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EDUCATION,
Thio is no doubt tho moot Important aubjoot ao ita
mlomonagcmont dooo not only affoot tho prooont, but extends
ita mischief to tho future generations.
Thio lnotitution was founded In Bahrain 20 you.ro
ago and wao managed and finanood by a group of wealthy mor-
oiiunto of Bahrain and thingo wore going In tho right dirootion.
Mr. Bolgruvo did not like ouoh an inotituto quite ooparuted
from hio own peroonul' inf luenoe and immediately took otopo
d iauolving thut committee, taking over, the fundo and oturtod
from tho beginning. Cortainly he rulnod tho whole ayotem.
Had it not boen for tho kind attention of tho Political
Agent, tho Hon'ble tho Political Rooldent and the Britioh
Counoil in Cairo wo would have had no o ohoolo by now on tho
laland a•
Mr.J ,b\ VMkolin wuq appointed by tho Britioh Counoil
ao Education Director, Bahrain, Thio cortainly wao a nice
blow to Mr. Bolgruvo'8 influence. Mr. Wakclin adopted now
Education mothodu on the moot modern oyotom und brought
Egyptian teaohoro and oonditiono improvod niooly, but on
tho long run tho Advioor otarted putting obotucloo in Mr.
Wakclin'u way, uometlmou oroating financial excuses, other
limiting Mr. Wukolin'o leoturou and opoochoo in tho u ohoolo
until he wao oo annoyed and wao compelled to rooign. 'Wo
feel oure that the Political Agent'o filoo have got a great
deal to Buy on thio point, 3o we loot unother moot capable
man ao a viotlra of Mr. Bolgrave'o ogolom. Wo all think
that if thio man remain o in powor there will come a day when
wo will find ouroelveo going back to the middle agea. We
porfootly know that tho Groat Britain io one of tho leading
if not tho loading, nationu to encourage oducution and spread
tho knowledge amongot every people thoy oame in contact with,
but unfortunately, wo havo been treated by thio man otherwise.

COURT 3,
It oannot be imagined that a country existing in
the 20th oentury and hau an important worldly situation ouch
ao Bahrain hao got no Law of its own. It io still difficult
to realioo that thio man took office in 1921 and oinoe became
the main source of regulation and never thought of oornpiling
a law to enablo the citizen to know the right and avoid tho
wrong. Wo admit that we must compile our own laws, but
thut if we wero left free of hio mionuling and diotatorohip.
In tho paot we uoe to have ono court only and that io
"3HARA" buaod mainly on tho holy "QURAN" whioh moot of the
Mooloms learn by heart. 3o tho faulto aro quite obvious
and avoidable, but after this man hao established several
courts appointing himself as tho head Judge of thorn all,
thingo booumo ao complicated and vuguc. Moreover he had
appointed as assistants Judges so mo youths of tho ruling
family, who are not only lacking oduoution and illiterate,
but have got not the slightest idoa of oourts or any amount
of life experience and no doubt your honour will be surprised
to know thut all these hardly can sign their own names
corroatly. In the hando of thooo ignorunt lots of young
shaikhs are tho lives, the wealth and the interest of tho
Bahrain population is lying. Dountloss you find several
cauos of tho sumo nature und oamo oiroumotanocs, but diff­
erent Judgement. Thio depends mainly how ono of tho
Parties is related, or friend of ono of thooo occupying the
Court Chair. Relutionuhip, friendship eto. play the moot
important part on thio stage. No matter how tho pro of o
may be clear und genuino, ono must ouffer whon thooo elemento
arc ogulnot him. We oould very easily give aovorul examples
on thio oubjoot, but not to waoto your honour'o timo wo
will only mention ono. Two porsoho were aoouood of drinking
liquor - whiah Bolgruvo made ono of tho most oorlouo crimes -
they wero tried,one of them wao o ontenoed oix montho vigorous