'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [‎137r] (290/460)

•#atlne?s f and is, in faot f somawhat dim ova t to •xplaln
at na eirly atn^e of nogoXX'Ml ^na vlih on i wMo is a con-
•pnratlvoly new aogualntanoe. I therefore dropped it
for tno tl .Tie being; nnd the snaikn accepted the resaalnder
of tae articles and ttadertaXin^a ( ox >re88ing nis srati-
-tudJ for tno vro daed -i lo la r -tu a.
Clause III relating to the Ar';;n Traffic waa tnoa diacu-scm
I^impresised upon the Sftixn the Important fret th^t ^11 our
friends a ong his fellow rulera were now worjein^ with
Qovemraont for its ettppresolon; and deacrlbect in
particular the cooperation of ShaiJth Uu^V tv; pointed out
to hia thit arms could no longor X> q obtained from Muscat;
and explained carefully the su^gestad arrantementa whereby
ha nilsiht be supplied with aris for peraoml and state uae.
The ShaiKh agreed that the trade had practically oeased t
and remarked that quite recently ao.iO Af^hrna hai vialted
the port 1th a vie" to the purohaao of rixlea, and hnu
returned to their countr/ enpty-handed. Ho pro 1 i to
thlnl: the mntter over, and I did not press for an lr tedi-
-ate reply.
fe then pr-ceedod to diaouss Clause XIV regarding the ad-
•aiaaion of British subjects to Qatar for the purpose of
trade, nnd I was rather surprised t > find thit Shaikh
Abdullah wis not at all inclined to accept this.
He aald tint the people of Qatar were still atronily antl-
Toroign, ani would not consent to the reception of foreign
tridera, that he would be in cons tint fear of trouble ro-
•aultlne to himself from the bad treatment of such po \
^7 hi. people, and that the o: portuaity woul l be tal on by
hie enemies to place him in difficulties with H.M.'o Oov-
-ornraent. He assured ise th^t he had no personal feei-
•In^a on the subject, and that his fear of the presence of
a Briiah Aj t did not in the least moan thn he objected
British guidance and control; but he showed so much
^latreaa of mind that after a tliiie I was Obi 1©^ to leave
the question with the remark that ho novd not fear that