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Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction' [20v] (40/552)
The record is made up of 1 file (374 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1936-21 Mar 1945. It was written in English and French. 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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(c) Any authority given to, or any act or thing to be done by, to or for, a
any Appropriate British Authority, may be exercised by, or done by, to or™
for, any other person for the time being authorised in that behalf according
to the custom of the particular service of His Majesty The King.
(d) The expression “British Cantonment’’ means all the areas and
places allocated to the British Forces, and includes any temporary camps
and bivouacs established by the British Forces for their use, and also camps
established for prisoners of war or for Italian civilians pending evacuation.
Article 2.
(a) The Government of the United Kingdom will provide, at their own
cost, a Military Mission for the purpose of raising, organising and training,
the Ethiopian Army. The duties and privileges of the Military Mission shall
be the subject of instructions from the General Officer Commanding-in-
Chief, the British Forces in East Africa, to the Head of the Military
Mission, which shall be agreed upon between His Majesty the Emperor
and the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
(b) The Military Mission will be retained in Ethiopia until His
Majesty the Emperor no longer requires its services, or until the British
forces in Ethiopia mentioned in Article 6 below are withdrawn, whichever
is the earlier. When the Government of the United Kingdom cease to
provide the Military Mission at their own cost, they will use their best
endeavours to assist His Majesty the Emperor to obtain suitable officers
to take the place of any members of the original Mission who do not
remain in Ethiopia.
(c) The Ethiopian Army mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be
armed and equipped so far as possible from booty taken from the Italian
forces in the course of the campaign in Ethiopia.
Article 3.
The areas specified in the Schedule attached hereto, and such other
areas and places as may be agreed upon between the Parties either in
addition to or in substitution for the said areas and places, shall remain
under British military administration to the extent which, and so long as,
the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the British Forces in EasC'Africa,
in consultation with His Majesty the Emperor, considers necessary.
Article 4.
(a) The Government of the United Kingdom will maintain, and the
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the British Forces in East Africa,
will have under his command, such Police Force as in the opinion of the
said General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, is necessary in respect of the
areas specified in Article 3.
(b) Having regard to the special circumstances existing in Addis Ababa
and of the responsibilities undertaken by the Government of the United
Kingdom in respect of Italian civilians, the Government of the United
Kingdom will maintain, and the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the
British Forces in East Africa, will command such Police Force as ! e
considers necessary for the safety and good order of the town of Addis
Ababa until such time as the Police Force to be raised by His Majesty
the Emperor is able to assume these duties. His Majesty the Emperor wi
enact such legislation as may be necessary to confer upon this 1 ohee
Force the powers and status which it requires.
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Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of a provisional agreement with the Italian Government as a form of replacement constitutes the bulk of the file. These exchanges are between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , Dominions Office, Home Office, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. Further correspondence is from the British Legation in Addis Ababa, British Embassy in Rome, and officials from the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Italy, and Ethiopia.
Included in the file are documents used for reference purposes, including:
- A copy of 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Ethiopia and France', 1908 (folios 372-375)
- Copy of 'Treaty Series No. 31 (1938) - I - Agreement between The United Kingdom and Italy consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; II - Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between The United Kingdom, Egypt and Italy' (folios 120-139).
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- 1 file (374 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 375; 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.
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- Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 7r:42v, 44r:149v, 155r:205v, 207r:207v, 209r:209v, 211r:211v, 213r:213v, 215r:229v, 330r:371v, back-i, back
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