Coll 29/108 'Tours of Political Agent, Kuwait' [‎8r] (15/38)

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ohareea wHh so.ae * • ul profound c uesao* for fcia but
ms retter a Bi{^ht-scer # a tourist, satisfying a very natural
sail very laudable curiosity. He geve forth polite
phrases about Kuwait end Sheikh ih jed eiii enquired about his
physical condition and then proceeded to lecture at on world
affairs, rtis face grev# animated and I had the tost possible
view of hSja as every now end again he turned to the window on
his left and I saw the line of *he nose and the out Jattine
be&rd. I kept isy eyes fl>ied on Ills end every ti e 1 saowed a
tendency to allow ay sene to wander I ime oailed to attention
by an almost peremptory "llston", ua; listen I did while he
j dwelt on the alestine question ami how he had pointed out to
j the i^ore extreme elements In his country that overt action
against the Jews would br-lng thar* into l^sdiate contact with
Orsat Britlan to their eventual undoing, he passed on to the
Iraqi question and held forth on how their array had become
impregnated with politics, t’u, vv.-y worst ible thin.;
happen to any a nay, and went on to discourse on his relations
with 1;a©&id All and the attitude ho hi d adopted soue years
Ut^o when the Iraqis looked as if they right take direct action
against Kuwait* lie talked of the present world war and the
Gerr^ans and the Italians but lid not mention India or Jap* n.
lie repeated what I had already heard Mr# ' tonehower 11 rd,
E#B#M f s rial a ter in Jed da state he had hear! him say that the
Arabs must back the allied cause as their existence depended
on an allied victory. This was no question of li&es and dis
likes and he was, sc he said, continually asking it clear to
all who sought his advice that the Arabs must ail the allied
cause In every possible way.
Mention was rmde of Sir Percy Cox and the northern fron
tier and his relations with Kuwait end Bahrain and he asked
why I lied not visited him when he was in camp with Shaikh
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