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File 1355/1917 Pt 1 ‘Peace Settlement- The Arms Traffic Convention 1919’ [157v] (319/600)
The record is made up of 1 volume (296 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1917-16 Oct 1919. It was written in English, French and Italian. 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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tribunals. In the event of a conviction, the arms and ammunition
will be confiscated, and the captain or owner of the vessel held to he
responsible will be punished in accordance with the law.
21. 1 he Governments concerned will undertake to communicate
to the Central Office the instructions given by them, in pursuance
of the foregoing articles, to the commanders of their warships in
the zone affected.
22. If it should be established that the vessel has been illegally
detained, the authority which has conducted the enquiry may
a wa n 1 com pe n sat i oi i.
2o Each State or Government within the areas specified in
article 8 which is a party to this Convention will enact such measures
as are necessary to enable persons guilty of acts in violation of this
Convention to be prosecuted and punished. Notification will be
made to the Central Office of the judicial authority in each State or
territory authorised to deal with such cases.
24. (This article, following article f) of the draft Additional Act,
might prescribe a scale of minimum duties on arms, &c., imported
into the prohibited areas. Details of the scale can be considered
later.)
^ 25. Independent States placed under the guarantee of the League
of Nations will be invited to accede to this Convention.
Oh Maskat and the Arab littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
remain
excluded from the operation of this Convention by reason of the fact
that the Government of His Britannic Majesty have already taken
in those areas, at great expense, adequate measures for the control
of the trade in arms and ammunition. The High Contracting
Barties, having taken note of the Declarations on this subject made
by His Britannic Majesty’s Government, undertake to place no
obstacles in the continuance of the measures of control introduced
by Great Britain in those areas.
27. In this Convention the term “arms and ammunition”
includes guns and firearms of every kind, as well as arms of precision
and automatic pistols, and also machine guns and cannon of all sorts
and ammunition for any of these categories of weapons.
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, and reports concerning arms trafficking after the war. Among the reports in the volume is a report submitted by the Committee of Imperial Defence to the Under-Secretary of State for India, Political Department, 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. . The report discussed the question to further observe the issue of arms trafficking in certain localities such as Maskat [Muscat], the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Persia, Abyssinia, China and the Far East. Another report was submitted by the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department to the Secretary of State for India discussing the state of arms trafficking in the French possessions in India and the question of reaching an understanding with the French Government. The correspondence in the volume also discussed the question of arms trafficking prohibitions in Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Armenia, and Mesopotamia.
The volume includes multiple copies of reports and minutes (ff 166-207) on the interdepartmental conference 'Control of Arms Traffic', held at 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. on 24 February 1919. It also includes multiple copies of a document entitled 'Draft Convention for the Control of the Arms Traffic' in both English and French. The following subheadings were covered in the drafted convention:
- Export of Arms and Ammunition
- Import of Arms and Ammunition. Prohibited Areas and Zone of Maritime Supervision
- Supervision on Land
- Maritime Supervision
- General Provisions.
The volume also includes correspondence regarding the conference that took place at Saint Germain [Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris] to discuss arms trafficking. The conference involved the following powers: the United States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, Chile, Cuba, France, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Siam and Czecho-Slovakia. The correspondence also includes copies of the Arms Traffic Convention signed on 10 September 1919 (ff 7-32).
Among other correspondents in the volume are the War Cabinet; the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Office; the British delegation in Paris; and the Board of Trade.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (296 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1355 (Peace Settlement: The Arms Traffic Convention 1919) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/672-675. The volumes are divided into 6 parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, parts 2, 4 and 5 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, and part 6 comprising the fourth volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 298; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/672
- Title
- File 1355/1917 Pt 1 ‘Peace Settlement- The Arms Traffic Convention 1919’
- Pages
- 7r:32v, 68r:72v, 82r:88v, 109r:115v, 131r:136v, 149r:157v, 229r:230v
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