File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [274r] (35/226)
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CONFIDENTIAL
1906.
T/«s document'is the^roperty ofthe Secretary of State for India.
Aden Policy,
Note by Sir W. Lee-Warner on Government of India's Letter,
No. 119, dated 9th August 1906 (Pol. No. 1455/06).
1. The predominant issues seem to be—
1st. Has the policy advocated by the Government of India and
condemned by His Majesty’s Government led to an increase of
troops at Aden ; and must it continue to require this ?
2nd. Has it, and roust it lead to increased and increasing inter
ference in the Hinterland ?
3rd. Is the retention of a Hill Sanatorium essential for the health of
the indispensable garrison of Aden ?
4th. Is the extension of railways politically or commercially
desirable ?
I. and II. may be considered together.
2. The Government of India show conclusively that their policy will
require a larger garrison than Aden required during the last century.
The demarcation “ led to the despatch of the remainder of the British
battalion and an extra native infantry regiment to Aden ” paragraph 10.
“ These troops owing to the troubles in the Yemen have been located at
« D’thala.” The Government of India have never shown how those distant
and chronic troubles made this location necessary, and the argument if
admitted vrould lead to still further increases \ loi the leligious conflict
there is permanent.
There are other reasons assigned for their permanent retention there;
our protectorate treaty is said to require their presence, since our vacation
of D’thala would result in the Amir leaving the district ” and taking refuge
in Aden “ as his position would become untenable.” Why untenable ? Not
only because of the Turks, but as General De Brath writes paragraph 6. i.,
“ the moral support ” of our troops “ will in time overcome the reluctance
(of the tribesmen) to accept the Amir’s suzerainty.” So, forgetful of
Afghanistan, we are to employ British troops to coerce the Amir s
SU Worse than this, there is a wider circle of responsibilities which the
presence of our troops is creating now after 67 years of peaceful hold of
Aden In the country of the Yafai, and the confederacy of Juban, Nawa,
and Dabiani, “ Turkish ascendency would follow on Turkish intrigue ” if we
withdraw.
S. 26. A
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Part 2 of the file relates to future policy questions, in particular Britain's presence in the Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘] (sometimes written as Dthali) region.
The correspondents include:
- Major-General Ernest de Brath, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden;
- Government of India, Simla;
- Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ;
- India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London;
- Foreign Office, London.
The correspondence discusses several matters relating to British policy in the Aden hinterland, including:
- the murder of a postal runner near Sheikh Othman;
- the deployment of a Political Officer at Dthala;
- the withdrawal of all British troops and officers from Dthala;
- arms traffic in the hinterland;
- an extension of the railway into the hinterland.
The discussion is framed by the wider imperial policy of non-interference.
Folio 369 is a map entitled 'The Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate'.
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