"الملف 73/7 V (D 38) وضع الكويت، والمعاهدة الأنجلو-تركية" [ظ‎‎٢] (٢١٦/١٧)

THE PIONEER, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913.
Sportsmen will be interested to hear that
from the middle of October onwards good
snipe, duck, partridge and eandgrouse
shooting is to be obtained. In Persian territory
no pass is required. The snipe shooting is
particularly good, but a steam launch is al
most essential as most of the best places
lie some distance away. Shooting is also to
be obtained on the Turkish side of the river,
for which a pass has to be obta ined. Let not
the sportsmin be discouraged, however,
for the requisite forms may be out of stock
in Busrah, when the pass will be granted
free.
Fishing either with fly, spoon or dead bait is
so rarely obtained as to be scarcely worth try
ing for, though some Arabs may be seen any
day sitting on the bank fishing with the most
simple tackle but with only occasional success.
Outside Mohammerab one may ride for miles
in the desert : except for water channels in a
few patches of cultiyation there is no jumping-
Jack and foxes abound and with a few long
dogs (excellent ones are to be obtained in the
neighbourhood at very moderate prices) good
runs may be obtained with the sporting mem
bers of the English community.
As regards horseflesh, Jit might naturally be
supposed that in a place so close to Busrah,
where all Arab ponies are shipped for the
Bombay market, well bred ponies were to be
obtained. This, however, is not the case. The
local Arabs have of recent years neglected the
horse breeding for which they were formerly
reno wned and it is with great difficulty that
ponies in any way suitable for the Indian
market are to be procured.
Ho description of Mohammerah would be
complete without mention of Abacan, a few
miles below it on the left bank of Shat-ul-
Arab. Here are situated the oil refineries of
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company whither the
crude oil is conveyed in iron pipes from the
wells at Masjid i-Suleiman, some sixty or
seventy miles north west of Ahwaz, This
company has obtained from the Persian Govern
ment the right to work all oil that may be
found in this part of Persia, and though found-
ed^some years ago itjbas only|recently extended
its export trade outside the Gulf. A visit to the
works will well repay the time spent. The
European personnel are without exesption
Scotsmen, the natives, who number over three
thousand, include Chinese, Japanese, Arabs,
Luris, Bakhtiaris and nearly every class of
1 ndian.
One more item deserves notice, namely,
the fact that from Mohammerah will start
the Commission which is to demarcate the
actual frontier line between Turkey and
Persia. It is to be composed of delegates
from Britain, Russia, Turkey and Persia,
though it is understood that the Russian
delegates will not join the Cum mission
uutil it has proceeded some distance
aloug the frontier. Several portions of the
frontier require exact delimitation but it is in
the vicinity of Like Urumiah that the chief
difficulty of the Commissioners will lie. Both
Turkey and Persia claim the district under dis
pute. which was quite recently the scene of
a skirmish between the Turkish and Persian
troops. It is to be hoped that the Commission
will prove more successful in their efforts
than the previous one which met over a decade
ago.
Such is Mohammerah at present. And the
future ? Surveys of the Mohammerah-Khurma-
bad Railway have already been made as far
as Shuster—two years at the utmost
should see work started on this section.
Railways on the North-West Frontier of
two defects neither of which are insuper
able.
Firstly.— The bar at the mouih of the river
which, as has already been mentioned, can
only be crossed at high tide and now that
Turkey has formally handed over to Britain the
lighting and policing of the LiLilf, there can be
little doubt that dredging operations will be
undertaken in the near future and this defect
removed.
Secondly.—It must be remembered that
Turkey owns one and Persia the other bank of
the Shat-el-Arab and i n the event of hostilities
the between Turkey and Perbia, shipping could
be subjected to fire from on e or other of the
banks. The contingency is a rem ote one, it is
granted, but is worthy of notice, notwith
standing the fact that the free navigation of
the river has been secured by the Anglo-
'urkish Cbnven tion of July of this year.
In any case, an alternative route to the Gulf
exists in the channel oftheKarun River it
self, both banks of which are in Persian ter
ritory. During the war of Ifefj? one of H.M's
warships actually used this channel, but it was
of very light draught as is proi'ed by the fact
that it was able to get over the rapids of
Nasiri and reach Ahwaz. Dredging operations
on a large scale would therefore be necessary
to make this loute practicable. ;
It is hoped that sufficient has been said to
prove that Mohammerah must expand. This
will probably be in a north-westerly direction
along the left bank of the Shat-el-Arab when
ocean-going steamers will be able to discharge
their cargo within a stone's throw of the
bank. In the writ r's opinion there is no p'ace
in the world that will make greater strides
towards prosperity in the near future than
this little known spot.
