File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [‎345v] (275/602)

Tviav 7th Government control of sales is
Secondly— ? onr 3977 of M {rom Ibn Saud’s poiut of
# Not receded. yiew but venture question correctness of
Extremely improbable that anyth „ T t of Aguiar dues. Question
without Shaikh ’s personal knowled^ an paymen o^ they are nece9sary
of troops does not concern me, but m y p P,... f»„ ent If Shaikh’s cordial
only if blockade is to be entirely run by ^' t 'f ] ‘ ee |. 9ar „ an(1 if he decla.es
co-operation obtained, am oormnce no P fiU and wou | (l
inability to enforce blockade, Ibn^Saudi^reaay ^ 1)1 f j, c 1 1 ’ ade w iH be
do so effectually so far as , Ibn Sau( j a Uowed to export,
maintained and only persons vo. t enemy via Qasim, but
Am convinced that very little stuff J ghammar friends,
that a good deal goes direct tion trus t recommendations made
Dhari, Ibn Subha n, &c. . “Tuf“Jpled in which case Dhari,
regarding negotiations with S a ^ be m P ade de p ende nt on Ibn Sand
Ibn Subhan, Ma J^ Ib “ t ^’ u * 2S ’J ith t h e m in the past have been fruitless,
Sd tt'.“Ekl “l liUl. »«, ."d hkely »
Ibn Saud’s subjects in Qasim. .
TWrdly—Regarding abnormal demands ^goods
&c., would point out that in pa6 , t'^-Ni a i d and that none of these are now
were all important sources of supp y -o • i po rn vans recently by King. In
open, Mecca having ^n ckse not slirprising . secondly,
circumstances increase of dema s ^ ofonriard of living and thanks mainly
the war has resulted in very rapid rise ^s^dard ^vmg an j
to Sheriff and party to our purchases camels, &c., t and subad^t
Najd, is full of money, which mu ... . Koweit Bahrain &c., but once
b'inallu I think statements of exports from Koweit to Najd should o
quarterly not annual. Unfair to compare exports of first th .^® m °“ tb 5
with figures of previous whole year’s, as greatest caravan activity falls p
from ir ra n P Tn December or January till about beginning Jnly when afi
sourcescff water-supply except wells are dry. It would be convement if state
ments of 1916 and 1917 could be split up into quarteily statemen
parisun with records of current year.
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Enchsure No. 4.
Telegram R.. No. 108-C., dated the 21st (received 22nd) July 1918.
from—'Political, Bahrain,
To—Political, Baghdad.
Following from Philby, dated Riyadh, July 13th -.—Begins. .
M-105. Reported from Qasim party of Badu left Qastm with seven
,ads piece goods with permission to go to Hedjaz but turned off via Hayit
nd Huwaiyit to Hail.
Bin Sand expresses lively regret at occurrence.
Culprits will he executed on their return.
Advices indicate acute economic distress in Jebel Shammar. Ends.