BRITAIN AND IRAQ.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17285, 22 December 1927, Page 6

BRITAIN AND IRAQ.

TEXT OF THE TREATY. AGREEMENT TO BE HONOURED. MATTERS OP FOREIGN POLICY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 20. The treaty that has been concluded between Britain and Iraq stipulates that separate agreements, superseding those of March 25, 1924, shall regulate the f.nancial and military relations of the two countries. The King of Iraq undertakes to secure the execution of all the international obligations which his Britannic Majesty has undertaken to see carried out in respect of Iraq. The King of Iraq also undertakes not to modify the existing provisions of the organic laws of Iraq so as adversely to affect the rights and interests, of foreigners, or to constitute any difference in the rights before the law among the Iraqis on the ground of differences of race, religion and language. There shall be full and frank consultation between the High Contracting parties in all matters of foreign policy which may affect their common interests.

The King of Iraq undertakes, so soon as local conditions permit, to accede to all general international agreements already existing, or which may be concluded hereafter, with the approval of the League of Nations, in respect to the slave trade, the traffic in drugs, arms, and ammunition, the traffic in women and children, transit, navigation, aviation, and communications.

The King also agrees to execute the provisions of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the Treaty of Lausanne, the Anglo-French Boundary Convention, and the San Remo oil agreement, in so far as they apply to Iraq. .

There shall be no discrimination in matters concerning taxation, commerce or navigation against the nationals or companies of any State which is a member of the League of Nations, or of any State to which the King of Iraq has agreed by treaty that the same rights shall be ensured as if it were a member of the League. Any' difference that may arise between the High Contracting Parties regarding the interpretation of the provisions of the treaty shall be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice'at the Hague, as provided for by Article 14 of the Covenant of the League. The treaty shall be subject' to review, with the object of making all the modifications required by circumstances when Iraq has entered the League of Nations.