ملف ٤٢/ ١٩٣١ "ادعاءات الإغارة في مناطق نجد-شرق الأردن" [و‎‎٣‎٦‎٣] (٩٣٠/٧٣٠)

considerable amount has, at variom times* been gi? m back by
Trans -Jordan* The Ecmextat, ho-^e t 3t v are not in desperate
straits and it anything could be d >ae to help them I beli 2 ¥e
that they would ¥olun.tarily abando l raiding.. As long as the
tribe is solid in its hatred ox tiu Government* to prevent
thieving is almost impossible, Th ij take an almost satanic
pleasure in deceiving the Governme t Y^hich they believe has
betrayed and sacrificed them to pi ase Ibn Saud,
The first step therefore is to help the Ho^eitat*
An obvious way to do this presents itself, Mr* MacDonnell s
i
Arbitration dealt with cases up to August 1st alone. Since
then the Hejd tribes have raided a out 800 camels., and the
Howeitat as far as is known aoout 50o To raid while a
Conference is in progress is an ac of treachery by all Arab
standardsg and* in view oi the fac that these raids w 3 re
ordered by Ibn Saud, can only be regarded as a deliberate
flouting of His Majesty's Guvernmei U It has everywherebaen
so regarded*
The first thing, therefoi e 9 1 venture to submit, is
that His Majesty's Government brin^ pressure on Ibn Saud to
agree that all camels taken since August 1st be returned
forthwith. (All those taken from the Bowel tat are grassing at
Jaixf just across the frontier)■>
This can only be done by the despatch oi the owners
3f the looted animals across the frontier to take over their
same Is, the Hcraaitat going to Jauf, the lejd vietims to Trans
Jordan The exchange of largely fictitious lists of losses by
the two Governments loads to nowhere. If we ask Jbn Sand to
return 600 camels he puts in an ii^ginery claim for 650 and
suggests that we call it quits But Ibn Saud has only to sen-:
a wire to his Governor in .lauf to return the Hov.eitat camels,
nd the latter will know exactly aliet to do. Everybody knows
they are all grazing peacefully in Jauf, ^ ,