'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎53v] (86/112)

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(2) of the acceptance of wagons of such countries in all goods trains on the
^Ml^stock of the Allied Power, shall enjoy on the Turkish lines the same
treatment as Turkish rolling-stock as regards movement, upkeep an repat .
x Chapter III.
Transfers of Railway Lines.
Article 359.
Subject to any special provisions concerning the transfer of ports and railways
whether J owned by the Turkish Government or private companies, situated in the
territories demched'from Turkey under the present Treaty, and to the financial com it.ons
relating to the concessionaires and the pensioning of the personnel, the ti.mJei
railways will take place under the following conditions : , .
(1) The works and installations of all the railroads shall be left complete and m as
good condition as possible. , .
(2) When a railway system possessing its own rolling-stock is situated in its
entirety in transferred territory, such stock shall be left complete with the railway, in
accordance with the last inventory before October 30, 1918, and in a normal state ot
upkeep, Turkey being responsible for any losses due to causes within her control.
(3) As regards lines, the administration of which will in virtue of the present
Treaty be divided, the distribution of the rolling-stock shall be made by agreement
between the administrations taking over the several parts thereof. 1 his agreement shall
have regard to the amount of the material registered on those lines in the last inventory
before October 30, 1918, the length of track (sidings included) and the nature and
amount of the traffic. Failing agreement the points in dispute shall be settled by an
arbitrator designated by the League of Nations who shall also if necessary specify the
locomotives, carriages and wagons to be left on each section, the conditions of their
acceptance, and such provisional arrangements as he may judge necessary to ensure for a
limited period the current maintenance in existing workshops of the transferred stock.
(4) Stocks of stores, fittings and plant shall be left under the same conditions as the
rolling-stock.
Article 360.
The Turkish Government abandons whatever rights it possesses over the Hedjaz
railway, and accepts such arrangements as shall be made for its working, and for the
distribution of the property belonging to or used in connection with the railway, by the
Governments concerned. In any such arrangements the special position of the railway
from the religious point of view shall be fully recognised and safeguarded.
Chapter IV.
Working Agreements.
Article 361.
When as a result of the fixing of new frontiers a railway connection between two
parts of^ the same country crosses another country, or a branch line from one country has
its terminus in another, the conditions of working, if not specifically provided for in the
present Treaty, shall be laid down in a convention between the railway administrations
concerned. If the administrations cannot come to an agreement as to the terms of such
convention, the points of difference shall be decided by an arbitrator appointed as
provided in Article 359.
\ir f h ^ establlshment new frontier stations between Turkey and the contiguous
stiriol Hi h P ° r ^ i btateS ’ a8 WeU as the workin S of the lines between those
stations, shall be settled by agreements similarly concluded.
Article 362.
concemeSriUeHnHnief ‘if niCa ' re P re8entative9 nominated by the Governments
ments for throLh S H h P0 "' er8 tC | agree u P° n the necessary joint arrange-
s”m”Lr matterSHtfn/rai^®’ "T* e / chan « e ’ th ™S h ^tes and tariffs and other
Empire on Augusf 1, lsfl 4 ^ d ° n temt ° ry tbrming P art of the Turkish