ملف ٤٢/ ١٩٣١ "ادعاءات الإغارة في مناطق نجد-شرق الأردن" [و‎‎٤‎١‎٤] (٩٣٠/٨٣٢)

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iiejaE-Sejd uov^rwaent» but it would, not in my opinion
be desira'ble , if a settlement of past raiding i& wished
for, to a&ufce the results of this failure to fall on
the tribes, who, a-tid not their uovetw«ent« mtb txw fao&t
di reo tly o® no erned,
I further eetizaate tnat the actual figures of the
two ©ides would probably not here shown a irety great
difference in favour of either side had trie re been sort-
re liable ©ridenee produe®d by Heja»-Hejd, buf tni b v i ew
I s no tiling better than an estimate of probability,
(h) In view of these consideration© the only definite
recoramendatien I prepared to a&kt- is that* as
between the two governments, all the raids to be investi
gated by me be held to canoel each other out and that
the tribes themselves be enoou raged and given facilities
to make tribal settlements upon any elaias wnicn tney
hold to be outstanding after having heard them discussed
in the course of my investigations. X have in a
separate note (attached a# ann.xur. Ho. 4} m*'t« ^..tiono
a® to hew this could best be done.
A certain nuataer of olaiae »ere abanaoned ty eaoh
side during ta# inveBttg.Uon as » rssuit of an* or other
party haring taken toe onto wale* ateoired them of
culpability, it id prot»M. taat to.se are concerto to
tmre been definitely settled ty *>%*>■ sices.
Xtot such settleaent. ean to nade ie eertoln. and if
W de they rdll not onlyl«%. to liquidate to. past tot to
1bw „ t . tne future of frontier relatione tetoeen iejas-cejd
and iransj c rdun.
,, . of the mission were lo
(e) m® payment of tm co^u, oi
t* made proportionately to toe inoiuenoe of toe awato.
If my x’eeemaendAtion is euopt.d dy ^