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File 3136/1914 Pt 5 ‘German War. Turkey. Hodeida consuls incident’ [44r] (96/336)
The record is made up of 1 volume (164 folios). It was created in 9 Nov 1914-16 Apr 1917. 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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Crown who had given the test years of his life to Kin
His majesty*8 Government at an isolated and outlying
duar wer ot tr e Ottoman dominions — a service , tiay 1 He
permitted to remar ic # rendered cheerfully, yith ability and
P&tiencc,conscientiously and unostentatiously,under the
lost trying conditions.
An urgent request to the hritish fiesidentjat AHEM for
a vessel to taice us away,even failed to elicit any result
and were left to the tender mercies of the Yemen authori
ties ,who,ever ranee the beginning of the struggle raging
in Hurope,had been wording up an anti-British and hostile
attitude.
Cn the other hand,on the 4th or November in the afteiw
noon,we experienced an unpleasant surprise in the visit
of lafO* 4 ,which,after crew tin ~ a sensation in the
town oy setting fire to an oral
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
in the port,steamed
unconcernedly away,as if unaware of the presence on shore,
and indifferent to the safety of,the British Consular
-eprecentative and a few hundreds of British subjects.
As the Turics had had no official intimation of the
declaration of war,it was hoped to have ueen able to Keep
tnem in ignorance of that fact until such time as a ship
as available to carry as away from UC-IhAJl,but this was
now out of the question.
In reply to the energetic protest of the local
authorities a a ins t the hostile act con mi tied by ii. .:.r>.
,, lhTG M t my husband finding it difficult to suppress any
longer the fact that diplomatic relations between England
and Turkey had been broK€?n off, thought fit now to apply
for his passports.
As anticipated,the authorities immediately tooK
reprisals for the aggressive action of lull's Chip by
imposing rigorous measures against my husband personally,
who was practically a prisoner from the afternoon of the
her visit to the port.
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Papers relating to the incarceration by Turkish authorities of the British Vice-Consul at Hodeida (also spelt Hodeidah) [Al-Ḥudaydah], George Alexander Richardson, Richardson’s wife, Mary Richardson, and the French Vice-Consul at Hodeida, Monsieur Roux, in the wake of the destruction of a Turkish cargo vessel in Hodeida harbour by the crew of HMS Minto , on 4 November 1914. The file includes:
- Papers detailing diplomatic efforts to secure the release of the three prisoners. Papers refer to the Italian Government’s protest to the Turkish Government over the incident in Hodeida, in which the Italian Consulate was raided by Turkish officers, and the efforts of the Italian Vice-Consulate at Hodeida, Cavaliere Gino Cecchi, to secure the release of the prisoners.
- Richardson’s account of his capture, incarceration, and subsequent release on 6 February 1915 (ff 62-86).
- Mary Richardson’s own account of events (ff 43-58).
- A draft note from Arthur Hirtzel of 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. , addressed to the Secretary of State, conceding that HMS Minto had been instructed to ‘proceed up the Red Sea & destroy Turkish steamers and dhows’, and that HMS Minto had set fire to the Turkish vessel before the proclamation of war with Turkey was formally signed (f 60).
Other subjects covered in the file include:
- Prior to Richardson’s incarceration, discussion between the Foreign Office and Government of India over the entrustment of British Indian interests at Hodeida to the port’s Italian Vice-Consul (ff, 151-154, ff 159-162).
- After Richardson’s release, the Italian Vice-Consul’s assumption of British consular affairs at Hodeida, and the approval of his work amongst Government officials and members of the Indian merchant community at Hodeida (ff 18-37).
- Correspondence amongst British officials dated 1916 and 1917, enquiring after the prospect of formally recognising the work done by foreign consular officials at Aden, particularly that of the Italian Vice-Consul at Hodeida (ff 2-14).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (164 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3136 (German War) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/462-467. The volumes are divided into 6 parts, with each part comprising one volume. The part numbers are: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. There is no part 3.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 162; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 3136/1914 Pt 5 ‘German War. Turkey. Hodeida consuls incident’
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- 43r:58v
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- Richardson, Mary
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