UNITED PROVINCES LOCAL
RATES.
♦
W e find that the copy of section 8 of the
United Provinces Local Rates Bill as supplied
to us after its amendment in the course of the
Council proceedings on Tuesday was not quite
correct. The following is the wording of the
section as it finally appears in the Act :—
Where a local rate is imposed in Oudh under
subsection (I) of clause 3 on any estate, the
landlord may rfcover the rate from an under-
proprietor or a permanant lessee of land within
the estate whose rent has been fixed or record
ed by a competent court or frpm a person who
holds land comprised in the estate free of rent,
in perpetuity, to the following extent, namely,
from such under-proprietor or lessee a sum
bearing the same proportion to a sum calculat
ed at 2^ per cent on the annual value of the
land held by him as such annual value after
deduction therefrom of the rent so fixed or
recorded bears to half such annual value, and
from such person a sum equal to 2i per cent on
the annual value of the land held by him, and
(a) if at the date of the commencement of
this Act the rural police rate payable
under the United Provinces Local and Rural
Police Rates Act, 1906, in respect of such
land was wholly recoverable from such
under-proprietor, pern^ajtent lessee or
person,
then from such under-proprietor, permanent
lessee or person the whole of the difference
between a sum calculated on such annual value
at 2J per cent and a sum calculated thereon at
the percentage leviable as local rate in respect
of the estate, and
(b) if at such date the rural police rate was
partially recoverable from such under-
proprietor, permanent lessee or person,
India have, it is almost needless to relate, ^ e u j
' j then from such under-proprietor or permanent
lessee a sum bearing the aforesaid proportion
had a very civilising effect on the inhabitants
of those parts. It is not unnatuial there
fore to hope that the building and ultimate
opening of this Railway will have the same
effect on the umuly Luris and Bakhtiaris,
who are at present so great a thorn in the side
of the Teheran Government. The Railway will
tap an enormous area, naturally rich, which
only needs law and order and an assured
market for its products to develop into its
former prosperity. The trade of this district
should increase enormously.
A few more years may possibly s* e the
Baghdad Railway at Busrah, which should
likewise develop, though there is little
likelihood of Busrah and Mohammerah in
terfering with one another's trade : a glance
at the n ap will prove bow entirely distinct
are the districts that these Railways will
feed. It is, however, quite possible t^at a
branch line will be built between the two
poits : the distance is only ID miles aiid a
line across the desert should present no
engineering difficulties.
Mohammerah has the natural conditions re
quisite for developing into a great port with
to such difference, and from such person the
whole of such difference.
Explanation,—In this section ihe annual
value of any land comprised in an estate means
double the land revenue paid by the superior
proprietor on account of the land in question.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
SAMUEL MONTAGU S REPORT.
[ R buteb'b P ress M bssages. J
London, 5th December.
Messrs Samuel Montagu and Company's
silver circular says that the huge specula
tions of the Indian Specie Bank have caused
much uneasiness for three years past,
and the burden of carrying large
stocks involved has been exceedingly heavy
to those concerned. Negotiations have just
been completed whereby the-bank's entire
unrealised stock here, both in actual silver
and in the form of contracts for forward
delivery, have been acquired by a powerful
London syndicite. The circular says that
the step will prove of immense benefit and
relieve apprehensions of further disturbance
in the silver market in consequence of recent
events.
THE HOME RULE CAMPAIGN.
Sir Edward g -rey, speaking at Bradford,
said the Nationalists would certainly be dis
appointed if the realisation of their hopes was
marred by a conflict. The use of force to
carry Home Eule into effect would be re
pugnant, but the abandonment of Home Rule
would be worse. It would mean a revival
of coercion, but to the last moment (and
there was plenty of time) Government would
keep the door open to a settlement by con
sent.
INTERNATIONAL POLO.
New York: a formal challenge for the
International Polo Cup hos been received.
The 1st June is suggested as the date of the
first game.
A RECORD INSURANCE.
The Canadian Pacific Company has just
insured in London its entire property in
Canada for £ 22,400,000 sterling. The con
tract is believed to be the largest ever
concluded.
SUFFRAGETTE INCENDIARIES.
Kelly House at Skelmorlie has been gutted
by Suffragettes. The damage is estimated at
.£25,000.
CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The two days' return match at King
William's Town beiween the M. C. C. an
the Border eleven ended in a draw.
VEDRINES" AIR TOUR.
Vedrines has arrived at Sofia,
there from Belgrade in four hours.
He flew
A B ombay F atality .—Private Joseph
Taylor of the Sherwood Foresters, st&tioned
at Colaba, went out with a comrade on a
boating excursion on Wednesday night. The
boat capsized and Private Taylor was drown
ed. The other soldier being a good swimmer
got ashore.
