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Enclosure No. 2 in No. 1.
Further Draft of Anglo-German Convention.
Article 1.
pi,,,,.. Ppcosnising the general importance of the completion of the
Baghdad Railway for international commerce, His Britannic Majesty's Govern
ment undertake not to take or encourage any measures likely to impede the con
struction of the Baghdad Railway system or to prevent the participation of capital
in this undertaking.
Clause (6) His Britannic Majesty's Government agree to the construction
and management of the proposed railway from Baghdad to Basra by the Baghdad
Kailway Company.
Clause (cl The Imperial German Government declare that they will use
their beTendea vours to secure that two British directors, agreeable to His
Britannic Majesty's Government, shall be admitted as representatives of a group
Of SlSlders to the board of the Baghdad Railway Company.
A rticle 2.
Preamble, clauses {a) and (b) unchanged.
Clause (c). In the event of the construction of the said branch line from
Basra (Zobier to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. being undertaken, adequate arrangements shall
be made to secure facilities for through traffic from and to the Baghdad Railway
Company's system, and there shall be complete protection against disciimination,
direct or indirect.,
In this event German capital would participate in it, and would be repre
sented on the board of this line under exactly the same conditions and m the
same proportion as British capital shall be represented on the board of the
Baghdad Railway.
Clause (d). The construction of the proposed port at Basra, authorised by
article 23 of the Baghdad Railway Convention of the 5th March 1903, shall be
executed by a separate Ottoman Company, wherein British participation,
both in the capital and directorate of the port company and m the contracts, if any,
for construction and maintenance, shall amount to not less than 20 per cent, of the
whole No duties or charges of whatever nature or under whatever denomina
tion shall be levied by the port company on any vessels or goods which shall not
ec ually under the same conditions, be imposed ia like cases on all vessels or goods,
whatever be the nationality of the vessels or their owners, or the ownership or
country of origin or destination of the goods, and whatever be the places from
which the vessels or goods . irive or to which they depart.
In all that relates to the stationing, loading, and unloading of vessels m the
port, no privileges or facilities shall be granted to any vessel or vessels which
shall not equally and under like conditions be granted to all other vessels.
A rticle 3.
Clauses (a) and (6) unchanged.
Clause (c). His Britannic Majesty's Government declare that they will in no
case themselves establish or support any claim by any persons or corporations
whatsoever to establish, in Ottoman territory east of Aleppo, railway under
takings, in direct competition with the Baghdad Railway Company's lines, or in
contradiction with that company's existing rights, unless and until there is
complete agreement on the subject between the Imperial German Government
and His Britannic Majesty's Government.
A rticle 4,
Clause {a). Unchanged.
Clause {h). His Britannic Majesty's Government declare that they will not
oppose the acquisition by the Baghdad Railway interests of not less than 20 per
♦ This clause would be inserted in the note explicative if His Majesty's Govemmeat agreed to have
clause (c) article 1, embodied in this note.