File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [‎323v] (231/602)

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i j i a nmw of the text signed on this occasion, and subsequently
™hat its effect would be nt memorandum, and the passages that differ
ratified, is printed at the e 1 v \ are there done into italics,
from the original draft (printed on pp. comme nts, were transmitted by letter to
Copies of this text, and of Sn ® L ^ th Feb ruary, 1916, the Viceroy^
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. on 21 ^i^ U /2 r 6 y o95/l6) that the Government of India proposed to
telegraphed to the India ^ sa ^ n0 objection.
ratify the treaty in this foim t k Qfg ce with the concurrence of the
This proposal was approved by the bi . March, 1916 (40708/15 and
Foreign Office, in a telegram to 116 ^V, nent 0 f India wrote accordingly to
67554/15). On the 10th March, comes of the treaty signed by
Sir P. Cox (71652/16), returning | lm co mes of the English translation, with
himself and Bin Sand, and attaching p written in on the margin of these, and
th^t they^houhl then iSw^se^e* signed ^ 7 J^Cox and Bin copies
returnedTn du^course^tTlndia. * Th^treaty was eventually ratified by the Government
of India on the 18 th July, 1916 (174647/16). p[j s Majesty’s Government had
Shortly after this She "f ^ 1915 wrote to Bin Sand asking for“alliance”
entered into relations m the lat p ft; r P Cox recalling former aggressions
r d ti‘ ^herif on'hislBhi'saud^^territories'and^ribes^and expressing ^ of the
Shrill intentions (See MeJorandum on British Commitments to King Husein,
Section (™))- submitted on the 8th September, 1916 that Bin Sand
iritis s- -
of this treaty might b, bomm»m«t,d tb th. ““'{U'hg/J'tith ,h. bt
Ssl-
the pp sel !« e f he treat of the 26th December, 1915, were also communicated to
Kin ff Husein in due course (see Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husem,
Section (vii)), in accordance with Sir P. Cox’s suggestion.
Relation of Commitments to Bin Sand to British Desiderata. .
In considering the bearing of this treaty with Bin Sand upon British desiderata it
(“SIX J U S"“rf. tertiret? (brought up by Bio Suud hhurelf) or, .gum, th.
bffidffie over of Bin Sand to keep the peace at sea in the Gulf (brought up by Sir P.
roxl were postponed for later consideration by the consensus of the Government of
9 ?•' nT1 j t L hdia Office; that article 7 provides for the conclusion of a detailed
treaty hereafter ; and that Bin Saud rather than His Majesty’s Government has pressed
•fViQf thid should be carried out at an early date.
4 In examining the present treaty, therefore, little account need be taken o
In examin & P pointed ou t that, even as the treaty stands, it contains all
omissions. f “^^“Zatv. These elements are (a) the right and obligation
the elemen Governme nt to arbitrate in case of disputes between the other party
°f His f la ® ;y ,y' e ' riel m lbours who are bound by similar treaties to His Majesty s
IZemment 7 (M the renunciation by the other party of any relations with fore-
Govern , w , g. Majesty’s Government; and (c) a promise on the part of
the^other’p’arty nZtoniimate territory to a foreign Power except with His Majesty s
^“se'eTn&i elements, (b) and (c) are explicitly embodied in articles 3 and 4
respectively ; while (n), though nowhere set out m terms, would appear
satisfactorily by article 2 and the last clause m article 4.