"الملف 35/85 IV A 11 التحكيم الخاص بمراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٦] (٤٩٢/٣٤٢)

No. of 1907.
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MUSCAT.
To,
The Polit/ical Resident/ in "Ghe Persian Gulf,
3 U S H I R E.
POLITICAL AGENCY & CONSULATE.
Muscat/, 20t,h August, 1907.
Sir,
I have t/he honour t,o forward for your informat,ion
and trhati of tihe Government, of India, copies of a private corres
pondence which passed bet,ween my French colleague and myself on
■Dhe 19t»h Inst/ant,. I am obliged t/O trouble you wi-oh a report
owing t,o tihe threat/ cont/ained in Monsieur Laronce's second let/ter
in order t,hat/ His Majesty's Government may be in a position to
reply to any representation which may be made to them on the
subject by Monsieur Cambon.
2.- Abdallah ben Khamis ben Ali is owner No.2 in the
pending list of French flagholders. As you are aware from
previous correspondence, M. Laronce loses no opportunity of
attempting to exercise jurisdiction in any possible way over
these persons, and his intention on this occasion is quite
evident. I informed the applicant, who had been sent to me
by M. Laronce with one of his cavasses, that the required letter
to the Political Agent at Bahrein would be given to him on
receipt of a request from the Sultan or his representative.
*•- Monsieur Laronce is wrong in representing the
man s application to be a private one, the letter being required
in