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owner and therefore not transmissable or transferable to any other person or to
any other vessel, even if belonging to the same owner,
Whereas article 4 of the Erench-Maskat Treaty of 1844 grants to those
subjects of His Highness the Sultan of Maskat " que seront au service des
Francaise " the same protection as to the French themslves, but whereas the
owners, masters and crewa of dhows authorised to fly the French flag do not
belong to that class of persons and still less do the members of their families,
Whereas the withdrawal of these persons from tho sovereignty, especiallv
from the jurisdiction of His Highness the Sultan of Maskat would be in contra
diction with the Declaration of March 10, 1862, by which France and Great
Britain engaged themselves reciprocally to respect the independence of this
Prince,
FOR THESE REASONS,
DECIDES AND PRONOUNCES AS FOLLOWS :
1°. dhows of Maskat authorised as aforesaid to fly the French flag are entitled in the
territorial waters of Maskat to the inviolability provided by the French.
Maskat Treaty of November 17, 1844 ;
i 0 . the authorisation to fly the French flag cannot ba transmitted or transferred to
any other person or to any other dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , even if belonging to the lame owner;
3°. eubjecta of the Sultan of Maskat, who are owners or masters of dhows authorised
to fly the French fla? or who are members of the crews of such vessels or who
belong to their families, do not eujoy in consequence of that fact any rkrht
ot exterritoriality, which could exempt them from the sovereignty,
eipecially from the jurisdictian, of His Highness the Sultan of Maskat.
Bone at the Hague, in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, August 8,
{Signed) H. LAMMASOH.
MELVILLE W. FULLER.
A. F. DE SAVORNIN LOHMAN.
511 On tho 5th September, the Secretary of State telegraphed, in connec-
8ecretE. J october 1905, Nos. 244-321 ( N ob. 296, 302). with the Maskat Arbitration Award,
i j jv i jv , , . , saying that the French Government had
askod that the stahis quo, including the right of temporarily renewing licenses
{renouvellemenU) previously granted, should be maintained pendin- M
Laronoe S return to Maskat in October. The message was repeated to Mai^or
Cox who pointed out that to meet the wishes of the French Goyernment
tem P 0 f r y jenewal of navigation licenses, would both mitigate the
? 01 th e Aw iird and delay its fulfilment for a year, as the dhows concerned
when once they hare set out with their renomellements for their annual vova^es
cannot ordinarily oe dealt with again until their return iust before or iust"after
h« No aeti0Q ™ considered necessary in J "iew o?
the fact that the matter had already been settled between the Home and French
Governments A telegram, dated 29th September, was received from theTc-
retaiy of State, intimating the departure of Mr. Laronce for Maskat, with
iiid. No. 314. ^s^ructions to cultivate the most friendly
hi. Ma. oon^.
515. After having considered the views of the local officers on the terms of
secret e ., October i9c5, nci. 244 -321 (No. 318). Maskat award, the Government of
tuey regarded the Hague Tribunal award as generaUy satisfactory.