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i • -toVilp that a great revolution should cause
well organised. It is natural-nay, inevitable mat a g
some reaction. , ,1 i t f u til e attempt of those who are
We trust that the ^ emen revolt w,U be hands to make ,
pursuing vam aims and imagmi] g • w e are no t content with this attempt, and
a breach in the unity of the to face with a force of steel.
continue their agitation, they wi n ^ revolution is to face internal disasters
One of the lessons we learn from the Irene* revonmu
fearlessly. orlmitted that some people are in despair at
As to external troubles, it ?Vf n ^ strong. Indeed, we may say that we
seeing the Ottoman Goyernmen^ accoun t 0 f our constitutionalism. When the
meet with stronger hosti i y .. ,/ ^ r £m me people were content to wait;
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girding on its sword to march against , P fiomp • <i n( ] in this balance
compel another part of Europe to throw cold water on the flame , ami m
the mi^ht of our own sword is not without weight. + 4.1 e
This article was called forth by the “ Allgememe Zertung s
are publishing nonsense about the situation m our country. In our aiticle have
somewhat developed the optimism shown by that paper.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Vicc-Consul Richardson to Mr. Marling.
(No. 3/E.) Hodeidah, January 13, 1911.
’ SINCE my despatch No. 37/E of the 15th December last was submitted the
situation in this vilayet has become worse, and there appears to be every probability
for the necessity in the near future of military operations on a large scale against both
the Imam Seyyid Yahya, in the mountains, and the pretender Seyyid Mahomed El-Idnsee,
m Nbout the 25th December news was received here that the notorious Bom Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
at one time the principal sheikh in the Zaidyia district, had escaped from Sanaa and
had ioi “d the ta Yahya's standard. It will be recalled that Bom Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was
responsible for the greater part of the trouble in the Zaidyia and Wayidat districts
Jasf winter and was, on the demand of Seyyid Mahomed El-Idnsee, called by the
Governor-General to Sana’a, where he has been under detention ever since.
In former Zeidi revolts in the ^emen, Boni Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , however unscrupulous, has
proved of great assistance to the Turks in repelling incursions into the Ei-Mujjiir
district by adherents of the Imam, and also in pushing up supplies and facilitating t e
movements of troops from Hodeidah in that direction. . ,
It would now appear that he will be entrusted by Seyyid \ahya, with whose
assistance he effected his escape from Sana’a, to harass the Turks m the Hujjiir
k a7a .
At the same time other bands have appeared in various quarters in the mountains.
For instance, Seyyid Abdulla-bin-Ibrahim, one of Seyyid Yahya’s trusty beutenants
and bis principal adviser, wbo, it might be remembered, conducted the negotiations at
Constantinople in 1909 between the Porte and the Imam with reference to the future
administration of this province, has, with a strong following, appeared m the laiz
district, where he will head the rebellion. The latter area will be familiar ground to
him, as he conducted the operations against the Turks there in the revolt of 1905.
’At Yerim, one Seyyid Aboo Naib is urging the strong Zeidi element to rise m
insurrection, whereas Shereef Abdulla Dhumain, formerly an officer in the Ottoman
army in the Yemen, has proceeded to the Anis country to take charge of the rebellious
movement there. . . , . , f ihp
The famous Ali Mikdad, whose name is very familiar m the history or me
Turkish military operations in the vilayet of Yemen, has, I learn, already arnve
at the outskirts of Djebel Reima and induced the tribesmen to take sides with tae
Imam Yahya. . . , i tip
The acting kaimakam of the above district has sent an urgent appeal to m
Hodeidah authorities for reinforcements, but in the state of affairs existing at presen
generally throughout the vilayet they find it impossible to comply with his request.