"ملف ٢٢\٢٣ II مؤتمر الكويت ١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٥] (٥٤٤/٤٠٩)

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I>ated 8th ’ ebr :ary!924
Hie Highnese Atdul , ziz bln La’ud
Sultan of Kajd,
Hfcjd.
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Ueui: Col.S.C.Knox, c
* resident of the uwai l Coni«rence.
bear >xiend f
I hav^ received with gladnoee your letter dated
the 2ith oi January lb24 which concerns uie queeions agreed
upon and disagreed upon between oureelvee and the Government of
Iraq. 1 originally agreed to participate in the Arab Conference
with great pleasure for I prefer right dealing ind peace should
endure between me and my neighbours; that e ch party may reel in
internal security v.nc, to prevcint bloodshed wh*-ch has occurred
from time to time without essential cause and I put before my
envoys before their journey suitable instructions o this end and
i look forward sagerly to the approaching of the time when we
ehr11 all have good neighbourly relations. The essential to tter
my view is the question of the refugee tribes which it vital
ior ^sjd nd 1 do no;, see anything in the proposals which hare
been placed before- me which will serve as a sdu ion to stop • his
sedition.
ii this door it- open to the trices,many dilficul let
i ca me the least ol which is that 1 snail not bo able in future
to punish Uiii wicked personc and those who transgress the limits
oi the religion oi Ifcl-un and the local laws, her every criminal,
who commit*the worst erimte of murder and plunder,will find a safe
reiu e in Iraq nd 1 wonder how a civilised 0 0 v<rnraeni like the
Government oi iraq agrees th? t it should become & place of refuge
< nd a sanctuary f\ r wic. cd persons and highwaymen, flow the
dii i iculti tit whlc the Ciovernfficnt of Iraq h l pu t forward are
uniounded, for the m tter does no re ulre permanm military
arrangements of watch and ward and the Governm nt oi Ira , bv the