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!. forced to lo.vy less thin this, is dndood ’clearly contrary
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to tho treaty.
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• . ;.S. to the present cine, wo used to levy/during the yearsv
prior to war, ?.Vf» from the goods proceed ing’to limit and
j Qatifvi.£ Bahrain. This considorite treitnent was accorded
•• by mo of my own accord without hiving been asked, md only
#.v cul consideration for the commercial interests of my town,
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• treaty.
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y.ftor the commencement of the wir, when imports decrci'ced
: md expenses increiscd is in othgr to "/nr, we were compelled j
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to recover our full rights in that time. Correspondence was
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J exchanged between me md the Politi'cil /gent it Bihriin,
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• MVjor ft tow art, G.I.E., who igreed to this iccording to
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j.- just ice, Cwl for about 6 months the Ruler of.|I<jd. asked me *
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j,: to repeat the former considorite treitinent in fivour of his •
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f territory, viz. that I should levy a tax. But in view of .
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[i the unchanged economical conditions, which forced mo first
j r.to charge full dues, I did not agree to lessen them. •
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' The Ruler of Tfijd, I understand, requests me to t'llow
;him -a reduction under the International Laws md the High. .J
Indian Government agrees to this, md, in iddition, illows
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;him more than whit ho asked for. But I do not understand the,
reility of Intern tt ion tl Lav/s, and it is tho first time I
^understand that Int.ernit’ionil L*ws apply to two /rib Rulers, :
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i to tho detriment of- one. of them who always flittered himself ]
|f°r hip friendship md loyalty to the High Government and • 1
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;;also in spite of tret ties md current rules which are known j
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gto the Government, perhaps the International.Llw is more
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useful to me in another way and does not, I think, restrict
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me to the levying of 5% only.*.But yoju* friend, according.
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his custom, respects treaty better than profit.
k.\ Now, in order to continue-my old friendship md loy*Hy-dS
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