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and the concurrence of the chief Powers of
Europe in this view is fully expressed in Article
IX of the Treaty of Peace between Turkey and ?h te J , ® pers ' *
* ^ Vol. XC, p. 427.
Greece of the 22nd November (4jth December),
1897, and in the Award made on the 21st March, Memorial
1901, with respect to the subiect of protection bv Diplomatique,
n • tu rm -o • 1901 j pp. 279,298.
Greece m the Ottoman Empire.
The rights of Prance in Muscat, as defined by
the Treaty of 1844, are limited to the protection
of French citizens there, and of Omani subjects,
who are actually in the service of such French
citizens, and do not confer on the Consuls of
France any jurisdiction over any subject of the
Sultan who is not actually and bond fide in French
service in Muscat.
[The Sultan of Muscat has always been prepa
red to accept French jurisdiction as attaching to
subjects of a Christian Power not having a Consul
at Muscat, who have registered themselves at the
French Consulate there, and] by reading the
most-favoured-nation clause of the Treaty of 1844
with the terms of the British Treaty 1891,
France may be considered as entitled to include
among her proteges in Muscat—
1. Natives of places in Africa or the Indian
Seas which are French Protectorates, provided
that such natives were subjects of the protected
States at the time when the Protectorate was
established, and were domiciled in these States.
[2. Subjects of non-Christian Powers, not
having a Consulate in Muscat, who are actually
in the service of French citizens in Muscat.]
To the extent above stated, and nofurther, do
the Treaties derogate from the recognized rule of
international law that one State is not entitled to
extend its protection over the subjects of another,
except—
1. In its own territories.
2. Elsewhere, with the assent of the Sovereign
of the protected person.
The Muscat Treaty of 1844 contains no sur
render of the Sultan's right of police over his
waters, and grants no right to France to exercise widdingtoi,
that police. The only privilege with respect to mTp. 1 !.' 1891 '
French vessels is that contained in Article X of
the Treaty, which accords them the treatment of
the most favoured nation in the ports of Muscat,
and the terms of this concession do not involve
the right to break the Sultan's Quarantine
Begulations or to carry, on the Slave Trade in
the Sultan's territory or territorial waters.
Foreign Office,
August 4, 1898.