File 4377/1912 'Muscat Arms Traffic: Complaints of British Firms' [‎195v] (395/430)

Ethiopian Government, recognized Ethiopian Chiefs, and private
persons in Ethiopia, will only be granted on a request to that
effect formulated by the said Government, indicating by name the
persons authorized, the nature and quantity of arms and ammuni
tion, and certifying that the said arms and ammunition are not
intended for sale.
3. The three Governments engage to make joint representations
to the Negus with a view to the prohibition, in accordance with
the provisions of the General Act of Brussels, of the traffic in arms
and ammunition in Abyssinian territory.
4. As regards the supervision of dhows trading for arms from
Jibuti, Aden, Perim, Zeila, Massawah, Assab, and other ports
of those regions to points outside the zone of protection defined
by the Act of Brussels, measures will be taken to prevent them
from smuggling.
5. While expressly maintaining the principles of French legis
lation in regard to the right of visit, and it being agreed that
the British and Italian Governments maintain their principles in
regard to this question, the French Government agrees that the
measures of control exercised by the local authorities in British
and Italian territorial waters over small British and Italian native
merchant craft (dhows) shall be also applicable in Italian and
British territorial waters to dhows flying the French flag. The
British and Italian Governments also agree that the measures of
control exercised by the local authorities in French territorial
waters over small French native merchant craft (dhows) shall also
be applicable to dhows flying the British or Italian flags.
These measures shall be inforced without necessitating a
recourse to the formalities laid down by the Consular Conventions
in force between the three Governments.
6. In order to facilitate the supervision of native craft, and in
order to prevent any wrongful use of the flag, the three Govern
ments engage to communicate to each other every year a list of
the dhows authorized to fly their respective flags.
7. The three Governments will further see that the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
owners authorized to fly the French, British, or Italian flag shall
show such plain marks on their craft as will permit of easy
recognition at a distance.
8. The British, French, and Italian Governments agree to
instruct their respective local authorities to concert amongst
themselves as to the best means of carrying out the measures to
be taken as the result of this Agreement.
9. The present Agreement shall hold good for a period of
twelve years from the date of signature, and shall then remain
in force for periods of three years, unless it is denounced six
months before.
Done at London, December 13, 1906.
(Signed) E. GREY.
(Signed) PAUL GAMBON.
(Signed) A. DE SAN GIULIANO.