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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [81r] (172/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1903?. 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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No. 478.]
Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 12tli November 1902, 9-25 p. m. (Peed. 13th, 8-30 a. m.)
Private. 9th Lancers. Your private telegram of November 12th. The
debate was adjourned before the question of the 9th Lancers was raised. It
would therefore be well to publish some statement in India, as the friends of the
officers here are trying to get up an agitation here. Your action will commend
itself to the public and Parliament; and the punishment inflicted will be
accepted as a proof of Government’s determination to probe all cases of this kind
to the bottom. The suggestion at the end of your telegram of the 8th
November that the Eegiment can terminate punishment by giving up guilty
party, had better not be reproduced in any official statement; it is capable of a
misinterpretation which is certain to be applied to it.
No. 479.]
Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 13th November 1902, 9-13 p. m. (Eecd. 14th, 8-45 a. m.)
Foreign. Secret. Seistan. Your telegram of October 31st. The Poreign
Office have telegraphed to Teheran that the Persian Government’s proceedings
are unjustifiable and tend to aggravate a dispute referred to us by them for
adjustment. They are warned not to alter the status quo and of their respon
sibility for the consequences of assembling an armed force and labourers; and
they are assured that British Government will do all in their power to accelerate
arrival of the Arbitrator. Please accelerate his progress and that of an adequate
escort. The Amir should also be assured that an impartial consideration will be
given to the claims of each side.
R.
No. 480.]
Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 13th November 1902, 2-20 p. m. (Eecd. 14th, 1 p. m.)
Private.
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
. Eemission of taxation. Your private telegram of the
12th November. The feeling here is quite unanimous, and the more we
consider the conditions which will be created, if your idea is given effect to, the
graver do. the objections appear. I will, in deference to your further appeal, refer
the question formally to the Cabinet, who will meet on Tuesday, but I do not
think that there is any likelihood of their differing from Council. Until a few
weeks back, we had no notion that any such proposal would be made; and sorry
as I am to in any way frustrate expectations as to the benefit the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
may
confer, I cannot sanction a proposition which, in our judgment, upsets all
accepted constitutional principles as to the origin, continuance, and remission of
taxes.
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- Content
This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1902, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India.
The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 4-15). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-588 (ff 18-97) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State for India, numbered 1-584 (ff 99-198).
A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to:
- The Aden Protectorate, notably the delimitation of the Aden boundary and relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- Afghanistan, including the Amir [Amīr Ḥabībullāh Khān] and Russian relations with Afghanistan
- The Army in India
- Berar [also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts], particularly relations with the Nizam of Hyderabad [Asaf Jah VI]
- Military operations of the Boer War 1899-1902
- Boer prisoners of war in India
- China, including the evacuation of British troops from Shanghai
- A ceremony to mark the Coronation of King Edward VII (as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India) including the Delhi Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
- The famine in India
- Financial and administrative matters
- Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries, including Coronation Honours
- The Koweit [Kuwait] Protectorate, including relations with Turkey
- British policy in Persia [Iran]
- The establishment of a Police Commission in India
- Construction and extension of railways in British India
- British relations with Russia notably in connection with India, Persia, Afghanistan, China and Tibet
- Military operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [the Republic of Somaliland]
- British policy in Tibet.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The telegrams are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of each of the two sections of the volume, which are divided by a folio of blue card. Each telegram is numbered, and the index on folios 4-15 gives the numbers of the telegrams which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 198; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Pagination: the volume also contains two original printed pagination sequences.
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