Britain’s treaty let Ethiopian claims lapse without recognizing its sovereignty.

Evidence

It is important to emphasize that the terms of the agreement were carefully drawn up to yield Ethiopian recognition of the new boundaries of the British Protectorate. The lost lands in the Haud which were excised from the Protectorate were not, however, ceded to Ethiopia; nor did the agreement bind Britain to recognize Ethiopian sovereignty over the territory which had been relinquished. This one-sided recognition was indeed already implied in the wording of the annex to the treaty which Menelik had accepted at Addis Ababa guaranteeing orderly government and equitable treatment to those Somali who might, in the future, become Ethiopian subjects. Moreover, the adroit form of words adopted by Rodd, is consistent with the terms of the original Anglo-Somali treaties of protection which it will be recalled did not, in fact, cede Somali territory to Britain. The treaty also – and this was essential – did not in any way compromise the Italian claims agreed to between Britain and Italy in 1894. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 188

Categorization

• XREF: The Haud territory’s unresolved status echoes later boundary disputes in the Horn of Africa right through the current region’s history. — connects to: Britain obtained Ethiopian recognition of the Protectorate while ceding no Somali territory to Ethiopia; Adowa’s Italian defeat ended Italy’s claim to an Ethiopian protectorate — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 170; Britain surrendered Haud grazing lands to Ethiopia without consulting Somali subjects — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 397 (+4 more)
• SEED: The device of one-sided recognition — yielding territory without ceding sovereignty — is a legal fiction worth an essay on how colonial treaties created lasting territorial ambiguity.

Related

• Britain obtained Ethiopian recognition of the Protectorate while ceding no Somali territory to Ethiopia (similarity 0.93)
• Britain ceded 67,000 square miles of the Haud to Ethiopia in 1897 (similarity 0.88)
• Britain surrendered Haud grazing lands to Ethiopia without consulting Somali subjects (similarity 0.87)
• Frontier demarcation with Ethiopia first revealed Britain’s withdrawal of protection (similarity 0.87)
• Britain in 1897 nearly abandoned its Somaliland protectorate (similarity 0.86)
• Somaliland refused to inherit the 1897 treaty ceding the Haud to Ethiopia. (similarity 0.85)
• British-protected Somali only learned of the 1897 treaty when the 1934 boundary commission arrived (similarity 0.85)
• Britain’s nominal treaty stipulation masked its earlier unilateral record in Somaliland. (similarity 0.84)
• Britain’s 1897 withdrawal knowingly doomed the Somali clans’ independence. (similarity 0.83)
• Britain’s 1897 withdrawal of protection exposed Somali clansmen to Ethiopian occupation (similarity 0.82)
• British miscalculation ignored population drift that pushed protected Somali into Ethiopia’s sphere (similarity 0.82)
• Menelik’s 1891 circular asserted Ethiopian sovereignty over Somali clans (similarity 0.82)
• The 1954 Haud transfer to Ethiopia reignited Somali nationalist sentiment (similarity 0.81)
• Postwar Anglo-Ethiopian agreements triggered a new scramble for Somali territory (similarity 0.80)
• Britain relinquished the Protectorate almost unconditionally (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Britain surrendered Haud grazing lands to Ethiopia without consulting Somali subjects #expands (0.80) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 397
• Somaliland refused to inherit the 1897 treaty ceding the Haud to Ethiopia. #responds-to (0.75) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 458
• Frontier demarcation with Ethiopia first revealed Britain’s withdrawal of protection #exemplifies (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 296
• Britain’s nominal treaty stipulation masked its earlier unilateral record in Somaliland. #corroborates (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 420
• British miscalculation ignored population drift that pushed protected Somali into Ethiopia’s sphere #complicates (0.60)