ملف رقم ٣٤٥ لسنة ١٩٠٨ الجزء الثاني "المحمرة: الوضع. نزاع الشيخ مع والي البصرة. تقليد الشيخ وساماً. تجديد التطمينات للشيخ". [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٢] (٥٦٦/٢٢٩)

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mitigate the evil. But, as long as action is confined to mere perfunctory police
enquiries, and reference is made to a so-called Criminal Court, where no justice i
obtainable, while local authorities are allowed to throw dust in- our eyes bv
arresting innocent persons and sentencing them to expiate the offences of guilty
defaulters, the lawless condition of Basrah will not improve. S ^
I have, etc.,
F. E. CROW,
His Britannic Majestys Consul, Basrah.
His Excellency the Right Hon’ble
Sir Gerard Lowther, K.C.M G., K.C.B.,
His Majesty’s Ambassador,
Constantinople.
To
Confidential.
No. 55.
Sir,
(Enclosure No. 7.)
British Consulate, Mohammerah;
April 24th, igog.
Wnb reference to His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Basrah’s despatch
regarding disorders there, of which you forwarded me a copy in your No ou of
,? haVe the - h °T, r t0 info ™ !’ ou th « ‘^re is no doZ that' In the
M m 1 ° u! '° P r e v,ous Sheikhs of Mohammerah, Ha|i labor and’ She kh
Mizal, robberies at Basrah were effectively used as a means of bringing pressure
to bear on the Turkish authorities of Basrah. g Fissure
,. 2 , It .. !s g eneral, y stated that the late outbreak of robberies at Basrah and
cauf CrctTilf d at Fai i ia ’ an u d 1 COnsider !t Pr°bable that that wasXe
caus^. The fact that they ceased on the appointment of a new Wall as stated bv
Crow’s le^e C r m y C ° nfirmS thiS ' ' ■ theref ° re ’ a S ree with the A-t part of Mr"
* u r ^^ le h'rosdf has now taken steps against the robbers and T nm
told, arrested *5, therefore, whether he instigated not it appeal that
antb n v t0 °k aCtl ° n t0 st 0 P. them when relations between himself and the Basrah
o manac ^LTbvThe rTX' r " 6 hi a mSe ' f ,T^ inf ° rms ‘ ha ‘ ^ afr
aTe.reXtXNahbr:,trm^deted: nd W ° Uld haV6 -other, but he,
He also said that, if the Basrah authorities had evidence against anvnne
Zy k^pt'cn the-rurki™’ sid^ t^o'uld'notXtZukXXe 'did 0 " 8 ^
t y hTrd o a ,f TZ e ish h t e er°nto a ry? d th6 mUrder ° f tW ° n0t0ri ° US pirates ’ kid "aPPinra
o. «str fc t t n ? ““
to their absence, to allow them to rob, and he may do so when? h^ R hlS ,5 ye . s
sh e ikl’did ™ “S ; 1 ^ »pi»~«,».h.
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