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File 21/1911 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate:- Italian & French recruitment of Arabs.' [‎145v] (84/270)

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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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(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing-
power orders under Sub-section (1) may provide :
(a) that no foreigner shall enter into or depart from British India, save
within such period and by such route, or by such port or place
as may be specified in such order;
(b) that foreigners shall be prohibited from entering or remaining in
any specified area in British India or shall only he permitted to
enter or remain in British India or any specified area therein
subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Governor-General
in Council may impose ; and
(e) that foreigners residing or being in British India shall remove
themselves to and remain in an}^ specified area, or if such an order
is necessary for the public safety, or in the interests of the State,
that such foreigners shall be arrested and interned or confined in
such manner as the Governor-General m ( ouncd may think fit.
Penalties.
d Any foreigner who contravenes or attempts to conti avene the
provisions of any order marie under Section o, shall be punished with
imprisonment of ’either description for a term which may extend to three
vears or with fine or with both.
House
holder to
report resi
dence of any
foreigner in
his house to
prescribed
authority in
specified
5 _( 1 ) The Governor-General in Council or any Local Government may,
by notification in the Gazette of India or the local official Gazette, as the
case may be, direct that within any area specified in such notification, every
householder in whose house a foreigner is residing either temporarily or
permanently shall forthwith report to the prescribed authority in the
prescribed manner, the name of such foreigner, and such other particulars
respecting him and the period of his residence in such house as may be
prescribed. . .
( 2 ) Any householder who fails to comply with the provisions o± any
notification issued under Sub-section (1) shall be punished with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to six months or with fine
which may extend to five hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or with both.
Orders
under Ordi
nance may
be general
or special.
6 . Where under the provisions of this Ordinance the Governor-General
in Council or any Local Government is authorised to make any order or
issue any notification in respect of foreigners, such order may be made or
such notification issued in respect of foreigners generally or in respect of any
class or description of foreigners, or in respect of any individual foreigner,
and different orders or notifications may be made or issued in respect of
different classes of foreigners.
Power to 7. (1) The Governor-General in Council may make rules for the purpose
make rules. 0 £ carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance :
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing-
power such rules may provide for—
(a) The authority to whom, and the manner in which, reports under
Section 5 shall be made and the particulars to be stated therein ; and
(b) the manner in which orders under this Ordinance shall be enforced.
(2) All rules made under this section shall have effect as if enacted in
this Ordinance.
Power to
rescind or
or modify
rules or
orders.
8 . The Governor-General in Council or the Local Government may at
any time rescind or modify any order, rule, or notification made or issued
under this Ordinance, and the Governor-General in Council may delegate,
subject to such conditions and restrictions as he thinks fit, all or any of Ins
powers under this Ordinance to any civil or military authority in British
India either by name or in virtue of his office.
Saving of 9. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect or derogate from
powers aU y power which may be exercised under the Foreigners Act, 1861, or
burlaw* 181 " ml( Ier any other law for the time being in force in respect of foreigners
m ofl864 generally or in respect of foreigners who are subjects of a state which is at
. ' ’ war with His Majesty.

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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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