File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎61v] (118/212)

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in the status and privileges of any ^or^advi^aXhelp. .
of Lahej and to the convenience of a policy ° £ “ vi cw, hut the
the drawbacks here referred to av measure calculated to create a pre-
pondeTting 11 inCn^^Tvour of any L tribe would have lamentable con-
seq uences to our relations with the others.
5. Under these circumstances, the^Governmoid.
unable to regard the first proposal ,, support the alternative
afford a solution of the problem Nor, a^ ^ it P ^ ould be hopeless to
suggestion. In the opinion of dlno . with cacb 0 f the thirty treaty
expect that we could arm e at an ^ an 0 e auitable arrangement in regard
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State, concurring with this Government, has deprecated.
to the occasions on which these have a Deanu 0 upu
selves, and alfect the safety of the trade routes. ^
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of stipends. -But tho. p f f of stipends on their existing scale,
become extremely expensive fo “™ 0t u S ni9 P hmen t whatever, and it is in
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o Tti«to he remembered that the great majority of the tribes are
i ^ i +i nf fVipir rp^ources are very limited. A typical example
extremely poor and that the < iCntaihi The expedition undertaken
of this may be found m the ^ "L^^ t^e t^e ol ruin 1 Their trees havo
nearly two years ago has broug i since they are no longer per-
heen destroyed, their villages dev > , ’ ,^ e g 0urce of their liveli-
mitted to levy duty on caravans, ie y . ^ a stipend at present would
hood. Thus the Kotaibi are .m a po ition ^ war; and though
beof the very greatest value in deciding a q c . rcumst P nces are s0 we ll known,
the Kotaibi arc specia y cite ice. t au d the enormous consideration
it is important to realize that then poverty, x This Gov-
to them of a reasonable stipend,^ enhancement, in any
ernment do not wish to bo undeis o on ^ i i any re yision of them
and^he' 1 Secretary r of StatTis The desirability of recognising the suprem e
iS Statement enclosed.