File 522/1922 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Administration: Internal Affairs: British Interference' [‎96r] (202/356)

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mam sssnsseHSMBU^stAs^^ji^
their independence, Juet an ••heiJOi ieu om before hie
forced relinsuiehment of power. rhey oppoee ««, con-
cecoion to tie vuropean. i do not. hooevcr, oecribe tbio
attitude whoiljr to the events in Vuiir;an. it is cue far
nore to the natural esclusiveneos of tiie irub. v certain
section of Tab thought would eiciucte tlte toot of the i
infidel Uirou t ;»M»ut tiur iioly land of Arabia. £r«a Aden oa
well ae Iron ircccu*
Ho mule to neetftmiae Mir h in
the Hyncinth* episode of ocourred# it ia from
this incioent arid the con^rative iiafiunity fron evil con-
saiiuences enjoyca by the people of ^ubai that X ante Uw
increasin^Xy ind«|terxl«nt attitucie of tiie ‘ rucial nh ikii*.
ercy v.>o> atatreo at the tine that the incident f.imini^ec
a convenient peg on nhioh the hhaiich of rubai couxo xian*, hie
objections to the ahioieaioii of uro^eane to the coast.
Ki» statsiMnt sae true in 19ii and is true to this day; but
the British policy in ihihrain obviously cai^not be blaiaed
for this.
If «e interfere in Mirain to put down misrule,
depose its riiaikh, introduce reforras and then psmlt the
country to sink back into the slough fro» which we mve
rescued it, then inocec ^ill we hi.ve forfeited Arab resect
and cleared the w«^y for Bin faud. In 19£0 Hi^or ickuon
reported '•our position in <!ie iaxand is founded on fear ami
not respect*. How it it founded on resect. The rrucial
Chiefs now see Uiat our interver> lion has benefited Bahrain
anu even its Oiiefs. We cannot e>i>ect then immediately to
call in British isivisers on their own account, but in ykia
tirie their aversion from contact with the uro^ean ray te
overco-.e U*roiif h the influence of u oiviliued i^truin. It
will not be overcome through a reversion of Bahrain to the
conditions of 1920.
If it suits Bin Baud he will intrigue in Cnan its
his fathers did before hin.
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