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Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.— (Received July 23.)
(No. 226.)
Sir, • Jedda, July 10, 1934.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 209 of the 3rd July, I have the honour
to record a few further matters of minor interest connected with the Saudi-
Yemen settlement.
2. In paragraph 4 of my despatch under reference, I mentioned the
probability of the Idrisis being interned comfortably at Riyadh. This was the
forecast of Fuad Bey Hamza, but the JJmm-al-Qura of the 6th July announced
that Ibn Saud had received Seyyid Hasan and Abdul Aziz-al-Idrisi on the
1st July and given them permission to choose their own place of residence. They
elected to remain in Mecca, and the King gave orders that a palace near the Great
Mosque should be prepared for them. The same paper stated that Seyyid
Abdul Wahhab-al-Idrisi had arrived at Jizan en route for Mecca.
3. The Amir Feisal, who, as you know, left Hudeida by land on the 5th July,
is understood to be making a short stay at Jizan in order to organise the
Administration there. Sheikh Abdullah Suleiman, who came by sea on the
steamship El Nasr of the new Arab Steam Navigation Company, arrived in Jedda
yesterday. He was accorded an official reception, the almost triumphal character
of which was in strong contrast with the lack of attention shown to Fuad Bey
Hamza when he left Jedda two days earlier. No particular honours were shown
to the main body of troops, who came back by sea on the steamship A lavi of the
Turner, Morrison Line on the 6th July. They were doubtless to receive their meed
of praise and presents of rice and rials at Mecca or Taif. I understand that a
fair amount of largesse has been bestowed on the troops who have already reached
Taif.
4. The Umm-al-Qura of the 6th July also published telegrams exchanged
on the 1st July between the King and the King of Iraq. King Ghazi hailed the
recent settlement as a good omen and a step towards brotherliness and unity
between Arab countries, and invoked a blessing on Ibn Saud's efforts to promote
the welfare of the Arab nation. The Saudi King, a little more prolix, said that
the brotherhood established by the treaty was what he had striven for. He had
sought to promote the union of Moslems in general and Arabs in particular. He
relied on God and trusted that in King Ghazi, all Arab leaders and he himself
would co-operate to preserve their prestige, the safety of their countries and the
honour of the Arab nation.
5. I have heard fantastic stories from Taif of the intimacy established
between Ibn Saud and the Imam's envoy, Abdullah-al- Wazir Minister. , whom some of the
gossips regard as a possible postulant for the throne of the Yemen. These stories
deserve little attention, but it is worth mentioning that the liberation of Jerusalem
has been spoken of as a possible object of common policy to be pursued by the
reunited Arabs.
6. I am sending copies of this despatch to His Majesty's Ambassador at
Rome and His Majesty's Chief Commissioner, Aden.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
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