"ملف 61/14 III (D 47) العلاقات بين نجد والعراق (غارات مطير على بصية وغيرها" [ظ‎‎١‎٩‎١] (٤٥٣/٤٠١)

the bnilrh'no- at 1! 1 118 , at on a stn . ot interpretation of the wording of the protocol
is Bnsaya does not constitute a breach of agreement; at the same time it
Ibn Snnrl '"'"i' 'f , 1 8 act;lo n 111 erecting the post without previous reference to
was nntiZh^ J ?aS i ^ er0US - J* • 1S P erlla P s wortll y of note that the Busaya post
arlrlprl i ©J 11 the scheme submitted to the Colonial Office in June, 1927. It was
as amended queu y 34 th ® i nstan T c u e of 0 tlle Ir aq Ministry of the Interior, and the scheme
Maiestv's To WaS ple8ent ® d to . Ibn , Saud ' pwhaps without further reference to His
(p 2 nL fi " Tw ^ H n rl 5 ^ 0r 1 8tatement is t0 be found in the enclosure
the fist December^ast 0bbS 8 letter t0 the Colonial 0ffice ' Secl - et " A '"
in 1Jr / r)aml nji and, indeed, all persons conversant with conditions
known Aat thi f' ^ ^ ag thatthe Iraq Gover nment could not fail to have
Known that the erection of a post of whatever nature at Busava would result in
inflaming the passions of the Bedouins of Nejd. 7
, , ' 4 e , ven J ' ie m ost violent anti-Iraq elements seek to justify the raids • thev
provoLtivTaction 7 ^ ^ regrettable but inevitable outcome of Iraq's unwise and
I have, &c.
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRD.
Enclosure in No. 1.
/m i . v Ibn Saud to Consul Stonehewer-Bird.
(iranslation.)
(After greetings and respects.)
"R ^ 0U1 Excellency on the iBrd December, 1927, a letter to forward to the
-Dntisn (government about the situation in Iraq and the Persian Gulf, and are still
waiting tor the reply through your Excellency.
then received a warning with reference to certain unsatisfactory acts
committed by Ed Doweish, like those which the Iraq and Transjordan Arabs continue
to commit m our territories, that the British Air Force in Iraq will attack peaceful
people m revenge for Ed Doweish.
tt r ^ na ^y rece i v ed the result of the private discussion between Sheikh
Matez: Wahba, our representative to the Koweit Conference, and his Excellency the
^gh Commissioner for Iraq. The latter says that it is impossible to pull down the
buildings and that the third clause does not help us to protest.
. If clauses of treaties do not help us in a protest to maintain our rights, what
else can help us to maintain them ?
5. For building is an infraction of the agreement between us and Iraq,
b. VV e ourselves prevented our Arabs from building round the water holes
Erruaa, Lma, Cm Radhrneh and El Makhadha in fulfilment of our promise.
. When the time comes to discuss the doings of Ed Doweish, we will have
evidence to prove that it is the Iraq Government who caused the actions of Ed Doweish
and encouraged others to act like him.
-d n we d0 1101 raiS ^ t]:ils .P oint no w> we should like to draw attention of the
britisn Government to the critical position in which we are now placed.
, 9; ^ was mentioned iu the private conversation between Sheikh Hafez Wahba
and Ins Excellency the High Commissioner for Iraq that the dispute concerning the
buildings erected is to be referred to a commission of arbitration, but we do not wish
this question to be solved otherwise than between ourselves and the British Govern-
ment because our friendly relations with them make us believe that the just members
ot the British Government will see that we are right in our claim.
10. As to the critical position in which we now find ourselves, we believe that we
owe it to the shereefs residing in Iraq and Transjordan. Unless such questions are
solved in a manner which will ensure the maintenance and fulfilment of our mutual
obligations, and unless agreement is reached concerning the guilty, we shall arrive at
one of two ends which will be those the shereefs seek.
11. We cannot contemplate either end nor do we like to do so. That is if the
situation remains the same, we shall have either to rise up and fight against all the
people ot JSiejd to silence them as regards the present situation and acts of the Iraa
Government or to fall into a great dispute with the British Government