ملف رقم ٤٣٢٧ لسنة ١٩١١، الجزء ٣ "الحرب التركية-الإيطالية: احتجاجات المسلمين" [و‎‎٩‎٩] (١٥٢/٥٣)

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^ His Lordship is aware of the extreme inconvenience
to Mussulman pilgrims and the loss to Indian commerce that
has been occasioned by the Italian blockade of the Red Sea
ports. The Committee are requested by many of their Indian
co-religionists to submit th^.t the injury caused by the
Italian action has been far greater than is usually imagined;
for large bodies of .pilgrims have been unable to leave Hedjaz
for fear of capture by the Italian ships of war, and that the
suffering and distress among them is very great. The present
hostilities by intensifying the hatred against Italy will
further aggravate the difficulties that stand in the way of an
earl 3 r restoration of peace.
The whole Mussulman world, not without reason, looks up
on His Majesty's Government as the upholder of justice and fair
play, and the Committee believe that the interests of Rngland
are directly involved in the maintenance of peace, not only in
the Balkans, but in the whole of the Hear Bast.
In view of these considerations the Committee earnestly
pray that Kis Majesty's Government may be pleased to take such
steps as they may consider expedient to prevent the further
development of a situation which they really fear will prove
most prejudicial to the interests of humanity and to progress
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in the Eastern World.