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Coll 7/12 'Chinese Turkestan; import of arms via India' [27r] (53/315)
The record is made up of 1 file (157 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1932-17 Sep 1937. 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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Aeticle IB.
Any dispute which may arise as to the interpretation or appli
cation of this Statute which is not settled directly between the
parties themselves shall be brought before the Permanent Court of
International Justice, unless, under a special agreement or a general
arbitration provision, steps are taken for the settlement of the
dispute by arbitration or some other means.
Proceedings are opened in the manner laid down in Article 40
of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice
In order to settle such disputes, however, in a friendly way as
far as possible, the Contracting States undertake, before resorting to
any judicial proceedings and without prejudice to the powers and
right of action of the Council and of the Assembly, to submit such
disputes for an opinion to any body established by the League of
Nations, as the advisory and technical organisation of the Members
of the League in matters of communications and transit. In urgent
cases, a preliminary opinion may recommend temporary measures
intended, in particular, to restore the facilities for freedom of transit
which existed before the act or occurrence which gave rise to the
dispute.
Article 14.
In view of the fact that within or immediately adjacent to the
territory of some of the Contracting States there are areas or
enclaves, small in extent and population in comparison with such
territories, and that these areas or enclaves form detached portions
or settlements of other parent States, and that it is impracticable for
reasons of an administrative order to apply to them the provisions
of this Statute, it is agreed that these provisions shall not apply to
them.
The same stipulation applies where a colony or dependency
has a very long frontier in comparison with its surface and where in
consequence it is practically impossible to afford the necessary
Customs and police supervision.
The States concerned, however, will apply in the cases referred to
above a regime which will respect the principles of the present
Statute and facilitate transit and communications as far as
practicable.
Article 15.
It is understood that this Statute must not be interpreted as
regulating in any way rights and obligations inter se of territories
forming part or placed under the protection of the same sovereign
State, whether or not these territories are individually Members of
the League of Nations.
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The file contains correspondence regarding requests for arms and ammunition received by the Government of India from the Government at Sinkiang Province [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]. The principal correspondents are the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the 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. Political Department, HM Consulate-General at Kashgar [Kashi], and Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Charles Francis Schomberg. There are also a small number of letters received from Chinese officials, comprising: Pan Tsi-Lu, an Agent of the Governor of Sinkiang in Kashgar; the Peking Representative of the Sinkiang Provincial Government; and the Ministry of War.
The following topics are discussed in the correspondence dated 1932-1933: the initial approach to purchase mining machinery, aeroplanes and munitions from the Government of India or from British companies; further orders from Switzerland and Germany; arrangements for transporting materials to Sinkiang via India; negotiations to purchase arms and ammunition from Vickers-Armstrongs Limited; and the position of the Government of India with regard to the embargo on providing arms to China or Japan. Quotations from Vickers-Armstrongs can be found at folios 47-54, and 65-68.
The file contains several letters from Lieutenant-Colonel Schomberg, discussing: his role as an intermediary between the Government at Sinkiang and the Government of India; the reluctance of Chinese officials to deal with the Consulate-General at Kashgar (Nicholas Fitzmaurice); the difficulties he faced as a result of his unofficial position; Russian influence at Urumchi [Urumqi] and in East Turkestan; and his views on the Government of India's diplomatic policy.
At the front of the file is a small quantity of correspondence dated 1937, regarding a request for arms and ammunition received from the Tungan [Dungan or Hui] Government at Sinkiang. This includes discussion of the position of neutrality to be adopted towards Southern Sinkiang, the need to obtain permission from the Central Government at Nanking, and the possible application of the Barcelona Convention on the Freedom of Transit (1921).
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found within the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (157 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 157; 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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- 17r:28v
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