File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’ [‎528r] (1060/1240)

before the war ; and Kaid Ahmed of Hajariyah, alread) t
mentioned as having been in the field against the Turks for
some time. Is he the son of Ahmed Naaman who, before the
latter’s death in 1915, was A.D.C. to Ali Said Be}^ (now Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. )
when the latter was at Taiz ?
The general plan of these leaders is to deal with the Turkish
occupying forces, first in the Aden Protectorate, secondly in
Yemen itself, if we will give them material assistance (they ask
for no other). Presumably they will proclaim their new Imam
Mohammed at the outset, but it is not quite clear whether a
locus poenitentiae will or will not be allowed to the present
Imam Yahya. If all is true, that the Naqib Yahya esh-Shaif (who
seems to be the soul of the movement) and the others assert
the forces behind this movement are very considerable. They
include, first, the bulk of the fighting tribes of the East
Yemen Hinterland, which the Turks have never been able to
subdue ; second, the largest tribal units of the Central Highlands,
which have always supplied the backbone of the most successful
risings ; third, southern border elements already in active revolt.
With the Turks short of both money and munitions and unable
to reinforce their garrisons, not only ought the first successes of
1904 and 1911 to be repeated, but the setbacks which followed
these should not occur again.
D. G. H.
ABYSSINIA.
Summary of Intelligence.
Hews from Abyssinia shows that iq3 to the last week in
April the general situation was continuing to improve. The
revolt in Negus Waldo Giorgis’ northern provinces seemed to
have collapsed and Has Seyyum, of Tigre, who was reported,
in our Ho. 50, to be on his way to meet lias Taffari,
had reached Dessie. This destroys ^ any possibility of a
combination between the northern pro^ inces and Eij T asu, and
does away with the danger of a rising in Tigre against the
Central Government.
The internal position in Tigre itself is complicated by the
fact that Has Seyyum is supported by only half the population,
his personal enemies, Dejaz Guksa and Dejaz Tabri Selassi,
exercising considerable influence over the rest. The result is
that the province is in a state of perpetual unrest, which can
onlv be ended by the nomination of a chief who would be
acceptable to the whole of the country. Such a man is only to
be found in the person of Dejaz Guksa, who, like Has Seyyum,
is a grandson of the Emperor John and, as such, lias stiong
hereditary claims on Tigre. His popularity there however, is,
the reason for Has Taffari’s hesitation to appoint him lest a
united Tigre might prove too independent of control. I he final