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DIIAFT OF A DECLARATION TO BE SIGNED BY HIS MAJESTY
KING HUSSEIN SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE CONCLUSION OF
A TREATY BETWEEN HIM AND HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT.
HIS Majesty King Hussein of the Hejaz, recognising that the progress and
prosperity of the mandated countries of the Middle East can best be secured with the
support and assistance of Great Britain and France, through whose help in the late
war the Arabs were enabled to shake off the Turkish yoke, and mindful of the
sacrifices made by those Powers in the cause of Arab freedom, hereby declares that he
will at no time take any action calculated to embarrass Great Britain or France in the
task entrusted to them under the Covenant of the League of Nations of advising and
assisting the populations of Mesopotamia, Palestine and Syria until such time as they
are able to stand alone.
Draft of Proposed Treaty between the United Kingdom and the Hejaz.
In the Name of God the Merciful the Compassionate.
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty King
Hussein of the Hejaz on behalf of Himself, His nens and successors, inspired with the
sincere desire of confirming and strengthening the good faith and iriendly relations
established between their respective countries during the war together waged against
the Germanic Powers and Turkey, and with the further desire of consolidating their
respective interests and ensuring permanent peace and harmony among the Arab
peoples,
And His Britannic Majesty having named and appointed
as His Plenipotentiary to conclude a treaty for these purposes with His Majesty
King Hussein,
The said and His Majesty King Hussein have
agreed upon and concluded the articles following :—
Article 1.
The High British Government hereby confirm their recognition of the sovereignty
of His Majesty King Hussein, His heirs and successors, over the territories of the Hejaz,
subject, however, to the provisions of Article 3 following.
Article 2.
There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between His Britannic Majesty and
His Majesty King Hussein, their heirs and successors. Each of the High Contracting
Parties agrees and promises to use all the means which His laws pro\i e to pieven is
territory being used as a base for activities directed against t ic presen oi u urt.
interests of the other.
Article 3.
The frontiers and boundaries of the Hejaz being at present indeterminate and
their definite settlement a matter requiring much tune, e wo ' n rtc m
Arties agree that such frontiers and boundaries are to be discussed and determined
hereafter.
Article 4.
The Hiffh British Government undertake that they will use their good offices in
mgri -Diiusn vj rlisnute upon frontiers and boundaries
His Britannic Majesty in the event of such dispute arising.
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