File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎601r] (556/633)

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called tham oowurdc and reported that he
cell ana paying them .^.th of & dollar daily* The men on
the other h&nd eonpluin that they are glren Jow&ri and oil
oako instead of wheat t ghee and honey premised to then*
&• hicknees le also reported to hare broken
out amonget the Seidl soldiere at &abid resulting in 30
deaths In 12 days* Large numbers of sick are being sent to
Waeab for a change of air but very few return to duty*
4* The inhabitants of J* luraa offered hostages
to the Imam as a mark of submission 9 but when these were
being escorted to Fenakha by Heidis, the inhabitants attack-
•d the escort and recowered their hort&ges*
6* Sheikh ftanass&r ftagheer larnu^ip whom the
Ij&bm has appointed Keiso^icea of B* Tskihiand promisod to
eond troops and arms, is looked on by the inhabitante of
northern quarter of B* k&kih with disfavour# heseim Hasson
k&kbool, bocrotary of bheikh Manasar Saghoer was waylaid
and killed on 15th June because he wassuprosed to have
instigated the Shaikhs to ask for Seidi troops for service
in B# Fakih district* The roads in this Shaikh^ territory
are unsafe and his own tribesmen are the chief cause*
Constant reports are being received by
the Political Officer# Hodeida# about the Imam^ threaten-
lug to take punitive action against the Salyyodo of Mar awe
end other oooplo Uuhra etc) intriguing ag^i""* i« the
Teh p s, tut ho has taJcen no definite stops yet to put his-
throats into force. Coupled with the afeowo reports are
rumour* of Yusuf Eeosaa (recently opnolnte* OoTernor of
Hodelda) instigating the Zarani V -Jid. the Ima* iosuing
secret instruction* to «*hn and ^ooo trihoo to attack
^4 loot Hodeida, with the aid Of Zeidi troop, from Uanaa.
Tbe.o hh.ikh. wanted a ®all body of lurk, with gun. to
attack Bsdolda. Ko r.liano. is placed on the., report.,but
they are being mentioned for what they are worth. Ik* 4*hr**
do not apn*ar t. hsT* finally oid.d with the Imam, a. they
refused to proceed to UBAL to moot Kohamed Ahmed lia.hoor of
HuJJolll*. wf* e on * to -anaa to rii.cuse thoir relation*
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