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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [84r] (178/412)
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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taxes which it is now proposed to remit, this will not merely he regarded as a
national misfortune, hut as a breach of faith, and a breach of faith for which the
King is personally to be blamed. The popularity he will have earned, by the
proposed declaration at the
Durbar
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, will have been obtained, so men will argue,
under false pretences, and the last condition of things will be worse than the
first. And, again, can it be a prudent course to associate, in the public mind,
great State ceremonials like 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).
with dramatic strokes of policy, which
are only possible in certain rare and fortunate contingencies ? Other
Durbars
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).
will have to be held perhaps on a scale not less magnificent than your own.
You tell us that, without a proclamation remitting taxation, the ceremony, of
the 1st January will be tame and ineffectual. What then will be the condition
of your successors, if, on similar occasions, they have to contend, not merely
with a less prosperous condition of public affairs, but with a precedent set by
you which it is absolutely impossible for them to follow ? We need not say, in
thus expressing our difference with you on a single point, we retain to the
full our confidence in your administration, and our great admiration of the
masterly manner in which you have dealt with the complicated and most
difficult problems with which you have been confronted. End of message.
No. 496.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 21st November 1902, 10-10 p. m. (Peed. 22nd, 12 noon.)
Foveign. Secret. Delimitation of Aden boundary. The Turkish Chaigd
d’Affaires, on the 18th, complained of the proceedings of the British Commis
sioners, alleging that they were distributing repeating rifles to the tribesmen ;
were collecting camels in large numbers for an expedition to the Yaffai
eountrv, and were bringing up two battalions of Infantry and two guns;
that Ibnafif, one of the Yaffai Sheikhs, had been summoned to Aden, and
was to accompany the force. The Turkish Charge d Affaires was informed that
enquiries would be made; that we did not believe that pieparations had
been made ; but that we had grave reason to complain of the manner in which
the Turkish Commissioners were endeavouring to evade the execution of
instructions sent to them; that Sir N. O’Conor would be instructed to make a
representation on the subject, but that if this attitude is persisted in, we
should have no alternative but to resort to measures for the protection of our
interests which, in the present position of affairs in Arabia, we had a particular
wish to avoid. The Poreign Office have instructed Sir N. O’Conor accordingly.
Please ascertain from the Resident, and report the facts as to the matter
complained of, and, if necessary, send instructions to avoid any movements
likely at the present juncture to be hurtful to the situation.
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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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