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File 21/1911 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate:- Italian & French recruitment of Arabs.' [144r] (81/270)
The record is made up of 1 item. It was created in 22 Mar 1905-13 Feb 1917. 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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The first, under Section 8 , delegates certain powers to all Local
Governments.
The second, also under Section 8 , delegates certain powers to the military
authorities in respect of foreigners residing in their commands, as well as
“ male subjects of the German Empire ” between 20 and 40 years of age
and “male subjects of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary” between 21
and 34 years of age.
The third, under Section 3, (Appendix III.), is important from the stand
point of this Office. It provides inter alia that “ no foreigner shall enter
“ into or depart from British India by sea except by the ports of Calcutta,
“ Madras, or Rangoon.” (No mention of Bombay or Karachi). It further
explains that nothing in it shall “(a) apply to any Asiatic foreigner; or
“ (b) be deemed to prohibit any foreigner from entering into or departing
“ from British India in accordance with the terms of any permit granted by
“ the Governor-General in Council or some officer empowered by the
“ Governor-General in Council in this behalf.”
* Telegrams—
Prom Secretary ot‘ State to Viceroy,
dated 2nd September 1914, J. and P.
3579.
From Viceroy, dated 9th September
1914, J. and P. 3882.
From Secretary of State to Viceroy,
dated 19th September 1914, J. and P.
3920.
8 . Aliens going to India from the United Kingdom.-—The procedure with
regard to aliens desiring to go to India
from the United Kingdom has been
settled in communication with the
Government of India.*
“Alien friends” who apply here
and satisfy the Secretary of State as to
their bona fides may be given an
assurance in writing that they will be
permitted to land in India (at any port) on the understanding that
they will be subject to any restrictions that may be applicable to their case.
As regards “ alien enemies,” the Secretary of State has undertaken to
make a prior reference to the Government of India in any case in which it
may primd facie appear that permission to land in India (at a port to be
arranged) may be exceptionally conceded. The “ permit to embark in the
“ United Kingdom at an approved port ” (see paragraph 2 above) will not
be granted by the Home Office to alien enemies wishing to go to India
except after reference to 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.
.
9. Warning to Steamship Companies .—At the instance of the Govern
ment of India a notice (Appendix IV.) has been distributed to Steamship
Companies warning them against booking aliens to ports other than Calcutta
Madras or Rangoon (J. and R. 4079.)
J. E. F.
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.
,
30th September 1914.
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The papers concern the recruitment by the governments of Italy and France of natives of the British protectorate of Aden for military and colonial policing purposes.
The main correspondents are the 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. , Aden; the Viceroy of India; and 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 Government of India.
The papers cover: the recruitment by Italy of Arabs (referred to as 'Ascaris') for service as soldiers in Italian Somaliland (also referred to as the Benadir Coast), a proposal to which the British authorities had no objection, March 1905 - April 1908 (folios 210-238); the British decision to refuse permission for further recruitment by the Italians, because a state of war existed between Italy and Turkey and the recruitment was an infringement of British neutrality under the terms of the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, September-October 1911 (folios 188-208); the reasons for the detention by the 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. , Aden of ammunition stores destined for the Governor of Benadir, November 1911 (folios 174-187); opposition from the Government of India to further recruitment by the Italians in the Aden Protectorate for service in the military or police in their African colonies, because of the effect on the Aden labour market, 1914 (folios 147-168); a French request to recruit substitutes for Arab labourers (' coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. ') in Madagascar, December 1914 (folios 135-142); permission granted to the Italians to recruit 500 Arabs from the Hadramaut [Hadramawt], January - June 1915 (folios 111-134); and the granting of permission to the French to recruit colonial troops in Aden, 1917 (folios 105-110).
The papers include one letter in French from the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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- 104r:141v, 142v:206v, 207v, 208v:217v, 218v:227v, 228v:238v
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