'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)' [‎250r] (517/636)

Asiatic rumey and Arabia •
(Oct. 17)
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Confidential.
Ojction 4.
(42854)
AO. 1.
Oir lid^ard drey to Sir o. Lowther. -
(*^0. 512). *
i' 1 orei i; n office, i
1910.
ceived iour luxcellency ’ s despatch x^o. 60 5 of the
conduct of the Ottoman authorities in the region of the Persian
uulf.
it will be convenient to deal first with the injustice to which
dritish commercial interests have been subjected.
in July the representative of nessrs Lynch and Jo. at Jaghdad
was informed that certain property of his firm would, under a
municipal regulation, be demolished as insecure and dangerous.
ihe British Consul-General found that the property, which he took
an early opportunity of inspecting, was perfectly safe.
a few days later a notification was made to - essrs Abdul Ali,
a Lritish-indian firm, respecting the projected demolition, on
similar grounds, of Uioir principal snop and the arbitrary ex
propriation of the site, which is a valuable one. This property
was likewise found, on inspection, to be in excellent condition,
and in no wise dangerous.
iho British Consul-ceneral hereupon visited the President
of the municipality and protested vigorously against the wanton
destruction of property on a false pretext of danger to the
public. The conclusion drawn by nis majesty’s Consul-General was
and other reports, in which you enumerate repeated
instances of the arbitrary and vexatious treatment of British
subjects in Asiatic xurAey, and, further, draw my attention to
l number of incidents of political aggression, ail tending to
that