'ملف رقم 19/109 V (C 32) العلاقات البحرينية مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [ظ‎‎١‎٨‎٨] (٥٤٧/٣٨٤)

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territory the travellers are proceeding would toe to exaaine such
documents and make sure of their vtiidity and to leeue a visa
thereto. The interventioij of th'> Hi vi^aticn Company into the
policy and rules of the com triea who 1rnue pftpcea or paesoorts
hH the case may be to their subjeotn travollers o* of the
oou tries to /hose ports travellers arfj entering; is orly rn
\inreH8onable p.nd unprecedented one# 4) s it is aMmt tvonty
^ive year a since the Bahrcinis are trt-veiling on ".lewfeees' 1 and
,t llra-o-ichabar ,, pusses, a practice which has beon afpreel to by
the honourable British^ Ooveroment, why rhculd this practice
appear to the CoflApaJQ;v to be invalid or causing inconvenience at
the port ox' gjestlnation ? D) 1 hy the Consul-(Teneral of
the honourable British Government has not wished to warn the
Company against the latter^ error and tiisobedienco (arbitrary
attitude).
In any case, now that th^ British teau navigation Coapany
are acting at their own will and do not respect the rules ant
reTulations of the Imperial Go vernaent in the ^ersisn (*ulf
waters nor do they honour the undertakings of the honourable
British Government for the raainteuanoe of the "status quo", it
would be the duty both of the Persian ooverment and the
honourable British Government to make the Company realise their
limits and duties.
Apart from all these facts, in case the consular officers
of the honourable British Oovernment have, in accordance with
the undertakings of their Government, respec' ed the present
situation (the "status quo") and that it is only the Company
who, contrary to this, (ire acting at tiieir own will, it vunild
all the same be desirable if you could caube enquiry to be
made from the British Consul at Kohaimaerah with a view zo
finaing out according to what instructions and the reason for
which