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'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎53r] (85/112)

The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 1920. 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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cLl^r,r'r ers ^^ e r most f r° u - rabie treatment a pp |ied to g oo<is ° f ^
! , “ r , ned . on .. an y 1 l ' rkl9h lines, either internal traffic or for export, import or
^n^rnatitmar^riffs°p^hl' 1 t °A 1 f ° r eXam P le as re « ards length of route,
preceawnara^nh "a - f- ,8h !u m accordanc e wi th the rates referred to in the
the Allift V> £ r 1 , n d lnv ?l vl . n g through way-bills shall be establishea when one of
the Allied Powers shall require it from Turkey.
Article 354.
indiJimTln A a Com,n S into force of the present Treaty Turkey agrees, under the reserves
"?A e t^ n i '.W >h « f this Article, to subscribe "to the conventions and
We C bL Ventl ° n i f 'T l he ti'imsportation of passengers, luggage and^ goidThy raiTshaM
have been concluded to replace the ISerne Convention of October 14, 1890, and the
su 'sequent additions referred pi above, this new convention and the supplementary
provisions for international transport by rail which may be based on it shall bind Turkey,
en it she shall have refused to take part in the preparation of the convention or to
su user me to it. Until a new convention shall have been concluded, Turkey shall conform
to the provisions of the Herne Convention and the subsequent additions referred to above,
.md to the current supplementary provisions.
Article 355.
Subject to the rights of concessionaire companies, Turkey shall be bound to
co-operate m the establishment of through-ticket services (for passengers and their
u oft a n e ) which shall be required by any of the Allied Powers to ensure their communi-
catmii by rail with each other and with all other countries by transit across the territories
o urkey ; in particular Turkey shall, for this purpose, accept trains and carriao-es
coming from the territories of the Allied Powers and shall forward them with a speed°at
least equal to that of her best long-distance trains on the same lines. The rates applicable
to such through services shall not in any case be higher than the rates collected on
L.urkish internal services for the same distance, under the same conditions of speed and
comfort.
1 he tariffs applicable under the same conditions of speed and comfort to the
transportation of emigrants going to or coming from ports of the Allied Powers and
using the 1 urkish railways shall not be at a higher kilometric rate .than the most
favourable tariffs (drawbacks and rebates being taken into account) enjoyed on the said
railways by emigrants going to or coming from any other ports.
Article 356.
I urkey shall not apply specially to such through services, or to the transportation
of emigrants going to or coming from the ports of the Allied Powers, any technical, fiscal
or administrative measures, such as measures of customs examination, general police,
sanitary police, and control, the result of which would be to impede or delay such
services.
Article 357.
In case of transport partly by rail and partly by internal navigation, with or
without through way-bill, the preceding Articles shall apply to the part of the journey
performed by rail.
Chapter II.
Rolling-Stock.
. Article 358.
Turkey undertakes that Turkish waggons used for international traffic shall be fitted
with apparatus allowing :
(1) of their inclusion in goods trains on the lines of such of the Allied Powers as
are parties to the Herne Convention of May 15, 1886, as modified on May 18, 1907,
without hampering the action of the continuous brake which may be adopted in such
countries within ten years of the coming into force of the present Treaty and
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A treaty of peace signed by the members of the League of Nations and Turkey.

The treaty is divided into a preamble followed by 13 parts. Part 1 constitutes the Covenant of the League of Nations; further parts are entitled:

  • 'Frontiers of Turkey'.
  • 'Political Clauses'.
  • 'Protection of Minorities'.
  • 'Military, Naval and Air Clauses'.
  • 'Prisoners of War and Graves'.
  • 'Penalties', 'Financial Clauses'.
  • 'Economic Clauses'.
  • 'Aerial Navigation'.
  • 'Ports, Waterways and Railways'.
  • 'Labour'.
  • 'Miscellaneous Provisions'.

3 maps are located at the back (f 62), and the whole is contained within the original front and back covers (f 11 and f 63).

Published under the title Treaty Series No 11 (1920), Cmd. 964 .

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1 file (51 folios)
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This file consists of a single treaty divided into a summary.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at folio 11 and terminates at folio 63, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.

An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 11-62; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled and crossed through.

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