P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [‎46v] (92/156)

Abu Shama, chief of the Eastern Billis.-is already coming to ns, and will start
to-morron^ that tbe amount of the subsidy, which did not even |
it nas tnuh ueoumc j -n^nnlp should now be doubled in order to
suffice for the requirements of Eie He^jM people, shoulcl^no^^ i( & most
Sif- andTouMhc done 1“ H I do not say that i? is based upon the terms of
our agreement I must say that it is not beyond the ability and generosity of Great
Srn to afford, while she is expending double this amount on much simpler ;
mmslions. Will she now abstain from upholding our northern advance, which, we
believe we have directly executed on her behalf, as is well known . ,,
I repeat that all this is stated in the documents, and the last paragraph constitutes
all that I would say concerning the question of the boundaries, to which I said I would
0Dly iTrXrin^trthe terms of our agreement, I do not mean to prove a claim or
imply that a condition has been broken ; I only mean to point out what wi ena ) e
me P to act so as to avoid failure and disappointment before the world m general and
the Moslems in particular.
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