File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [‎228r] (31/308)

Sharif 9 and iw® assisting him t*o sxpsl th© ^^urlcs froM
Arabia.
As to how you can best do that, whether by helping
his with .money and men, or by attacking Bin Hashid,or by
winning th© latter over to your side* this is a question
which you can bsst decide for yourself* E.d»s lovernoent do
not wi^i to press you to do this or to do thatf all they
wish you to understand is that your open support, whether it
be moral or active, will be of great advantage to the .diarif %
cause and to the cor .on object* fou know best how you
©an moot profitably assist th© Sharif without serious
prejudice to important interests of jour own.
In short I an sure you will realise from the above
that It 1 © of the highest importance that not only th©
British Government, but all the Ohiofs of Arabs like your
self whose present and future interests demand expulsion
of the lurks from Arabia, should at this time concentrate
their resources and energies on th© achievement of that
common object. Compared with that great object, all other
objects and interests become for the present Insignificant
and need to be deferred until the main object is achieved,
(such for instance as the matter of too A jman about which
I will write to you separately}*
This letter has assumed such length, that 1 will leave
di a cusp- ion of the ©trier matters for another letter which
I will send via Bahrain in a few day # a time.
As regards the general -mr, thing© are going very well
indeed with the allies in Europe* Roumania has joined us
and Greece has joined and the Allies * armies are gracihtally
closing on the enerr-y from all sides. Here in Iraq, a'trig
to th© great heat and the long line of eosaumications, no
active operation© have wen going on for some weeks, but
now the condition© are changing: the weather is getting
cold, and the water will coon rise; and our forces in
Mesopotamia are much superior to the enemy* But th© actual
operations