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German Counter-draft.
between those places, irrespective of
nationality.
Clause (b). The Baghdad Railway
Company shall have the right to use at
their stations on the Rivers Tigris and
Euphrates, and within the limits of the
port of Baghdad, exclusively for the
service of the railway and the said port,
small launches, as well as ferries for the
transport of passengers and goods from
one bank to the other. Such launches
shall not exceed tons British measu
rement.
British Counter-draft'
Clause (b). The Imperial German
Government and His Britannic Majesty's
Government declare, so far as concerns
themselves, that they adhere to, and will
use their best endeavours to secure the due
execution of, the following provisions of
the arrangement referred to in article 2 of
the present Convention :—
The Baghdad Railway Company shall
have the right, solely for the service of the
railway, to employ at Baghdad vessels
propelled by steam or by any othei motive
power, but not exceeding 80 tons British
register, and ferry-boats of greater ton
nage.
The Port Company referred to in article 2,
clause (c), shall have the right to employ at
Baghdad vessels propelled by steam or by
any other motive power, but not exceeding
80 tons British register, solely for the
transport of its officials, workmen, and
materials.
At other places on the Tigris or
Euphrates, wherever the need may arise, the
Imperial Ottoman Government undertakes
that the proposed Ottoman Company
of River Navigation shall be responsible
for any ferry service required for the
purposes of the railway, according to
conditions, and at points, to be settled
from time to tune by special agreements
between the above companies.
Article 5 a.
His Britannic Majesty's Government
and the Imperial German Government
will use their best endeavours to secure
that the Shatt-el-Arab shall be brought
into and permanently kept in a satisfac
tory state of conservancy in order that sea
going vessels may always be assured of
free and easy access to the port of Basra,
and to secure, further, that the navigation
on the Shatt-el-Arab shall permanently be
kept open for sea-going vessels, and be
carried on on terms of absolute equality
for the vessels of all nations, without re
gard either to the nationality of the vessels
or to their cargoes.
Article 6.
The Imperial German Government
having taken note of the Anglo-Turkish
Convention of under
\fhich the free navigation of the Shatt-
el-Arab is assured to the shipping of all
nations and a commission is established
for the execution of such works as may
Article 6.
(a) The Imperial German Government
having taken note of the Anglo -Turkish
Convention of under
which the free navigation of the Shatt-
el-Arab is assured to the shipping of all
nations and a commission is established
for the execution of such works as may