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'League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, Geneva, 17th June 1925' [‎58v] (123/138)

The record is made up of 1 volume (65 folios). It was created in 1925. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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French reserva
tions in regard to
the definition of
" native vessel."
14th June.
French reserva
tions in regard
to Madagascan
and Comoro
Island vessels.
X 6 tli June.
Counter-reserva
tion by Sir P.
Cox.
derogation of Persian sovereignty ; nor could he be brought to recognise
the implication of the fact that it was a measure to which other High
Contracting Parties—France, Italy, Great Britain, and India—were prepared
to submit their own vessels ; he could not see that if the Persian flag were-
exempted from verification every would-be illicit trader would fly the
Persian flag and the regime would be rendered useless. The Sub-Committee
therefore accepted a general reservation on the part of the Persian delegate
to whatever the Sub-Committee might recommend and proceeded with its
task. It recommended the adoption of the definition of the maritime zone
which is now embodied in Article 12(2). Turning to a consideration of
the chapter (No. V) of the Temporary Mixed Commission's dratt laying down
the methods of surveillance in the zone, the Sub-Committee recommended
their adoption practically unchanged except for such verbal alterations in
regard to the publication of documents as might be required to bring the
regulations on this point into accord with the system adopted generally for
publicity under the Convention.
86. A small point of difficulty arose, however, in regard to Article 15
(para. 2) of the Temporary Mixed Commission's draft. The British amendment
suggesting that the eastern limit of the Indian Ocean be laid down as 95 0 E.' ::: "
aroused the French delegates to an appreciation of the fact that vessels
belonging to the inhabitants of certain French territories bordering on the
Indian Ocean Avould become subject to the maritime zone regime ; they
therefore registered a formal reservation in regard to the applicability of
this Article to " ressortissants " of French territory in India.
87. At the next day's meeting! of the main Geographical Committee
Prince Arfa-ed-dowleh and General Habibullah Khan protested against the
procedure adopted by the Sub-Committee, threatened to leave the Committee
if the Naval Sub-Committee's recommendation against any maritime zone
were not adopted as final, and put in a formal demand for the exclusion of
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman from the definition of the zone, on the
ground that unless this demand were conceded legitimate trade in Persian
sailing craft would be exterminated by the harassing attention of British
men-of-war, and Persia herself would be cut off from communication by sea
with the rest of the world, so far as transport of arms is concerned ! The
Committee took note of the Persian delegate's expressed intention to raise
the question again in the General Committee, and, for itself, adopted the Sub-
Committee's recommendation as to the composition of the maritime zone.t
88. The Committee then turned to the consideration of Chapter V
(Temporary Mixed Commission's draft), and, during the discussion of
Article 15 in that chapter, in regard to which Commander Deleuze
had made a reservation as to the eastward extension of the " Indian
Ocean," M. Clauzel enquired what, if any, was the " southern limit of the
Indian Ocean." The members of the Committee got up from their seats
and strolled about the room studying the various maps hung on the walls ;
general conversation ensued, and Lord Onslow, it appears, after ascertaining
from a British naval officer present that the parallel 10° 30' S., or even 11° S.,
would exclude Madagascar and the Comoro Islands—which was apparently
the object of M. Clauzel's question—informed the latter that the British
delegation would not oppose the adoption of this parallel as the " southern
limit " of the Indian Ocean. M. Clauzel's enquiry was not answered except
in this conversational way, and it was not indeed till after the meeting that
the Indian delegation learned what had passed between him and Lord Onslow.
89. At a subsequent meeting J of the Geographical Committee M. Clauzel
took occasion to state formally his reservations, pending instructions, in
regard to the eastern and southern limits of the Indian Ocean for the
purpose of defining the crew or owners of a " native vessel " ; Sir P. Cox
formally opposed these reservations, having a lively recollection of the
trouble caused twenty or more years ago in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by Arab dhows
of Madagascan and Comoro registration, which eventually resulted in the
Hague Arbitration Case.
* The object of this amendment was to avoid the unnecessary inclusion of Siam and the
Dutch East Indies, native vessels from which do not penetrate tbe proposed maritime zone;
t But before doing so it so far deferred to the Persian contentions as to seek and obtain a
decision from the Legal Section of the League of Nations Secretariat that the waters of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman are, generally speaking, " high seas."

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The volume contains the following two documents: League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War: Convention, Declaration regarding the Territory of Ifni, Protocol on Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare, Protocol of Signature, Final Act (CCIA 91 (2)) and International Arms Traffic Conference, Geneva, May-June 1925, Report by the Delegates for India .

The delegates for India named in the second of these documents are Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox and Colonel W E Wilson-Johnston.

The first of these documents is in both French and English.

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1 volume (65 folios)
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There are tables of contents towards the front of the first document, on folio 5v; and towards the front of the second, on folio 45v.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 66 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 13, 13A.

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English and French in Latin script
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