File 951/1912 Pt 1 'Bahrein Order in Council' [‎165v] (341/424)

On the other hand, it must be remembered that “ Foreigners ” will include
subjects of Turkey, Persia and other non-Christian Powers, dependents of
petty Muhammadan Rulers of the Coast and Hinterland of Arabia and
natives of Qatar and other semi-independent tracts not eniovino* British nro
tection outside Bahrain. J ° ^ I 0
14 '' s these denominations that the worst characters in Bahrain
tall and while it is in practice very difficult to deal with them otherwise than
hy deportation, owing to the lack of efficient police, the act of deportation is
genera ly regarded all over the Gulf, among such communities, as a most
natural, convenient, and humane factor of criminal -jurisdiction, and is con-
stanUv resorted to by native rulers. Not to equip the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain
with this power in the case of these categories will be to deprive him of a most
useful weapon for the maintenance of order, and one which is not in the least
likely to be resented m its application.
I therefore strongly advocate the employment of the wording “ British
subjects and Joreigners ” wherever indicated in this connection. Should Gov
ernmen,, concur m tins recommendation, Article 22, sub-article (4) in its pre-
draft! 0 ''" 1 0 d be replaced b y Article 19 (4) Of the Government of India’s
Nr,!. 6 ' „ :R yX ,ra,ion of Foreigners.—~So reason is given in the Foreign Office
es, foi the exemption of foreigners from registration. The reasons in
a our of such registration seem to be cogent and were explained in paragraph
5 of my letter No. 3134 of 27th November 1910 to the Government Tlndia
mid I would urge the application of Part II to “every person to whom tl,;’
ider applies ” as suggested in the Government of India’s draft. S
Besses the above, there is one detail of phraseology in regard to
hv His M°“ S i ^ 1 ‘l, found m the Government of India’s draft, and was accented
aitemtiom S G ° Verament ’ a «tudy of the Order ’ suggests a sgt
Thus, in Article 21, sub-article (1)—
It is suggested that the words “or is intriguing against His Majesty’s
power and authority within the limits
or this Order ”
he amended to “ or is intriguing, within the limits of this Order, against His
T v a. , n ,, . , .. -Majesty’s power and authority
The object ol this transposition is to cover the pnen nf o -j
Bahrain, who uses the Shaikh’s territory as a base fl AT"’ ^
anti-British propaganda calcnlntprl fn 7i % b A a i ±0r , the dls semmation of
particularly in okei ports of the Gulf! elsewhere tha “ “ Bahrain.