File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎69v] (135/481)

occupied the Capital* All this doer> not admit oi argument
by anyone nor can anyone prove the auovo iTctCto j. u,...
swearing to that eJTiect and it is impossible to say tiiat
such a stato of affairs existed from of old. Ml this
is Quite clear and it is of the proper conditions ol
the Jehad which aro even known to too pupils ol
primary schools# Also the submission of toe ottoman
country in general and the Arabs in particular to
German influence and their yielding to it in this
manner and their hcddlessness of what will hinder
their religion, their condition of life and their
nationality, altoougii to9 know and understand wliat
will befall them#
All this compels Great Britain to protect her
interests and any action which she may take will be
excused, (and some such action should be taken)#
1 Because it has beon decided that toe rising
*
should begin in the Asir country by toe tribes of
the TliiAi A, HIAJAZ to seize v^iat is
in it (and in this way the Vilayet of Yemen will
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| be isolated by the cutting of its coauunications
and by its fall as previously stated) consequently
we are wait!a , for you to blockade t^e coaSt of
Asir ta ,lng all necessary measures accurately and
very carefully.
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Ilie begiiinlng of I2iis raovaaent will be either
in the last few days of (our) coming month or in the
beginning of tae month next to it. They (the above
tribes) were told emphatically to unite their
i actions and movements with those of the Idrisi.
As regards the necessary provisions and
ammunition for these eo t jle,
we shtill exi)lain Vialt
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amounts