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No. 1172 E.-A., dated Simla, the 29th May 1913 (Confidential).
Endorsed by Foreign Department.
Telegram from the Political Resident in the -A- COpy of tllC forPgOHlJ^ tGl6S^Kini IS
Persian Gulf, No. 948, dated the 27th May 1913. forwarded to th© Army Department, for
information.
Telegram P., No. 146 S., dated the 31st May 1913.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Reference my telegram of the 18th ultimo regarding Kuwait. Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf telegraphs as follows ;— Begins, In consequence
* * • Government of India. Ends.
(Copy.)
Telegram P., No. 84, dated the 2nd (received 3rd) June 1913.
From—The Political Resident in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla,
May I be permitted to ask whether the question of Baghdad-Basrah
Railway has yet been decided ? I would respectfully point out, if this question
has not been settled, that with a view to the future it might not be prudent to
exchange the prospective railway interests for the immediate advantages of
navigation. The railway will, it is possible, and to me it seems probable, put
an end to navigation. The Indus case is not quite similar, but in that case
there are no (appreciable ?) steamers (it has no) (and ?) it is said that down
stream traffic by native boats is dying out and there a railway now exists
on each bank.
Prime interests here, in my humble opinion, are firstly irrigation and
secondly railway: the question of future navigation, especially in the event of
the rivers being tapped by canals, is nothing more than problematical.
Addressed His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
Nos. 1208-1209 E f -A., dated Simla, the 4th June 1913 (Confidential).
Endorsed by Foreign Department.
A copy of the foregoing communication is forwarded to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf and Army Department, for information, in
, v „ , ^ . continuation of the endorsement from the
( ) Not to Amy Department. /r >. , e t j- • xi \
(Government of India in the) foreign
Department, Nos. 998-999 E.-A., dated the 8th May 1913.
1. Letter from Sir A. Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, London, dated the 18th
April 1913, with enclosures.
1 (a ). Despatch from Sir G. Lowther to Sir E. Grey, No. 214, dated the 18th March
1913, with enclosure.
2. Letter from the Foreign Office to the Board of Trade, No. 16335, dated the 12th
April 1913, with enclosure.
3. Letter from the India Office to the Foreign Office, No. P,—1440, dated the 17th
April 1913.
4. Telegram from His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, dated the 5th May 1913.
*5. Telegram to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, No. 104 S., dated the 7th
May 1913.
♦6. Telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, No. 830, dated the 8th
May 1913.
*7. Telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, No. 843, dated the 11th
May 1913.
8. Letter from Sir A. Hirtzel, Secretary, Political Department, India Office, London,
4ated the 25th April 1913, and enclosures.
* Not to Political Resideut,