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Traffic Convention, and a newcomer, Hejaz-Nejd and the Disarmamen
Conference. But this time he found Sir. Andrew booted and spurred wit
instructions.
League of Nations.
49. Fuad Bey was reminded that, in his enquiries of last year he had
limited himself to seeking the views of His Ma jesty s Government regarding t le
legal position. He was now told that, although it was not for one Government
to pronounce on a question which might concern the League as a whole, the matter
had been examined in London with a view to giving the Hejaz-Nejd such friendly
assistance as was possible. Fuad Bey was given certain conclusions which were
to be drawn from the data available as to the character of the union between the
Hejaz and Nejd and its Dependencies, and the further conclusions to be deduced
therefrom as to the position of Hejaz-Nejd in regard to possible membership of
the League. Asked as to whether his Government had made up their minds to
seek admission to the League or were merely exploring the possibility, Fuad
intimated that no decision had been taken; they were merely looking into the
matter.
International Sanitary System.
50. Three definite points emerged: (a) If the Hejaz-Nejd Government
wished to attach reservations to their ratification of the International Sanitary
Convention of 1926 they could only do so with the previous consent of all States
signatory or accessory to the convention. For this purpose, it would be necessary
for them to communicate the proposed reservations to the French Government
for transmission to those States. (5) The question ot obtaining a seat on the
Alexandria Quarantine Board was one, the decision of which rested with the
Egyptian Government, (c) The Hejaz-Nejd Government might find it
advantageous to accede to the Rome Convention of 190/ and thereby acquire the
right to representation on the Committee of the International Office of Public
Health at Paris. The official action necessary would be to notify the Italian
Government in accordance with article 6 of the convention.
51. Fuad Bey was warned in friendly fashion that it was really most
desirable to work up a good sanitary administration in this country. At the
same time, he was reminded that other countries would continue to protect
themselves, within the limits of international arrangements, against the special
dangers arising from the dispersal of the large numbers of possible disease
carriers brought together by the pilgrimage.
Arms Traffic Convention.
52. Fuad Bey was told that the purely technical difficulties in the way of
the accession of a non-signatory State before the convention came into force were
probably not insuperable, but that, regarded as a practical proposition, it seemed
doubtful whether the accession of any particular non-signatory State, which saw T
advantage in making itself a party'to the convention and thereby undertaking
the onerous obligations which it would impose when it came into force, would at
present amount to more than a demonstration ot sympathy with the objects of the
convention. So many signatory States had delayed ratification that it could only
be regarded as doubtful whether the convention would come into force in the
near future, if indeed it ever did come into force without amendment. These
views were given as personal to Sir A. Ryan and were balanced with the object
of avoiding any appearance of seeking to influence the Hejaz-Nejd Government’s
decision. They, of course, are chiefly concerned with removing the supposed
stigma attaching to the inclusion of Arabia in one of the k£ special zones."
Disarmament Conference.
53. Fuad Bey complained that the Hejaz-Nejd had not been invited,
although all sorts of Powers non-members of the League had received invitations.
He mentioned pointedly Egypt and Iraq. This matter Sir A. Ryan referred
home, and Mr. Hope Gill was instructed in August, should Fuad Bey again raise