'File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms' [‎57r] (138/476)

v ,^rca to Lonuon ui 0 iug reforms since mibrule aud re^ciiea
i-Lch uul Sold, "fn tins present temper of islam we are
-aixious to use every endeavour to inauoe bkaiidi Isa to act
Ostensibly in Ms owu interest ana wisii to avoid overt
intimiaatioa failing tiai.t if it means hi^ enforced
retirement and deportation of iihuiJai Abaulla we are aeteriilned
to carry out the reforms ourselves ..... such action would
almost certainly force tne general issue of our status in
jjinrain, anu uA^hi proauce an unfavourable reaction of Bin
bauct Lut <ve presume xwajosty 's Governiuent are prepared to
fa o e Liic ^ ons e ^at .xc e s •
In replj tat secretary of btate ^ave tne re^uirea
autnority -c convey a categorical warning to ^.naiiiii Isa.
56. A further uiLturoance between some i.sjais and
i -cru.i .„ns too-: x .iace in whicu live people were billed which
asuiutec. Co lent 1 . uox when on the ioth uay 192^ he crossed to
Bahrain to ta^e action.
he iitatea bhaijih itasiftd's ^reat tear was of .oin ,>aud;
and he reporteu hit> own anticipation thav the \.nole management
of affairs woulu more and more come into the hands of the
Political A^ent.
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57. On the j^ftn ; ay Jo lone 1 m -x haa an interview with
ohaixda. Isa. He uolu nim that the government were much concerned
at tiie oonaition in ^anrain ana tiiat we were coiimittea to a
serious course of rcioims ana advised him to stand aside ana
give Shaikh Hamad a free hand#
bhaiiih isa was obdurate ana on the «iord key Colonel
ivnox c.s^uv^. oni i^ii ilamad and t»n£diS-h Abdulla to maae one last
effort to inauce anai^ih Isa to a^ree to his measures.
On tne 26th iAfcty bhaiiOi Isa was set aside as far as
control ov^r matters was concerned and his son Hamad appointea
to rule for him.
Shaixn Hamad thou^n well meaning was without
experience and had the weaic onaracter of his father though
perhaps without so much obstinacy. Consequently for the next