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File 21/1911 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate:- Italian & French recruitment of Arabs.' [161r] (115/270)
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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enlisted at Dar-al-Amir, just across our border, but are mostly from the
normal strength that comes to Aden from the Hinterland in search ^employ!
6. This recruitment naturally affects the Aden labour market, and I have
had complaints to that effect from the Chamber of Commerce, the Shipping
Agents and the Public Works Department. Moreover, although the enlist
ment is nominally carried on beyond our jurisdiction, a good many men are
secretly engaged in Aden itself and complaints have been made to me even by
the Italian Salt Works Company at Sheikh Othman. I think that it is high
labour f rom Aden U ° Sh ° Uld ^ d ° ne ^ “ “ 0t t0 St ° P ’ thi9 emi S rati< >“ of
7. There is another point for consideration. Speculation has been rife
from the beginning as to the object of the Italian Government in enrolling
these men. It was stated at first that they were required for Police purposes
only. But it is well known here that they are trained to the use of fire-arms
and have taken pait in Italian campaigns in Somaliland and even in Tripoli
A batch of 500 of these men were shipped only a month ago from the Benadir
Coast to Tripoli. This is an entirely new departure. As may be gathered a
certain percentge of these men never return to their homes, but a good many
do return and being pampered with too good treatment and lax discipline
carry tales of Italian goodness and greatness into a tract of country which has
so far been very suspicious of Italian activity. It seems to be bad policy to
encourage this leaven of Italian influence into the Yemen and,to have at our
back a body of men trained to the use of modern arms of precision and ready
to take service with the Imam or any malcontent that may choose to cause
mischief in our Protectorate.
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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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- File 21/1911 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate:- Italian & French recruitment of Arabs.'
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- 104r:141v, 142v:206v, 207v, 208v:217v, 218v:227v, 228v:238v
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