"مذكرة تتعلق بالملاحة في نهري دجلة والفرات". [ظ‎‎٦‎٩] (٢٨٤/١٣٩)

and, naturally, in the Turkish answer denying
the existence of the rights of navigation claimed,
reference to them was also omitted.
The reply of the Porte asserted that the
Treaty of Passarovitz and the Sened of 1781
yielded to Austrian subjects rights on the
Danube alone, to the exclusion ot the coasting
trade, which, it stated, was confined to Turkish
subjects, and it contended that the treaties
referred to granted access only to seaports. It
Was also argued that this had been admitted by
the British Government, in consequence of their
application, in the case of the Tigris and
Euphrates, for firmans to enable Messrs. Lynch
and Co. to navigate those rivers.
The force of these arguments was controverted To Sir P. Currie,
in a note which Sir P. Currie was authorised to Commlrcial
address to the Turkish Government. In this Ma y 6 ' 189 7.
note our position was maintained, and it was
contended that the Austrian treaties applied,
Hot only to the Danube, but to the other rivers
of Turkey, and the case of the Boyana was '
quoted in support of this view. The Turkish
statements respecting the coasting trade were
treated as irrelevant, as Her Majesty's Govern
ment had put forward no claim to fluvial
cabotage for British vessels ; thev had merelv
asserted their right to proceed to river ports
from the sea to the rivers. The note concluded
by a notification that Her Majesty's Government
held themselves at liberty to claim and enforce
their right whenever they might think proper.
This note was communicated to the Porte on the Sir G. Lowtber,
13th May, 1897, but no record exists in the N0, 228 '
twig. Office ot .. y k, , t , 'j: »- ■»".
received from the Turkish Government The
question seems then to have resolved itself into a Sir N. O'Cooor,
c aim for losses, which was eventually settled in 92 ' • ,
ofi T7ooo yment by the Turkish Government J ~m9.
navkri! iTn. 1 dealin? With the Turkey
avi 0 ation of the internal waters of Turkey is 8vo -' 1798 > P- 150 -
that between Belgium and Turkey of the 3rd
ugust 1838. which is still in force. Article 10
of this treaty allows Belgian merchant-vessels to
into tlTu 6 r" 31 ^ la r&idence Im P^iale"
t,W J1 and t0 rCtum therefrom;
they were also allowed to "uaTiguer . . so i t
dans le Bosphore, soit dans la Mer Noire on les
0U h —• q- dependent
<ie la Sublime Porte."