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declare ne pas s'opposer h ce que le Gouvernement de S. M. Britannique
exerce comme par le passe dans ie Golfe Persique les mesures suivautes :
{a) Sondages, allumages des phares, mise des bouees, pilotage.
(d) Police maritime.
(c) Mesnres quarn ten aires.
t Le Gouvernement Imperial Ottoman reserve a eette occasion tons les
droits qui lui reviennent eomme Puissance territoriale sur les cotes ainsi qu6
sur les eaux territoriales Otto manes.
En foi de quoi, &c.
(Received on the 5th May 1913 with Political Secretary's letter No. 16, dated the 18th
April 1913.)
ASTATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [22nd March.]
CONFIDENTIAL. . S ection 1.
13109 No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.
No. 214s, Constantinople;
18th March 1913.
Sir,
I have the honour to forward herewith a despatch from His Mai'estv's
Vice-Consul at Adana, reporting on suspension of work on the Bagdad Railway.
Mr. Matthews's despatch respecting the Chukur Ova concession was trans
mitted in my despatch No. 201 (Commercial) of the 14th October 1912.
I have, &c.,
G erard L owthee.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Matthews to Sir G. Lowther.
No. 12. Adana;
12th March 1913.
Sir,
I have the honour to report to Your Excellency that, "owing to reasons
connected with the war in the Balkans," work on the Bagdad Railway has
been in a large measure suspended. According to reliable information/work
is proceeding only on the tunnels through the Taurus and Amanus. The
construction of the portions of the line between Kara Punar and Dorak, and
between Mamureh and Raju (near Islahieh) has ceased, and even the works
necessary for the upkeep of the line (" Schutzwerke ") are being abandoned.
I am informed that 18,000 deunums of land, a few miles north-east of the
town of Hamidieh, have recently been acquired by two Germans of Alexandria,
Messrs. Stoefiler and Peters. According to my information, this land was
bought in 1908 at about 20 piastres a deunum by a Turkish subject, named
Raad, actins: on behalf of the Germans. Considerable difficulty was subse
quently experienced by the Germans in having the land transferred from
Kaad's name to their own.
Some hostility has been manifested by local Germans to the Chukur Ova
concession (my despatch No. 32 of the 4th October last), but it is now reported
that the concession has been confirmed by the Turkish Government.
I have, &c.,
W. D. W. M atthews,
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the
Division of the Chief of the Staff.)