B ombay V ethrinary C olieok -a Govern
ment resolution on the annual report of
thfe Bombay Veterinary College says Atten
dance has improved, the percentage Of
students passing examinations has risen
and the graduates seem to have no difficulty in
finding employment, and it is a feature of great
promise that some have taken up private
practice and are succeeding iujtheir enterprise.
There is still considerable difficulty in obtaining
suitable candidates from Sind.
S anction has been accorded to the construc
tion by the Cutch Durbar of the Anjar-Bhachan
Section of the Cutch State Railway, a length of
23'75 miles.
IIis Highness the Maharaj Rana of Dholpur
has been elected worshipful master of Lodge
Holland No. 3554 E. C. Bharatpur for 1914.
His Highness will probably be the younges
ruler in craft as he is only 22.
T ue Bombay City Police have made an arrest
in connection with the recent Tamarind Lane
fire of an Indian employee of Messrs. Ewart
Latham and Company whose offices were des
troyed, as he is suspected of incendiarism.
B ombay M unicipal C ortokation .—At a
meeting of the Bombay Municipal Corporation
on Monday, the 1st December, Mr, Hormasji
Mody moved the ado ption of the report of the
Corporation's Committee regarding the amend
ment of rules for the election of members to
the Legislative Council of His Excellency the
Governor of Bombay. The Committee suggest
ed that the Government should be asked to
allow thman additional representative as in
the case of the Calcutta Corporation, who were
allowed the privilege of sending two
representatives. Dr. Sukhia. moved as an
amendment that the rules should be so
framed as to confine the election of their
representative on the Council to the members
of the Corporation to the exclusion of outsiders.
The Hon Sir Ibrahim Rahimtulla seconded
the amendment. Dr. Temulji Nariman did not
think it wise to make the demand for allowing
the Corporation an additional representative
on the Council for what the Government asked
them was whether they suggested any altera
tions or amendment in the rules of election"
Dr. Sukhia's amendment was put to the vote
and carried.
INDIAN T1
[from ojr own coai
THE VICEROY
—— —
A STATE BAM
ALW
His Excellency the Vic
day morning a review of
perial Service troops wh
ment of lancers and a r
His Excellency, who was
accompanied by His High
and the staffs, while Lady
the review from underneal
turn out and drill of the
and His Excellency espaj:]
His Highness on the mar
battalion.
After breakfast the Vice
His Highness mjtored 011
from the palace ^to shoot
ceeded in securing thr
lunch. The best head
Owing to the heavy raiii
which was to have taken|
noon, was abandoned, b
walked about the groun
His Highness's dancing ho|
rams.
A state banquet took p
city palace which was br
in spite of the rain which
the time.
At the conclusion of di
an eloquent and well-del^
ed the health of Their
gracefully referring to
His Excellency's visit t
him and to the kin
Their Excellencies
him on more than'
Delhi, Simla and Cald
alluded to the Vicen
of conciliation and upholdij
privileges of the native s
minded statesmanship and
risits, as he recently de
His Highness expressed!
the atrocious incident |
Delhi last year, he had
pleasure of entertaining
mentioned the splendidj
at that time by the VicerO]
his very first words whea(
so, that his firm resolv
remained unshaken. W!
administration of his St
grateful to providence t
thanks to the sympathy
received from the Britis
the last ten years, he
a period of happiness an
a great pleasure to him
cellency his Imperial S«
the emblems of their tt
the British throne, a
1803, when a permane
established between th
India Company and hii
Raja Sewai Rakhtawar Sii
arose for those two rogi
place in the active field,
would not be found wanti
duty against the common <
pire as their predecessors
conclusion His Highness s;
before himself the f
ciples as the guiding fact
in life. Firstly, unbouai
eternal mercy of God and
and the country; second!
