Coll 6/65 'Relations between Saudi-Arabia and the Yemen.' [‎307v] (614/917)

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lad was to act as President of the Council and Minister of the Interior. No
announcement has been published regarding the Ministry for Foreign ^airs 1 s
I write I learn that Fuad Bey Hamza has returned, and that he resumed his duties
as Deputy Minister yesterday. As, however, the Amir Fema! is still m the
country, it must be assumed that he is still technically at the head of the Ministry.
7. I reported in my telegram No. 62 of the 16th April the arrival here on
that day of the self-constituted mission of Arab mediators. I believe the list 1
gave was correct, but as the Saut-ul-Hijaz of that morning gave a slightly different
Fist of those expected, I cannot be absolutely certain of my own. The party who
landed in pilgrim garb, were met on board by Sheikh \ ussuf Y asm and others.
They were met at the quay by the Governor of Jedda and a guard of honour. This
constitutes a first-class official reception, but I accept none the less readily
Mr Philby’s view that the King holds the mission of little ^ cou T^.f u nd re g aids
them as a nuisance to be suffered with a show of gladness. Mr. Philby quotes a
recent utterance of the King to the effect that only the Iraqis are worth anything
and that the others just say “ Ouah ! Ouah!” Nevertheless, I should dearly like
to hear the King in converse with leaders of Moslem thought like Hai Amin
Huseyni and the Amir Shakib Arslan. * > . . > ,,
8 . The. same Saut-ul-Hijaz of the 16th April contains a long article partly
or wholly reproduced from the Al Fath newspaper of Cairo in its issue ot the
29th March It purports to give the text of telegrams exchanged between huad
Bey Hamza and the King and Abdullah-al- Wazir Minister. and the Imam, when the Abha
Conference had broken down. They are of little present interest, especially as
the dates are not given, but the telegram ascribed to Fuad Bey contains one
interesting observation, viz. : “ After the conclusion of the Anglo-Yemen Treaty,
he says. ‘‘Abdullah-al- Wazir Minister. and his colleagues began to show obstinacy and
fraudulence^ gend copies of this despatch and enclosures to Rome and Aden.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Extract from the Umm-al-Qura, April 13, 1934.
Official Communique No 3.
HIS Majesty the King has received a telegram from the Imam Yahya, reading
as follows : —
“What has taken place is enough. We ask protection of God from
the evil action of those who are lying in wait for chances to realise their
ambitions against Islam. The Yam territory is under your rule (or : is left
for vour decision). We have ordered our troops to retire from the Nazran
area- please request Seyyid Abdullah-al- Wazir Minister. to come to you to conclude
the Treaty of Brotherhood ; may God protect you. This has been sent to you
via Asmara, because our wireless is out of order and is at present under
repair; please sent your reply via Asmara. Compliments.
His Maiesty the King has replied that he is prepared to reopen discussion
with the (Imams) representative, Ibn-al- Wazir Minister. , and to make peace if the retire
ment of the Imam’s troops from Najran is proved; the hostages taken from our
mountain people are returned and the Imam s relations w ith them discontinued,
and the Idrisis are returned to him in pursuance of the Arwa Agreement made
between him and the Imam, for it has been proved that the object of keeping them
there was merely to use them as instruments for stirring up insurrection m
T hamat \sir If these demands are complied with, the Government hope that
the calamity of war will be averted and replaced by peace and concord, which we
long for from the bottom of our hearts.