File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.' [‎159r] (330/536)

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divided responslbilit/ the ^ w ° uld insider the introduction of
principles and successful accomplishment of e th U1 ' eS a , toge . tIler ln oompatible with the
policy consists in the maintenaifce 0 “the IrMme^I? “ I’l Per f an Gulf -
pursued, to the advantage of all concerned for a centurv a To sucoessfl,11 V
these circumstances would be alike unnecessarv an,! „ • X ,, modlf y the system in
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have acquired by prescription not merely the rio-bt l! t Tt, ^ T 7 cons . ldei : tllat ‘hey
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;.*»d they have aIwm,? ut the duty to maintain peace in
their prerogative ; and it was this attitude wWch PI fed t0 Upon
Marquess of Lansdowne in the House of Toni ,, ’ l l l ’ declaration made by the
Majesty’s Government would i.gafd° estabUshme^ o b 1903 > , that His
port, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by any other Power a s a , DaVal baSe ’ of a fortified
and they should certainly resist it with all the means ftTeirdi^osIr' ltlSh lntereBtS ’
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menf 1 Hi^ATaiW^ 111 ^ theSe final P ro P osals f or the acceptance of the Turkish Govern
merit, His Majesty s Government are not seeking territorial aggrandisement nor are
ec^Tlmtc^nTo 1 ,: an! de ' V t Pmente ° f P 01 " 7 ’ Th “ r de-reTslim^yto
ecure the recognition and to ensure the continuance of an order of things which in
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mterventimi, would have remamed the scene of continual piracy and bloodshed
16. 1 hey feel persuaded that the Ottoman Government will not oppose the
ontmuance of the pohtical status quo of a hundred years, and they looKward
on t en y o a complete adjustment of the questions enumerated, and to the improved
relations which cannot fail to ensue. ’ ^ ovea
17. As the Ottoman Government are aware, there is a question which has caused
some concern to His Majesty s Government in recent months, that of the frontier
de ween urkey and Persia m the region of Mohammerah. When His Mai'estv’s'
Government addressed their memorandum of July 1911 to the Ottoman Government
that question had been dormant for sixty years, and Hiis Majesty’s Government had
no desire to raise it Now however that it has been raised, by circumstances beyond
m m C j vj 1 * 0 ’ feel that no settlement in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. could be complete
winch did not provide for this question, and they regard a satisfactory adjustment of
i as^ an essential part of the present negotiations. They have the honour to M er n°-
submit a separate memorandum on the subject for the consideration of the Ottoman !/f dum
Government. ‘ (Annex 5)
(iii.) An increase in the Turkish customs duties.
18. If the Ottoman Government are prepared to conclude an agreement in the sense'
ol this memorandum, and to concur in the removal of the existing veto on the
borrowing powers of Egypt, then, subject to the assent of the other Powers, His
Majesty s Government will consent to the maintenance for a period of seven years,
counting from six months after the date of such agreement, of the increase in the
general rate of customs duty leviable on British goods on importation into the Ottoman
Empire from 8 per cent, to 11 per cent, ad valorem which wa‘s agreed to in 1907, and
also to the further increase of this general rate of customs duty from 11 per cent, to’
15 per cent, ad valorem for the same period.
Foreign Office,. July 1912.
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