ملف ١٩٠٤/٢٧٦٤ الجزء ٣ "سكة حديد بغداد: مفاوضات عامة ١٩١٠-١٩١٢." [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٠] (٥٤٤/٤٩٠)

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BAGDAD RAILWAY.
SECRET.
[July 4.]
Section 1,
[23937]
No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received July 4.)
(No. 415.)
S ir > ^ TT „ TT _ 1 • Therapia, June 24, 1910.
WITH reference to yonr despatch No. 138, Secret, of the 17th ultimo and to my
y\ despatch No. 389, Confidential, of the 17th instant, I have the honour to report that,
though I have caused enquiries to he made here, I have heen unahle to hear anything
of any French activity or negotiations being in progress at present for obtaining the
concession of the Homs-Bagdad Railway line.
It appears that M. Maimon’s application has heen received at the Public Works
Department, and that satisfactory financial references have heen given hy him ; hut I
understand that he is not thought well of at the Ministry. There have otherwise heen
no new developments with regard to the railway, nor up to the present have any new
applications for it heen received at the Ministry.
The objections said to he held hy M. Bompard, as quoted in Mr. Barry’s letter of
the 10 th May to Mr. Mallet (enclosure in your despatch No. 138, Secret), correspond in
the main with the language held by M. Bompard to me, and no doubt borne out by the
present attitude of the Ottoman Government.
Youssouf Seyyid Bey is an official in the Grand Vizierate, and he may he able to
bring influence to hear to modify to some extent this attitude. M. Bompard was
evidently interested in Mr. Barry’s doings during his stay here.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.