File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [‎15v] (35/898)

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afford Mr. MacDonnell every assistance—a phrase which by much vain repetition
had come to lose all meaning; but they could not pocket such an insult; it had
become a point of prestige to exact full reparation; their tribesmen could not
possibly attend joint sittings until this were given. It was happily found
possible to convince them that the Zaal incident was no concern of theirs, but it
was not until His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, under instructions from the
Foreign Office, delivered to Ibn Sand a message of regret from the Amir
Abdullah and the information that he had bound over his sheikhs to good
behaviour, together with a message from His Majesty’s Government to the effect
that this action was such as any Government might accept as affording honourable
satisfaction and that the time had now come to close the door upon the past, that
the Ibn Jazi incident was at last disposed of. The Hejaz-Nejd Government’s
acceptance was notified to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires on the 30th October,
and on the 2nd November Mr. MacDonnell resumed his investigation with joint
sittings and oaths.
Two further points remained at issue : the treatment of claims for Ibn
Mashhur’s raids into Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , and for Beni Atiya raids into the Hejaz-Nejd.
To His Majesty’s Government’s contention that the Hejaz-Nejd Government was
responsible for aggressions by their subjects, that Ibn Mashhur was not a rebel
when he made his first and second raids, and that on his third he was accompanied
by many tribesmen who did not accompany him into refuge in Iraq, the Hejaz-
Nejd Government riposted that by article 5 of the Hadda Agreement only the
chief of the tribe was to be held responsible, and that they could not accept
responsibility for a chief who remained, with his property, in territory to which
His Majesty’s Government had undertaken to forbid him entry. There this
matter was allowed to rest until such a time as Ibn Mashhur should be handed
back by King Faisal to Ibn Saud (see section 11 (d) below). In the matter of the
Beni Atiya, the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan agent demanded that claims against them be struck
from Mr. MacDonnell’s list, since their leaders had already returned to their
allegiance to Ibn Sand. The Hejaz-Nejd Government objected that, even if some
of them had returned, they had left their property behind in Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan . The
question as to whether they are to be denied re-entry to that country, and, if so.
in what terms, is still under consideration by the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan Government.
Once restarted, Mr. MacDonnell worked with hardly a break until the
16th November and left on the 17th for London. Between the opening meeting
on the 14th September and the final session of the 16th November lay fifty-seven
working days. Of these, two were lost owing to the Hejaz-Nejd agent’s illness,
thirty-two owing to his withdrawals, and only twenty-three were occupied by
jomt sittings of both sides. A wearing period for all concerned, it is well over.
(o) So much for the raids of the past. Those of the present—that is since
the 1st August—remain to be liquidated, the Hejaz-Nejd Government having
agreed on the 27th October with His Majesty’s Government and the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
Government that the arbitration should be regarded as covering all raids made
prior to the 1st August and that no claims should thereafter be made concerning
em. Since the 1st August the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan Government have registered protests
P m ,?fl OU k rai T S ^ He] az-Nej d tribesmen, one on the 17th September(which
the 30th Op^wTn T nt t ° f , t , he { 24th )> two o" the 26th October and one on
the 30th October, involving a total of some 1,100 camels. In the same neriod the
Hejaz-Nejd Government have protested against twelve raids by Transiordan
o fe Toth l Hb U 2810 ^ ^ A Ptem I’ e [ (th ? lst ’ 2nd ' and 23rd), four in
igVm • i - K llth ’ 28th and 31st )> and m November (the 1st 8th and
SVSSiS;” “ d ki ' w “ d * b “‘ .Mil
(c) The results of His Majesty’s Government’s ennui™ inf^ +1, r
situation with particular refeAJ to ^^“4 sectfon 7°^T
theAS 81 Augusf an The te rf Partmental ,neetin S held at ‘he Colonial Offid on
12th September for Treasury srncfion e L mmendat,0nS Were submitted °n the
(i) The Bedouin Control Board to be retained
of e fo?,fffi rV,Ce Fund o i £2 - 00 ° 1*'" annum to be placed at the disnosal
of the officer commanding the Arab Legion • disposal
A Bntish intelligence officer to be appointed to the Arab Legion •
The mobile reserve to be mechanised; and g ° n ’
sri'.rs&'Ch.’s, be » ih *“
(iii)
(iv)
(v)