'File No. II/9 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Persian Gulf, Maskat & Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf. Nov '07 - Dec '08.' [‎9r] (19/132)

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Sir N. O’Connor referred to the fact that certain
illations , notified the Porte in 139C , after
acceptance in the Turco-G-eman Connercial Treaty,
although not accepted b w the other Powers , enbodied
the laws of Turke^ in force against all nationalities
other thanthose with v;hose Treaties & Capitulations
the„ night- clash • His Ex •, therefore , suggested
that the notificnsr already nade b w the Borte night
perhaps serve the purpose of the Of. of I.
Having regard to this suggestion , the G-. of I. ,
in their S. Ex: despatch No: 6 , dated 31st Llarch 1904
proposed that , as the proclanation b^ the Sultan of
^astat, dated the loth ^an: 1393 y related onl^ to
ams 5? an in: which were intent, ended for ^ndian. &
Persian ports , H which were also the properr^ of
■ r ^itish, Persian or xlas^'.at subjects y the #tms of
the proclanation should be revised so as to nake
it applicable to ams &annn: intended for Turkish
ports, & the property of an w persons whatsoever .
T t was further proposed that the opportunit should
proclan
be taken to anend the application eheuld-be-revicea-
so as to nake it applicable also
to the case of ams consigned to the territories of/
the Sheikh of Fahrein , the Sheikh of Koweit or of
the Tracial chiefs .
rinail w , it was suggested that , as the Turkish
irovemnent i/^ere vitally interested in checking the
krade in ams in Northern Arabia , the w night perhaps
•" r billing to agree to our searching ail vessels in
Koweit waters without prejudice to the question of the
authority under which the right would be exercised ,
or to our exercising such a right of search in Turkish
territorial waters in the P. Of. outside the Shatt- el-
Arab without referring specially to Koweit .