"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎٦‎٧] (٥٣٤/١٣٩)

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Foreign Of-ice,
27th April 1914,
Sir,
I directed by Secretary sir Edward Grey to refer to
Captain Blrdwood^ letter No. bbo of the 22nd of February J
to the Government of India - of which a copy was pent to
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this Department on the 30th ultimo - on the subject.of the
grounding of the Hamhurg-Amerika Steamship rt L!arkomannla M
in Bahrein harbour.
2, In the terms of that letter Captain Blrdwood would
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appear to deprecate the attitude of the German Consul
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at Bushire in this matter.
3, Sir E, Grey, however, does not see any reason why
His Majesty's Government should raise formal objection to
the German Consul at Bushire taking up this question, if he
so desires. While technically no doubt, he should t)e
possessed of a British exequatur for the purpose of dealing
with matters In the territories of the trucial chiefs
over whom His Majesty's Government exercise the rights of a .
protecting Power, any infomtality under this head does not
appear to Sir E s Grey to harm British interests, Moreover,
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as His Majesty^ Government do not wish to see German
power and influence enhanced and extended in the Persian
Gulf, it would- appear to b«e in th^ir interest to be cent en" J