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102 Records of Bahrain

Translation of address by Political Agent, Bahrqln, to the eight
loaders of the Baharinnh on the 1st February 1935,

I have agreed to see you today as 1 think that it is best
that you should know what I think about the matters of which you
have written to His Excellency the Shaikh and to mo.
There are three natters in your letter: firstly, in regard

to a Qanun; secondly, in regard to representatives on the Majlis
al Tujjar and the Baladiyah; and thirdly, in regard to education.
These are all internal natters and you have quite rightly
addressed His Excellency the Shaikh, who has written you a just
and king answer and has also seen you. I know that he is con-
sidering what can be done for you in these matters, but this is
bound to take time.

In the meantime I advise you to be very careful, for if
there is any trouble or any intrigue among the Baharinah or in
the villages, or any act like the collecting of bezahs which v/as
done the other day, you eight people will be held responsible —*
*ou eight and not the poor and ignorant will be held responsible.
You are permitted to go.