File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels [‎127r] (260/382)

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brush ratdla* ^ida if they ^re net with. But a oar
h^ a the very ^rsafc advaat^e or pace, <ad provided it sees
*ad reoo^U^ee the raiding party ia tiaie it iw» little to
* 9 * r Aroa it. Hal dare are interested In camels and sheep and
notluofc eiee, te.nd there is no Tear of tneir interfering with
a car unless it run ri 4 ,ht into Uiea. The Shaikh think* there
fore that the best &e&ns of protecting car* against raider*
are (1} to have the most efficient machinery possible for
aloaln$ the road rapidly on receipt of information that
raider* are in the vicinity* and (li) to ensure that no oar
travels alone which has not some person In It with a suf
ficient knowledge of the Desert to recognise a raiding party
if he see* one, and to appreciate at their true value such
warnings or Information as he may receive from shepherds or
other travellers on the road. As regards ii), the 5h*i£h Is
issuing orders to his *-u*ir in Jahrah to stop cars there in
the event of hi# receiving information there of an impending
raid which bas not yet reached Kuwait, and Is arranging for
a special warning signal to be displayed on the fort at
J&hr&h in such oases. Had this arrangement been in force on
the 21st January the car la which Colonel Watson was travel
ling would have been stopped at Jahrah.
6 . The Shaikh accordingly thinks it desirable that
a set of rules should be drawn up for the regulation of
traffic on his portion of the road,«and wishes me to ask to
what extent you would be prepared to co-operate in cringing
in a standard set of rules for both. The rules which
suggest themselves to hla are $ -
H 0 unarmed car shall be allowed to leave, unless
it do aosoapartlod by mother our uhlan 1 . waed.
jjo oar to be alloeed to leave later than four
hours before sunset.
^ 2 ) Ko car to be allowed to leave unless the .river
or so.e other pereon la It hold a licence ahowlnft that h.
has the requlelte Knowledge of the Deaert, or unless It be
accompanied by a oar "hloh complies "1th this rule.
/ ^ All persons In charge of cars to understand that