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File 868/1912 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation' [‎125v] (255/440)

The record is made up of 1 volume (215 folios). It was created in 1912. 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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(Official Translation.)
Meeting of Tuesday, August 8, 1905.
Th^Prraident^cSls on tlie Secretary-General of the Tribunal to read the Award
of the Tribunal, which is as follows :
The Tribunal of Arbitration constituted in virtue of the “Oompromis” concluded
Muscat; f ,v t Dpplaration have arisen in relation
Whereas difficulties as to the scope of that Highness the Sultan
to the issue, by the Trench li,epu , p re nch flag, and also as to the
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hiS S Whereiffte two Governments have agreed by the “ Compromis’’ of the
1 Sth October 1904 that these questions shall be determined by reference to arbitration,
^accordance with the provisions of Article I of the Convention concluded between
flip two Powers on the IPth October, 1903 , . i
Whereas in virtue of that “ Compromis ” were named as Arbitrators-
Bv the Government of His Britannic Majesty, Mr. Melville W. Fuller, Chief
Justice of the United States of America , a -n i q
And by the Government of the French Republic, Jonkheer A F. de Savornm
Lehman, Doctor of Law, former Minister of the Interior m the Netherlands,
former Professor at the Free 0Diversity at Amsterdam, Member of the
Second Chamber of the States-General;
Whereas the two Arbitrators not having agreed within one month from the date
of their appointment in the choice of an Umpire, and that choice h^g then been
intrusted in virtue of Article I of the “ Compromis to the King of Italy, His Majesty
has named Umpire :
Mr.
H. Lammasch, Doctor of Law, Professor at the University at Vienna,
Member of the Upper House of the Austrian Parliament,
Whereas the Cases, Counter-Cases, and Arguments have been duly communicated
to the Tribunal and to the Parties ; i 1
Whereas the Tribunal has carefully examined these documents, and the supple
mentary observations which were delivered to it by the two Parties;
As to the first question:
Whereas generally speaking it belongs to every Sovereign to decide to whom he
will accord the right to fly his flag and to prescribe the rules governing such grants,
and whereas therefore the granting of the Prench flag to subjects of
the Sultan of Muscat in itself constitutes no attack on the independence of the Suitan,
Whereas nevertheless a Sovereign may be limited by Treaties in tlie exercise ot
this right, and whereas the Tribunal is authorized in virtue of Article XLVlli ot the
Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes of the 29th July, 1-* 9, an
of Article V of the “Compromis” of the 13th October, 1904, “to declare its competence
in interpreting the ‘ Compromis ’ as well as the other Treaties which may be invoke
in the Case, and in applying the principles of international law,’ and whereas therelore
the question arises, under what conditions Powers which have acceded to the General
Act of the Brussels Conference of the 2nd July, 1890, relative to the African slave
trade, especially to Article XXXII of this Act, are entitled to authorize native vessels
to fly their flags; ,
Whereas by Article XXXII of this Act the faculty of the Signatory Powers to
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Content

The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.

Issues discussed include:

  • negotiations between the United Kingdom and France over possible trade-offs in India and Africa for France agreeing to cede its rights in connection with trade and Muscat;
  • the approval of rules concerning the warehouse for ammunition;
  • The proposed retention of ammunition lying uncleared in the Muscat Customs House on 1 September when the new rules came into force;
  • The 1905 Declaration between the United Kingdom and France respecting Egypt and Morocco (ff 110-119);
  • Anglo-French diplomacy on the matter involving the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
  • correspondence between the French Consul, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat.

The file includes a press cuttings: from The Times (f 164) 'The Arms Traffic and Muscat: Protest, by French Firms', 13 September 1912.

The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

The volume is part 2 of 7. The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).

Extent and format
1 volume (215 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 868 (Arms Traffic - Muscat) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/235-240. The volumes are divided into 7 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 comprising one volume each and parts 4 and 5 comprising a volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the last flyleaf with 215; 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.

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