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THE SULTAN'S NOTIFICATIONS.
" Contre-
Memoire," p. 84.
At p. 10 of the French " Contre-Memoire " a
suggestion is made that the translation in the
British Case (p. 69) of the Sultan's notification
to his subjects of the 15th June, 1900, is
seriously inaccurate, in that it is said to omit
words occurring in the original.
The complaint made in the " Contre-Memoire "
is in the following words :—
" Les mots a partir tfaujourd'hui {en Arabe ' min
» hazal ioum ') et le dernier paragraphe ainsi con^u: qu'il
soit hien clair pour vous que cet avis a cours a partir du
16 Safav, ce figureat pas dans le texte publie au Memoire
Britannique,"
The British translation (except as to the date,
which, by a clerical error, was given as 14 Safar
instead of 16 Safar) is an accurate rendering of
the notification officially supplied to the British
Appendix 1, Consul by the Sultan, printed in the Appendix,
which will be produced to the Tribunal. The
words " min hazil ioum " and the final paragraph
referred to, the omission of which is complained
of, do not occur in this document. The copy sup
plied to the American Consulate is substantially
identical in form with that supplied to the British
Consulate, and, in response to inquiries by the
British Consul at Muscat, His Highness the Sultan
has stated that the Arabic text is a correct copy,
corresponding to that which was promulgated
among his subjects.
The French translation of the document, as
printed at p. 84 of the French " Contre-Memoire,"
and a correct English translation are subjoined
in parallel columns :—
French Version, Correct English Translation.
'(Apr^s les formules ^ (After compliments.)
d'usage.)
" J'avertis mes sujets "1 have noticed [seen]
parce qu'ils ne compren- my subjects by reason of
nent pas la valeur de Tacte their want of understanding
de prendre des pavilions et [engaged] in the taking of
des patentes d'une Puis- flags and articles from the
sance ^trang^re ni I'acte foreign Governmeat and by
d'en faire usage alors que reason of these two things
leur protection est douteuse. {i.e., flags and articles)
Ce qui a eu lieu dans le having donned the doubtful
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