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File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.' [20v] (45/342)
The record is made up of 1 file (167 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1911-20 Oct 1911. 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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5. It is not permissible to proceed to seize the native vessel except when
material proof is found of contraband in arms and ammunition,
guilt, even when well founded, only authorises the denunciation of the vessel to the
authorities designated in the following articles. 1 , n v v _ lrl i. n
6. The native vessel which, from the results^ of the search, shall he held to
engaged in the contraband in arms and ammunition shall be accompanied )y ^
war*ship which effected the seizure to the nearest port where there resides a consular
officer of the nation to which the vessel in question belongs. , • i
7. The consular authorities to whom a vessel is handed over when seized shall
proceed to the judicial investigations and subsequent acts m conformity with t e
conventional law in force according as the capture has taken place on the open sea or
in Ottoman territorial waters. In any case, the order for confiscation shall be
exclusively within their competence. e x. i t? i i
8. The consular authorities and the recognised agents of Italy, England, and
Prance in the bed Sea are authorised in the same way as the said commanding officers
of war-ships to proceed to make enquiry as to the flag and, if necessary, to examine
the cargo, either on their own initiative or at the request of commanding officers o
Turkish war-ships or other Ottoman authority in the case of any ship at anchor
without distinction flying the flag of one of the said Powers, without prejudice
to the proceedings reserved in No. 7 for the competence of the consu ar
authorities
9. Nothing is changed in the existing situation, in law and m practice, as regards
the contraband trade in arms and ammunition which have been landed, with reference
to the exercise of those rights which may be within the competence of die Ottoman
Government by virtue of the international agreements in force.
10. The commanding officers of Ottoman war-ships who suspect that a native
vessel flying the flag of one of the three above-mentioned Powers and navigating in
Ottoman territorial waters is carrying on contraband trade in arms and ammunition
mav escort the said vessel until they meet with a war-ship or as far^ as the port o
! residence of a consular agent of the said Powers. These authorities, having been
requested to do so, will proceed to make investigations and enquiries into the case
in conformity with the powers conferred on them by the present agreement. It
the result should be negative, the Ottoman Government will he liable to demurrage
at the rate of 5 Turkish lire a-day, reckoning from the date of the seizure of the
vessel up to that at which it can have returned to the point at which it was obliged
to deviate from its course. Such indemnity does not carry exemption from the
obligation, which might arise in the case, to make good any damage suffered by the
vessel seized.
11. Dhows which have put into a port where there is no Ottoman Customs
official, except through force majeure, and are suspected of carrying on contraband
trade in arms and ammunition, may he escorted by the war-ships of one of the four
Powers to the port where there is a consular agent of the State to which the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
belongs.
12. Any difference of opinion which may arise respecting the execution of tne
present verbal understanding shall be decided, by agreement between the four Powers,
through the diplomatic channel.
13. The present agreement shall have a duration of one year, hut shall be tacitly
renewed from six months to six months unless it is denounced^ by one of the
parties. It may, however, cease to have force sooner in any of the following circum
stances :—
(a.) When the situation in Yemen has become normal again.
(b.) When the Ottoman civil and military authorities have given cause for
complaints in connection with the object of the present understanding which are, in
the judgment of the three Powers—Italy, Prance, and England—considered to he
well founded.
(c.) When two of the three Powers have expressly notified to each of the others
their decision to withdraw from the present agreement.
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The file concerns arms traffic by sea into Yemen in the course of the rebellion there against Turkish rule.
The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Admiralty; the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge); and diplomatic representatives of the Governments of the Ottoman Empire (also referred to as Turkey), France and Italy.
The papers cover: diplomatic exchanges between the governments involved following a request by the Turkish Government to halt the illicit import of arms into Yemen by sea; discussion of the response of the British, French and Italian Governments to the possible seizure by the Turkish authorities of vessels (sambuks, dhows) under the protection of those Governments; the use of British, French and Italian naval vessels to patrol the area; the right of the Ottoman authorities to seize British vessels in the Red Sea; and discussions over an agreement between the four Governments to suppress arms traffic.
Correspondence from the Turkish and French Governments is in French.
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- 1 file (167 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order (except where enclosures of an earlier date follow their relevant covering letter) from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 520 (Arms Traffic in the Yemen) consists of one volume only.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 169. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.'
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- 20r:20v, 113r:120v, 139r:140v, 154r:154v
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- Government of Italy
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