'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.' [‎84av] (183/208)

AGEEEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNITED KING
DOM AND FRANCE, REFERRING TO ARBI
TRATION THE QUESTION OF THE GRANT
OF THE FRENCH FLAG TO MUSCAT
DHOWS.
Signed at London, Octoher 13, 1904, and January 13, 1905.
{Ratifications of this Agreement exchanged at London,
January 18, 1905.)
Whereas the Government of
His Britannic Majesty and that
of the French Eepublic have
thought it right, by the Declara
tion of the 10th March, 1862,
" to engage reciprocally to re
spect the independence " of His
Highness the Sultan of Muscat;
And whereas difficulties as to
the scope of that Declaration
have arisen in relation to the
issue, by the French Eepublic,
to certain subjects of His High
ness the Sultan of Muscat of
papers authorizing them to fly
the French flag, and also as to the
nature of the privileges and im
munities claimed by subjects-of
His Highness who are owners or
masters of dhows and in posses
sion of such papers or are mem
bers of the crew of such dhows
and their families, especially as
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Attendu que le Gouverne-
ment de Sa Majesty Britannique
et le Gouvernement Frangais
ont jug^ convenable, par la De
claration du 10 Mars, 1862,
" de s'engager reciproquement a
respecter I'ind^pendance " de Sa
Hautesse le Sultan de Mascate ;
Attendu que des difficult^s se
sont &ev^es sur la port^e de cette
Declaration relativement a la
d^livrance, par la Eepublique
Franqaise, a certains sujets de
Sa Hautesse le Sultan de Mas
cate de pieces les autorisant a
arborer le pavilion Fran^ais,
ainsi qu'au sujet de la nature
des privileges et immunity re-
vendiqu^s par les sujets de Sa
Hautesse, propri^taires on com
mandants de bo litres (" dhows ")
qui sont en possession de
semblables pieces on qui sont
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