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Appointed Vice-Consul for El Hasa, and (2) that
a Native Consular Agent should be stationed at
Katif.
Sir N. O’Conor, who was consulted, thought Sir N. O'Conor to
that these suggestions should not be pressed for 28?i90i^
the moment, and his view was accepted by Ilia
Majesty’s Government. In communicating this
decision to the Government of India, Mr.
Brodriek wrote as follows, in a despatch dated
the 6th August, 1904:—“ It will be seen that Mr. Brodriek to
Government of
llis Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople,
Iudin.
. . . . , having regard to the interpretation August 5,1904.
which the Turkish Government might place on
the appointment of a Consular officer for El
Hasa, and to the objection they would feel, at
present, to recognizing such an officer, does not
consider it advisablo that effect should be given
to the suggestion that the Political Officer at
Bahrein should be invested with Vice-Consular
jurisdiction over the Turkish district of El Hasa.
For similar reasons, Sir X. O'Conor is of opinion
that the present moment is unsuited for appoint­
ing a Native Consular Agent at Katif, and he
suggests that the consideration of this proposal
should be deferred till the result is seen of the
representations which he has addressed to the
Turkish Government, in regard to the grievances
of the Indian traders, which formed the subject
of the Government of India’s letter of the 31st
March, 1901. These views aro approved by His
Majesty’s Government.”
In Septerabor, 1901, Iho British Consul at Mr. T.»vuley to
Bussoralt reported that the necessary instructions
had been sent to the Mutessarif of llasa, 1904.
regarding the abatement of the excess duties at
Katif, of which British Indians had complained
and Mr. Brodriek informed the Government of Mr. Brodriek to
Government
I ndia, on the 20th .December, 1904, that he had of India,
intimated to the Foreign Office that, “ if practical J)®(jjnlber 20,
effect is given to these orders, it will he unneccsary
to press for the appointment of a Consular Agent
at Katif.”
The question has not subsequently been
raised.