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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [265r] (17/226)
The record is made up of 1 item (113 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1905-5 Oct 1906. It was written in English. 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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Passage proposed by Sir W, Lee-Warner
(to be inserted at tUe end of paragraph 6)
in substitution for the last two sentences of
i 9:—
“ I shall therefore be glad to learn when
Your Excellency in Council has withdrawn
to Aden, or, if you think Jit, to India, the
detachment now stationed at D'thala, which
can be most conveniently effected in the
course of the present relief season”
to be not particularly unhealthy. Indeed, it would
appear tlia„ the Native troops have suffered more
severely than before since they were reauired
o sene in the interior. 76 As regards training
} lnide ff tanfl that the position is not affected
by anything that lias occurred of late, and so
eng as our military and naval requirements
demand the presence of a garrison on this distant
portion of the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Bombay, the situation
must be alleviated otherwise than by the main
tenance of a sanitarium in the interior. If i n the
opinion of your Government any special measures
are required at Aden itself for the comfort of the
garrison or for their proper training, I shall be
ready to consider them, but His Majesty’s
Government are not prepared to withdraw the
troops which are required for other purposes at
Aden to I) tfanla, which is nea rly a hundred miles
from the coast. “ '
7. I may notice one other argument which is
brought forward as a reason for remaining in the
Amiri country—namely, the control of the arms
traffic. So long as arms can he landed on the
coast, no troops that we can employ in the
interior will prevent the passage of arms, and I
am unable to agree that the Europeans stationed
at D thala can be of any material service in
stopping that traffic.
8. The question has also to he considered in its
financial aspect. The latest Aden administration
report received (for 1904-05) shows the expenditure
under the heads respectively of “ Political,” “ Terri
torial and Political Pensions,” and “ Military,” as
Rs. 3,02,014, Rs. 73,775, and Rs. 38,64,091.
Doubtless this scale of expenditure has since been
reduced in consequence of 'the termination of the
delimitation proceedings, but the figures I have
quoted are very greatly in excess of those for the
year 1899-1900, when the cost under “ Political ”
was Rs. ],97,826, under “ Territorial and Political
Pensions” Rs. 73,383, and under “Military”
Rs. 17,62,816.
9. As regards the Political Officer at D’thala, it
was recognised in my Despatch of 4th May that
in existing circumstances his immediate withdrawal
might he impracticable. This view is confirmed
by the Despatch from His Majesty’s Ambassador
at Constantinople of the 7th August last. But
His Majesty’s Government continue of opinion that
his retention should he strictly temporary ; and the
Political Officer should conduct affairs on that
understanding, so as to minimise the effect of his
departure when it takes place. In the meantime
there is no objection to his discussing, as suggested
by Sir N. O’Conor, affairs of secondary importance
with the local Turkish authorities when necessary.
He should, however, be circumspect in dealing with
complaints, and careful not to exaggerate such
incidents as may occur. The need for caution is
S. 26. C
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Part 2 of the file relates to future policy questions, in particular Britain's presence in the Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘] (sometimes written as Dthali) region.
The correspondents include:
- Major-General Ernest de Brath, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden;
- Government of India, Simla;
- Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ;
- 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. , London;
- Foreign Office, London.
The correspondence discusses several matters relating to British policy in the Aden hinterland, including:
- the murder of a postal runner near Sheikh Othman;
- the deployment of a Political Officer at Dthala;
- the withdrawal of all British troops and officers from Dthala;
- arms traffic in the hinterland;
- an extension of the railway into the hinterland.
The discussion is framed by the wider imperial policy of non-interference.
Folio 369 is a map entitled 'The Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate'.
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- 257r:369v
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