'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎29v] (71/216)

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German Counter-draft.
following basis, the Imperial German
Government and His Britannic Majes y
Government declare, so far co ° e ®^ d
themselves, that they adhere to the saitt
arrangement, and will use their e
deavours to secure its due execution .
Clause (a). The terminus of the Bagh
dad Railway Company's line shall be a
Basra, and the Baghdad Railway Co -
pany has renounced all claims to cons
truct a branch line from Basra .(Z 0 ^)
to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , referred to m article
1 of the Baghdad Railway Convention ot
the 5th March 1903, and to build a
port or railway terminus on the Persian
Gulf, whether under article 23 of the
said Baghdad Railway Convention or in
any other way derived.
Clause (h). No discrimination, direct
or indirect, shall be permitted on the
Baghdad Railway Company s system
either as regards facilities or rates of
charge for the conveyance of like articles
between the same points on account of the
ownership, origin or destination of goods
presented for transport, or in any other
manner whatever.
Clause (c). In the event of the cons
truction of the said branch line from
Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
being undertaken, adequate arrange
ments shall be made to secure facilities
for through traffic from and to the
dad Railway Company's system, and
there shall be complete protection against
discrimination direct or indirect.
In this event German capital would
f participate in it, and would he represented
i on the hoard of this line under exactly the
J same conditions and in the same proportion
as British capital shall he represented on
the hoard of the Baghdad Railway.
Clause {d). The construction of the
proposed port at Basra, authorised by
article 23 of the Baghdad Railway Con
vention of the 5th March 1903, shall be
executed by a separate Ottoman Com-
panv, wherein British participation,
both 'in the capital and directorate of the
port company and in the contracts, if any,
for construction and maintenance, shall
amount to not less than 20 per cent, of
* This clause would be inserted in the note explirath
clause (e), article I, embodied in this note.
'British Counter-draft.
airangement on the following basis, the
Imperial German Government and His
Britannic Majesty's Government
declare, so far as concerns themselves,
that they adhere to the said arrange
ment, and will use their best en
deavours L to secure its due execu
tion : —
). The terminus of the Baghdad
Railway Company's line shall be at
Basra, and the Baghdad Railway
Company has renounced all claims
to construct a branch line from Basra
(Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , referred
to in article 1 of the Baghdad Railway
Convention of the 5th March 1903,
and to build a port or railway termi
nus on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , whether
under article 23 of the said Baghdad
Railway Convention or in any other
way derived.
(w). No discrimination, direct or in
direct, shall be permitted on the Bagh
dad Railway Company's system
either as regards facilities or rates of
charge for the conveyance of like
articles between the same points on
account of the ownership, origin, or
destination of goods presented for
transport, ox in any other manner
whatever.
{Hi). In the event of the construc
tion of the said branch line from
Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
being undertaken, adequate arrange
ments shall be made to secure facili
ties for through traffic from and to the
Baghdad Railway Company's system,
and there shall be complete protection
against discrimination direct or in
direct. -
{iv). The construction and exploi
tation of the proposed port at Basra
authorised by article 23 of the Baghdad
Railway Convention of the 5th March
1903, shall be carried out by a sepa
rate Ottoman Company.
e if His Majesty's Government agreed to have