'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎43v] (99/216)

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German Counter-draft.
Clause (6). No discrimination, direct
or indirect, shall be permitted on the
Baghdad Railway Company's system,
either as regards facilities or rates or
charge for the conveyance of like
articles between the same points on
account of the ownership, origin, or
destination of goods presented for
transport, or in any other manner
. whatever.
Clause (c). In the event of the
construction of the said branch line
from Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian
Gulf being undertaken, adequate ar
rangements 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 discrimination di
rect or indirect.
r In this event German capital would
partici'pate in it, and would he repre
sented on the hoard of this line under
■{ exactly the same conditions and in the
same proportion as British capital shall
he represented on the hoard of the Bagh-
dad 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 Otto
man company, wherein British par
ticipation, both in the capital and di
rectorate of the port company and in
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 com
pany on any vessels or goods which
shall not equally, under the same con
ditions, be imposed in like cases on all
vessels or goods, whatever be the
nationality of the vessels or their own
ers, or the ownership or country of
origin or destination of the goods, and
whatever be the places from which the
vessels or goods arrive or to which
they depart.
In all that relates to the stationing,
loading, and unloading of vessels in
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.
* This clause would be inserted in the note ex
plicative if His Majesty's Government agreed to
have clause (c), a-ticle 1, embodied in this note.
British Counter-draft.
(ii) No discrimination, direct or in
direct, shall be permitted on the Baghdad
Railway Company's system, either as
regards facilities or rates of charge for
the conveyance of like articles between
the same points on account of the owner
ship, origin, or destination of goods pre
sented for transport, or in any other
manner whatever.
(m) In the event of the construction
of the said branch line from Basra
(Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. being under
taken, adequate arrangements shall be
mr.de to secure facilities for through
traffic from and to the Baghdad Railway
Company's system, and there shall be
complete protection against discrimina
tion direct or indirect.
[iv) The construction and exploitation
of the proposed port at Basra, authorised
by article 23 of the Baghdad Railway
Convention of the 5th March, 1903, shall
be carried out by a separate Ottoman
company.
No duties or charges of whatever
nature or under whatever denomination
shall be levied by the port company on
any vessels or goods which shall not equal
ly, undej the same conditions, be im
posed in 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 arrive or to
which they depart.
In all that relates to the stationing,
loading, and unloading of vessels in the
port, no privileges or facilities shall be
granted to any vessel or vessels which
shall not equally and under like condi
tions be granted to all other vessesls.