"ملف 61/11 II (D 42) العلاقات بين نجد والحجاز" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٤] (٦٢٢/٤٠٢)

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East am Talagra^phe cable ghlp "Mirror" to be ent to
wansfar tha head of the cable to a point inside the
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wire. The political objactions to this are obvious,
a,nd tliare would appsax to be jsiiitary risks too unless
a ttQ&h piece of ca^l@ could be laid from JeddaJa town
and joined to the cable at a point ao&e diatteot out to
a©a, Tiio Sudan Govenment have to accept
and tran nit nir^l©^ ■, jfxos .asid to Jsdcisii
*irel«st station, Imt thi : is aa emergency measure.
9. The Hajaa Gov^rmaent are &till maintainirig tbe
blooicade in Uieory, 1 few days ago the S.S."Eagbaatais*
mada a raid to the outb brought baok fxva or six
dhoir^ which are all-^gad to bava h&m. attempting to evade
the bloolcad«« They -.re all Hej&z craft. locording to
oxxr information plenty of small crafty owned by Hej-a^is
and Yemenis, are entering the blockaded ports, and it
has been necensary to recommend to Hi a - MaJ erty * s
Goverr iaent that British subjects should be told that
the declaration of blockade car. be disregarded.
In reply to an Inquiry in what court and under what
law ^aaes by which British sublets might be affected
would be heard, tha Hejuz Goyernmeixt replied taat
"maritime ca^.es, if thare are -^ny, will be heard in the
maritime court under the special law app 1 ioable* • The
Hejas authorities know nothing about international law,
and no court they could set up could be expected to act
in a mmmer which would satisfy a foreign government•
10» Ho pilgrims have arrived except about 35 African
(most of them Blgeriaa®) who >-.e®B to have been allowed
to leave the Sudan through some mistake. It i not the
moment to add to the foreign population of Jeddah. ISO
useful forecast about tha Ha J 4 can be made at present.
All