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209. Foreign representation here showed small changes during the month.
The Soviet Minister and Mme. Turakoulov left on the 30th June for Asmaia
on sick leave. It is not yet known who has been left in charge. The
Egyptian consul, Abdul Hamid Monir Bey, arrived after a delay of many months
on the 2nd June, and Hasan Abou Alam left for Egypt a few days later.
IV.— Miscellaneous.
210. Lady Ryan left Jedda for Aden on the Jehangir on the 10th June.
211. Mr. Calvert returned from leave on the 12th, assuming charge from
Mr. Oppenheim, who had officiated since the departure of Sir Andrew Ryan on
the 7th June. . , ^j 1 e ^\
212. Captain G. S. H. V. de Gaury, M.C. (vide paragraphs 132 and lo7),
left on the 28th for Koweit by car, travelling via Riyadh. r I he Saudi authorities
had acted well up to their promises to facilitate arrangements for his journey.
213. The Saut-al-Hejaz published on the 4th June what purported to be the
terms of a treaty between the United States of America and the Yemen. It was a
short document of five articles providing for recognition of the Yemen, mutual
trade and other facilities. It was to remain in force for ten years.
214. The Eastern Telegraph Company’s cable ship, Lady Denison Pender
arrived at Jedda on the 13th to repair a break in the cable to Port Sudan. She
left on the 17th. .
215. A rumour unusually fantastic but persistent that five Englishmen have
recently been murdered in Mecca continues to reach the Legation. It appears to
have originated in Vienna, later appearing in the Echos of Damascus, the Wahdat
of Delhi and the Balagh of Cairo. It is a fine specimen of the canard viennois.
216. (Reference paragraph 135.) The refusal of the Saudi authorities to
allow mutawwifs to proceed to the Dutch East Indies has been considerably
modified, if not withdrawn, and no similar restrictions have been imposed on
mutawwifs proceeding to India, nor is it believed that such are now contemplated.
The matter is, however, receiving further attention.
217. The wife and three children of Odello, the Italian merchant mentioned
in paragraph 162, arrived on the 30th. This augmentation of the Italian colony
makes it a close rival, in point of numbers, of the British colony.
218. The position as regards the manumission of slaves by the British
Legation was as follows :—
On hand at the beginning of the month : Nil.
Took refuge in June : Nil.
Manumitted and repatriated : Nil.
Locally manumitted : Nil.
Left voluntarily : Nil.
On hand at the end of the month : Nil.
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