File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’ [‎461v] (927/1240)

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f tl . oll ble the security o£ Tunis. The
but that he would nor measu res to meet any possible
French have, ho " ev f’ iu cursion of “Mehalles” into then-
attack and prevent uie ^ ^ collecting even men armed
territory. Barum is iep d ^ descr iption of the battle at
with shot guns; ne g , ghal] Ul l- e Z uara anc l
^ dire need -
Abyssinia. complete dearth of official news
There has been an ahnost^c ^ to record except the
from Abyssinia lately, ources that the coronation of the
bare facts from unofficial soum* ^ ^ Waldo 6iorgis hag
Empress Zauditu dub t^P alld Begyemdir, and has
been relore peace ; that there has been fighting-
proceeded to ^oUo nd D(i j az Balchie having
m Arousi beUeei Shoan Government ; and that
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ment troops. .
We have had a further warning of the extreme tenderness
of Mohammedan opinion on the subject of the khalifate and of
°l ne cessitv of the nicest discretion m approaching
this'question- Seyyid Abbas Melki, the Sherit’s representative
in Abvsinia' who^night have been expected to be an expert m
Mohammedan susceptibilities, very nearly spoilt the situation by
certain highly indiscreet references to the bultan, whom he
accused ofVving the true Faith, and generally covered with
opprobrium in his address to some important Somali sheikhs
X, had visited Adis Abeba for the coronation. The sheikhs,
greatly offended, proposed to withdraw their invitation to he
Seyyid to visit their country, saying that it he talked like that
there lie would produce a riot. They were fortunately pacific,I
by the ready tact of Mr. Archer, the Commissioner who
explained that, not appreciating the intricacies of high Arabic,
they must have misunderstood the Seyyid. I he latter was, on
his part, warned that he should, in future, confine his strictures
to the Turkish Government and the C.U.P. only.
Bair am in Germany.
The following is a summarized account of the celebration of
the festival of Bairam in the Mohammedan prisoners camp at
Zossen, near Berlin, from the German publication “ Islamische
Welt ” of November last. As an example of the readiness or
the Germans to avail themselves of the opportunity for a little
tactful and effective propaganda, it is not without interest.
There are, it seems, some 14,000 prisoners in the camp, from
all parts of the Mohammedan world, and taken from Russians,
French and British.
Turks who were present in Berlin at the time, and also
certain German friends, were invited to attend the celebration,
the Government providing conveyances for them from the station