ship and bighmindednq|
justice of the govern
and thirdly, trust in on
was his wish to be a Rajp
as in name. His Hig
the health of the Viceroy
THE VICEROY
As soon as the toast h
Viceroy rose and reph
as follows
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must in the first place
thanks for the kind way
drunk our healths, for (|h'
ing terms in which
posed the toast, and f
which you have given
interesting capital,
referred in graceful 1^
visit to me at the I
and I need hardly I
gives me tl e warmest
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the ruling chiefs of I' 1
and my Governments of
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are insuper-
uih of the river
aentioned, can
and now that
sr to Britain the
If, there can be
erations will be
md this defect
Qembered that
ie other bank of
;nt of hostilities
, shipping could
ir other of the
m ote one; it is
)tice, notwith-
i navigation of
)y the Anglo-
this year,
cute to the Gulf
"arun River it-
in Persian ter-
7 one of H.M's
nnel, but it was
ved by the fact
r the rapids of
ging operations
re be necessary
s been said to
} expand. This
jsterly direction
;-el-Arab when
ble to discharge
throw of the
there is no p'ace
greater strides
iar future than
S LOCAL
action 8 of the
Bill as supplied
he course of the
y was not quite
wording of the
i the Act :—
d in Oudh under
any estate, the
from an under-
3e of land within
i fixed or record-
)m a person who
tate free of rent,
' extent, namely,
)r lessee a sum
) a sum calculat-
al value of the
ual value after
fent so fixed or
nnual value, and
to 2| per cent on
field by him, and
immencement of
Je rate payable
' Local and Rural
respect of such
able from such
ent lessee or
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
SAMUEL MONTAGU'S REPORT.
[ K kuteb's P ress M essages.] 1
L ondon, 5th December.
Messrs Samuel Montagu and Company's
silver circular says that the huge specula
tions of the Indian Specie Bank have caused
much uneasiness for three years past,
and the burden of carrying large
stocks involved has been exceedingly heavy
to those concerned. Negotiations have just
been completed whereby the bank s entire
unrealised stock here, both in actual silver
and in the form of contracts for forward
delivery, have been acquired by a powerful
London syndicite. The circular says that
the step will prove of immense benefit and
relieve apprehensions of further disturbance
in the silver market in consequence of recent
events.
THE HOME RULE CAMPAIGN.
Sir Edward Grrey, speaking at Bradford,
said the Nationalists would certainly be dis
appointed if the realisation of their hopes was
marred by a conflict. The use of force to
carry Home Eule into effect would be re
pugnant, but the abandonment of Home Eule
would be worse. It would mean a revival
of coercion, but to the last moment (and
there was plenty of time) Grovernment would
keep the door open to a settlement by con
sent.
INTERNATIONAL POLO.
New York: A formal challenge for the
International Polo Cup has been received.
The 1st June is suggested as the date of the
first game.
A RECORD INSURANCE,
The Canadian Pacific Company has just
insured in London its entire property in
Canada for £ 22,400,000 sterling. The con
tract is believed to be the largest ever
concluded.
SUFFRAGETTE INCENDIARIES.
Kelly House at Skelmorlie has been gutted
by Suffragettes. The damage is estimated at
■£25,000.
CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA.
TrrM, he fc , W0 (iays ' return match at Kinj?
William s Town between the M. C. C. an^
the Border eleven ended in a draw,
VEDKINES' AIR TOUR.
Yedrines has arrived at Sofia. He flew
there from Belgrade in four hours.
Sanction has been accorded to the construc
tion by the Cutch Durbar of the Anjar -Bhachan
-''o-ftheCuech S tate K a il « y ;a.en;h 0
miles.
fflDIAH TELEG
[from ojr own corkeid
THE VICEROY IN
A STATE BANQl
ALWAR
His Excellency the Vicero,
day morning a review of Hii
perial Service troops which j
ment of lancers and a re': i
His Excellency, who was
accompanied by His Highness
and the staffs, while Lady H
the review from underneath
turn-out and drill of the tro*
and His Excellency especial
His Highness on the marchin
battalion.
After breakfast the VicaroJ
His Highness motored out j
from the palace to shoot bli
ceeded in securing three, 1
lunch. The best head mea
Owing to the heavy rain t
which was to have taken plj
noon, was abandoned, but 1
walked about the grounds
His Highness's dancing horse
rams.
A state banquet took placej
city palace which was brillij
in spite of the rain which C0|
the time.
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v.*« :
At the conclusion of dinne
an eloquent and well-deliver :
ed the health of Their Exi
gracefully referring to thi
His Excellency's visit to hiji
him and to the kind hi
Their Excellencies ha
him on more than
Delhi, Simla and Calcutta
alluded to the Viceroy'i
of conciliation and upholdin
privileges of the native stat
minded statesmanship and bj
visits, as he recently demons
His Highness expressed ref
the atrocious incident wh
Delhi last year, he had beei
pleasure of entertaining Hi
mentioned the splendid
at that time by the Viceroy '
hisvery first wards when be
so, that his firm resolve fo
remained unshaken. With
administration of his State,
grateful to providence that
thanks to the sympathy ar
received from the British C
the last ten years, he coa
a period of happiness and pi
a great pleasure to him t(
cellency his Imperial Servi
the emblems of their tradi
the British throne, a loj
1803, when a permanent
established between the
India Company and his
Raja Sewai Bakhtawar Singli
i