File 4880/1913 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission: protocol of 1913' [‎80r] (27/499)

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so many names and the doubts which have been freely cast on its accuracy. My
colleagues unanimously urged me to request that the original identic map might be
photographed lull size in London, and a nmjiber of copies supplied for the use of the
^Commission.
; M. Minorsky tells me that the St. Petersburgh copy of the big map has been
mislaid. He possesses a photographic reduction of it, but this is on too small a scale to
be easily read, and the negatives have been unfortunately destroyed.
The “ Reglement interieur ” is to be discussed to-morrow, and the Turkish commis
sioners have undertaKen to submit their final observations on the protocol frontier the
day after.
A. C. WPATISLAW.
November 4, 1913.
Meeting of November 5, 1913.
Ihe u Reglement interieur” was read and discussed at length.
The commissioners adopted the following modifications of paragraph 3, article 1 —
“ Le meme principe de parfaite egalite sera applique aux rapports entre eux taut
des commissaires adjoints que des autres members des commissions remplissant des
fonctions similaires.”
Article 2.—Instead of “ La carte identique communiquee,” &c., we propose to say,
“la carte identique originale comnmniquee,” &c., to prevent any possible confusion with
the reduced map.
Article 6 we propose should be modified as follows : “La Commission fera les
arrangements necessaires pour les travanx du secretariat qui sera charge de la redaction
des proces-verbaux et de tout autre travail que la Commission trouvera utile de lui
confier. Les membres du secretariat assisteront aux reunions de la Commission.”
Article 8.—We propose to add the following rules regarding the payment of the
expenses connected with the erection of boundary works :—
“ Les frais de construction seront approximativement fixes pour chaque etape par
la Commission; la somme designee sera ensuite versee par moities par les commissaires
ottoman et persan et sera depense sous le controle des Sous-Commissions prevues dans
1 article 9. La Commission tiendra une comptabilite en vue de la repartition finale des
frais entre les deux Gouvernements.
Article 14.—We propose to abolish the last paragraph of this article, as we consider
it beyond our power to furnish unlimited copies of the identic map, while it is obviously
not of the competence of the Frontier Commission to “ inviter les Gonvernements
limitrophes k les distribuer parmi leurs fonctionnaires sur les frontieres. ”
Article 16.—We consider that this article, if necessary, should rather be inserted
in the body of the protocol itself than in the annexe containing the rules of procedure
for the Commission.
Behdjet Bey announced that he proposed to travel overland via Trebizond, Erzinjan,
Diarbekir, and Bagdad. Should he not arrive in time, Aziz Sami Bey would act as
.First Ottoman Commissioner in his absence as provided in article 3 of the “ Leglement
interieur.”
November 5, 1913.
A. C. WEATISLAW.
Meeting of November 6, 1913.
The Turkish commissioners stated that they had taken the instructions of
the Grand Vizier regarding the points raised by them in the meeting of the
4th November.
Concerning Sarnitch (or Sarinj) and Kizil Kaya, they said that the Grand Vizier
proposed to talk with the Russian Ambassador, who was to call on his Highness to-day.
They would only remark that the road passing through Kizil Kaya was a route by which
much Russian merchandise from the Caucasus reached the vilayet of Van, and that
Russia was equally interested with Turkey in keeping the road open.
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