"14/115 VIII B 17 الأكسيد الأحمر في أبو موسى" [و‎‎٩‎٦] (٥٢١/٢٠١)

claim based on the fact - if it be a fact - that the quality of
the mineral is inferior to that of previous consignments or that
there has been a difficulty of disposing of it #
It appears to Sir S. Grey that if the claim under (3) is
valid at all it concerns a question which ahculd be settled be
tween the Sheikh and the mining coinpany t and that the claim that
Messrs, 7«onckhaus and Company should not only receive the con
cession for working the mines but also be paid the amount
necessary to put the mines in order is a preposterous one.
Items (4) and (5) appear entirely inadmissible, Ls regards
the former, the employes of the firm were not injured and, when
fired on, were in a place where they had no business to be, ihey
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have therefore no right to complain of any fright or inconvenience
which they may have suffered in consequence of an act done at
their own risk, The latter claim appears to Sir E, Grey to be
completely unsubstantial and to belong to a category which His
Majesty^ Government have been unwilling to consider in the past.
Sir E, Grey is disposed to think, in view of the last
sentence of Messrs,Kbnckhaus* letter, that the best solution of
the whole question would be the payinent of a lump sum to the firm
which should take no account of separate and detailed claims,
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Before however making any proposal of this nature to the
German Government, Sir E, Grey would be glad to learn the vieuvs