File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎183r] (362/481)

The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
Cairo.
xhe Sh«rlf in his more than usually plainepokeu
pv).Us!t*at on this wipjeot, voices what i have aveiy
reiiaon to Alievs to s>: the real feeling of the
Arit>? 5 art y* ' ihe ••’renrh are t-ruch mistaken In thlrtc-
iRr. that their advent into Arao Territory will he
eie) on by t,h* Arabs; as the exact opposite win
be 'the cub® »
lu tn.iri lies Cdtiniiaraai 4 fi ci-m^er our future
r ' : ' V( ;
iTHpoflgl ble tho\.igh i u he to coovinco France of her
ni??taV:e t if do not now ondenvour to ao co o,/ mrn-
ing her of th$ njal state of Arab feeling, '*;«*
-fter be accused of instigating or encouraging the
op, osition to the Tench , Mch the wrnbr no^ threat
en and tit assuredly :ive*
• however His Hat cty*s Governnent tftlnfc fit
to Ow‘,'i-/oy rij ouch wajoiing/Co the Touch ’ovc nnent, it
)uid oovloucly be <;eni ruble not to connect the dnerif
•vith it this u nuld tu••n trench influence a -ninst ft
hin and add to the present difficulUer of the Arab
uestiom
the f5herlf r e letter calls for no definite reply
on any particular point, and I &* tn^r^fore about to
read him an acknowledgment of a friendly nature in
general terms; with however a necessary rcrinder tf at
our alliance witli -'’ranee is of a permanent nature and
not merely for the period of the ar • A copy of my
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