'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎471r] (968/1904)

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curried /out
instructed to be present and see that the eviction was carried/out
in r. ccnstitutlonf„l wtiy, This was effeoted in due course and the
gang of coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. was cleared out arc a -uard maintained on the Island^
A few days later .£r Brown cf i -eeore eaelchaur and Co proceeded to
the island in a native boat flyin£ the tiex *®an fl &gand attested to
land on the island and having persisted in approaching in spite of
specific warnings x'rom the guard hi a boat was altiraately fired on
and beat a retreat •
Tije GermanGovernrgent then took the raatter up on behalf of their
r:a clonal lets ^ olaiaing daaages for "essre ij oiiokhauB who owing to
the 'haikhs action was disappoint- d of hie shipments , and also
asking . or satisfaction for the shots fired at fir frown 's boat-#
liessrs 'iToankhnia* s contract with the concessionaires only provide |
for . taking o: ; . delivery loaded on board ship and gives them no
title to concern thewselver with the mines or the work on the island
This ie purely a matter between the Concessionaires and the Shaikh
At present the Matter is the subject of a friendly excahange of
views between the Government of Serlin and H.M«a GovoTOwent in its
/ P ^l ly c T -nee;. , ieanr/d b< i "OOtc.-n of oxide
/I AOr ^ HTftn i- ti-j. Ccr-
f 1 ' Ui c - ^har-i, vxsed ana , .an sonseEt
^ '* ed # t0 all0ff Mr ^nckhttus to ^hip this oxide . This ic about to be
, -he --hiO ch ot «harpoh havin.-r undertalcen to arrange that
loading operwtions were not leaded %
i fhia is the present state of the case ,
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