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tokon ©gainst him, and beforo it actually took piece "la'came
thoroughly frightened. Ho.oollod on tho Political Agent and
implorod his assistance; Llejor Daly repliod that he saw inadequate-,

grounds for interfering. Finally Sheikh Abdulla wrote a letter
odmi tting hi 3 opposition to Sheikh Homed and. to tho Agency,
promising to mend his ways in the futuro and declaring that he
would do all in his power to please Government in future.

'flic muttor v:as thus almost settled before 1 arrived on tho
7th in i\.I.li.S."ii8v/renceu accompanied by il.iii.S. ,,Cyclemer.,lEKd The
ST.cikh paid the usual visit to me on board the "Lav/renco" and
received I:is salute on leaving. After l had returned his call at
his "mujlis" roar: ov'.r the Jurterns, rnd all his relatives and
other people h:.d left x grve uheikh Isn warning on the linos of
your tel ogre r. mentioned above, in vie;.' of the fact that the
Dahrrinis had already mode, r successful demonstration, Sheikh Isa
has at last re...ised that he is in a dangerous position, and the
warning carried 'di tionnl weight. Ghcikh Abdulla was then celled
in and warned that i: ho continued his recent behaviour ho vould
certainly got into troublo. iu mode all sorts of protestations
regarding his intention to turn over c new leaf and try and work
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with agency and please the Government, and. Really seemed in
earnest. As the Political Agent had previously informed me
that ho considered, and that the general opinion among lending
people was, that Jheikh .docullr v;cs thoroughly frightened, and
would not be likely to give trouble rt oil ovants for some timo_,_
and that it was no'; necessary to get him out of Bahrain, l did
not Hank make tho suggestion that he should go on fch.3 nHnjn.
An additional roosor. for not doing so was because 1 found that
Sheikh Abdulla had boon largely instrumental in getting the
Sheikh to accept the Xfchrcinis1 proposals, and was urging His
iixcellency to adopt a more progressive policy, and as Abdulla
is almost the only person who can get tho Gheikh to do things,
it seemod hotter, if ..bdulla really acts up to his promiso, to
let hin^toy ir. jehrain. I accordingly told him the t he must give

somo proof that ho means to help and suggested that r reform-of
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