"التحكيم في قضية مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. محكمة التحكيم الدائمة في لاهاي. السماح برفع الأعلام الفرنسية على مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. القضية بالنيابة عن الحكومة البريطانية". [و‎‎٨‎٥] (٢٠٨/١٨٨)

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OFFICIAL TRANSLATION
OF THE AWARD.
PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION
at the Hague.
-A-W.A. IR, ID
1 OF THE
TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION
CONSTITUTED
in virtue of the Comprorais signed at London on October 13, 1904
BETWEEN
GREAT BRITAIN and FRANCE.
The Tribunal of Arbitration constituted in virtue of the Compromis
concluded at London on October 13, 1904 between Great Britain and France;
Whereas the Government of His Britannic Majesty and that of the
French Republic have thought it right by the Declaration of March 10,
1862 a to engage reciprocally to respect the independence" of His Highness
the Sultan of Muscat,
Whereas difficulties as to the scope of that Declaration have arisen
in relation to the issue, by the French Republic, to certain subjects of
His Highness the Sultan of Muscat of papers authorizing them to fly
the French flag, and also as to the nature of the privileges and immunities
claimed by subjects of His Highness who are owners or masters of dhows
and in possession of such papers or are members of the crew of such
dhows and their families, especially as to the manner in which such
privileges and immunities affect the jurisdiction of His Highness the
Sultan over his said subjects.
Whereas the two Governments have agreed by the Compromis of
October 13, 1904 that these questions shall be determined by reference
to arbitration, in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of the
Convention concluded between the two Powers on the 14 th of October 1903 ,