attach importance to an assurance from the German Government
that they will use their best endeavours to this end ; but it appears to them
otiose to enter in the Convention into the technical formalities which the admission
of such representatives may entail. Her von Gwinner explained tc Mr. Parker
at the German Embassy on the 7th June, 1913, that their admission could
only take place in a manner such as is suggested in Prince Lichnowskv's note of
the 16th July, 1913, and, subject to the successful formation of a British group,
His Majesty's Government intimated that the arrangements indicated would be
satisfactory. While they adhere to this position, they would point out that
they have since taken legal advice respecting the bearing of the statutes of the
Baghdad Railway Company and of the provisions of Turkish company law on the
question, and they are advised that it would not in fact be contrary either to the
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps, and newspaper cuttings relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, British Consul for Arabistan, Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire (later Stuart Knox as acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ), the Government of India, Henry Babington Smith, President of the National Bank of Turkey, Louis Mallet, British Ambassador to Turkey, the British Consulate at Adana, Hugh O'Beirne, Counsellor to the British Embassy in Russia, Richard von Kühlmann, Councillor of the German Embassy in London, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the 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. , the Board of Trade, William Grey, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the British Consulate at Basra, Arnold Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Iraq, and Ibn Sa‘ud, ruler of Najd and its dependencies. Some of the correspondence comes as enclosures.
The documents relate to the latter stages of negotiations and partly consist of drafts and counter-drafts of the eventual agreement, which was never ratified because of the outbreak of the First World War. They also reflect Britain's involvement in the agreement between the Ottoman Turks and the Baghdad Railway Company. Also covered is a discussion about what to do in case of Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait's sudden death and territorial claims made by Ibn Sa‘ud on what may be Kuwaiti land.
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- 1 volume (104 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1c) is a subject index, arranged alphabetically. The numbering refers to the folio.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers positioning in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. One document (folios 7-34) is an extract from a printed item that has its own internal pagination system, running from 125-179, before continuing from 180-205 (folios 38-50). The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 52a, 59a. There is one foldout in the volume, at folio 2.
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