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Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction' [216r] (431/552)
The record is made up of 1 file (374 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1936-21 Mar 1945. 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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CIRCUL^ TELEGRAM
To the Governments of Canada s Commonwealth of Australia p New
Zealand, Union of South Africa and the Irish Free State (t>y
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(Sent 6 p 0 Eio , 14th April, 1937*)
Circular B. No*38, Confi&entialo
?«£y Confidential Circular despatch E* No. 62 of 2nd
November, 1935. Extraterritorial rights in Abyssinia.
His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have
under consideration the position, under the Italian regime in
Abyssinia, of the British Consular Courts set up under the
Ethiopia
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
1934<. The
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
and the
courts in question constitute the machinery of the
extraterritorial Jurisdiction hitherto secured for British
subjects and protected persons in Ethiopia. Now* however 6
that Italian civil and criminal law and Jurisdiction have been
introduced, the need for protecting British subjects and
protected persons from the effects of Ethiopian la?/ no longer
obtaine.
Since the Italian occupation of Addis Ababa in Hay
last, British Consular Courts have found it increasingly
difficult to function, and have in fact been on almost
continuous vacation, partly owing to the Italian attitude that
extraterritorial rights no longer continue to exist.
Moreover, extraterritorial jurisdiction at present depends not
on any British-Ethiopian Treaty but on the provisions of the
Franco-Ethiopian Treaty of 1908 the benefit of which has been
enjoyed by custom only, and which is not regarded by His
Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom as belonging to that
class of Treaty whose provisions are inherited by the new
overeign in default of agreement to that effect*
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Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia.
Included in the file are documents used for reference purposes, including:
- A copy of 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Ethiopia and France', 1908 (folios 372-375)
- Copy of 'Treaty Series No. 31 (1938) - I - Agreement between The United Kingdom and Italy consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; II - Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between The United Kingdom, Egypt and Italy' (folios 120-139).
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- 1 file (374 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 375; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3328
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- Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 7r:42v, 44r:149v, 155r:205v, 207r:207v, 209r:209v, 211r:211v, 213r:213v, 215r:229v, 330r:371v, back-i, back
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