"ملف 351/1904 "الخليج العربي:- تشييد سواري أعلام بريطانية في مسندم" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٧] (٤٥٤/٣١٨)

MEMORANDUM.
Pebsian Gulf.
Ereciion of flag staffs on isthmus between E/phin-
stone and Malcolm inlets, on Telegraph Island
and on Sheep Island.
(1) Telegram from the Political Agent, Maskat,
dated the 15th October 1904.
(2) Telegram from the Assistant to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated the 18th October
1904.
(3) Telegram No 3567-E.B., dated the 22nd Octo-
her 1904, to the Political Agent, Maskat,
The papers specified in the margin were
transmitted to the Secretary, Political and
Secret Department, India Office, London,
for the information of His Majesty’s Secre
tary of State for India, under cover of the
Foreign Secretary’s letter No. 43*M., dated
the 27th October 1904.
No. 521, dated the 25th October 1901.
From— Major W. G. Grey, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
I have the honour to address you briefly in connection with my secret
telegram of the loth instant regarding the proposed erection of flagstaffs on
certain portions of Mussendam Peninsula.
2. Major Cox’s letter to Colonel Kemball,* No. 290, dated the 2nd July
* See Enclosure 1 to No. 12 in Stcret E., Proceed- 1902, to which my attention is invited in
mgs, November 1902 ,Nos. 7 - 21 . your reply, deals with the effect produced,
or otherwise, upon the natives of the various portions of the Peninsula by
such jurisdiction as the Sultan’s Wali at Khasab is able to maintain over
them ; and the opinion submitted by him was that the jurisdiction of His
Highness’ Government is sufficiently ineffective in Mussendam to render it
possible for us to deny its existence or not as we might find most convenient. \
The matter had, however, I respectfully submit, to be considered also from the
Sultan’s point of view, as he undoubtedly does claim jurisdiction over the
whole peninsula, in common with many other portions of territory elsewhere
in which that jurisdiction is equally ineffective as regards the exaction of tri
bute from the inhabitants; I therefore made a reference to you.
3. I beg now to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the instructions
contained in your telegram of the 22nd instant, and trust that, by pointing t 0
the analogy of Henjam, I shall be able to explain the matter to Syed FaV&aJ
without prejudice to the almost fraternal relations which happily exist bet
ween us.
L A copy of this letter is being forwarded to the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf, Bushire.
No. 1462, dated Trincomalie, the 24th October 1904.
from His Excellency Rear-Admiral George Atkinson-Willes, Naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, East Indies Station,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
!n acknowledging the receipt of your letters of the 11th instant, No. 3431-
•’ a idem, No. 3496-E.B., relative to the pattern of the
British flag to be flown on the flagstaffs to be erected on the isthmus between
Elphmstone and Malcolm inlets, on Telegraph Island and on Sheep Island in
the Persian Gulf, I have tho honour to offer the following opinion, which 1 beg
you will lay before His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India
in Council.
F nion commonly called the Union Jack, is the flag of the
British Empire. For convenience it is included in a white ensign, a blue
ensign and a red ensign.
3. Where the Union Flag flies, the ground over which it flies is claimed
as British, and the territory surrounding it, as far as the British Government
can claim, is included.
• i I i « f ? reig ^ Ship ? 0es ^ Khor Kaw b 0 r Malcolm or Elphinstone
inlets and finds a blue ensign flying, he will respect the enclosure within which
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