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regarding the formation of OounciiB etc,, had a good effect’ •
on all oitizono, which they expressed by their good'response
in participating in the elections of the Education Council*
All tho people were looking patiently for thfe Council to
work and make a good.start for the desired cooperation \
between the people and the Qovornmdnt, but the appointments
mado by the Government did not fall in with tho desires of
the poople for tho following reaoonsi-
1. It was agreed upon, according to the aforesaid
notice, that membership in this Counoil should be in half98
(half appointed and half electod), whereas the Government
appointed seven members instead of alx, ; v,>!
1,
2. There was no reference to the appointment of.
a President of tho Counoil in the agreement which means
that the matter should be left to the Council itself when
making their Internal Constitution,
3, The Government made it a condition before the
elections* that no Government offloial should be nominated
as a ca ndldate for membership in this Council or any other
one, whereas she appointed some of her officials in the
Education Council which is a breach of the principle stipu­
lated by the Government.
4. Among those appointed by the Government there
is a person who did not win tho elections of the Education
Council whereas it is / well-known in civilised countries
that whoever fails in the elections of a Council, cannot
be appointed in the same Council.
5, Any Council formed to administer a publio
'service should have harmony and cooperation among its
members so as to achieve the purposes for which it has
existed and those elected end appointed should not work
on two opponent blocks bases, but in harmonised and tenacious
unity taking tho public wolfare as their object, AP there
is a person among those appointed by the Government, who'lacks
the spirit of harmony and cooperation with the others, and
wo mean AlhaJ Hassan Abdul Rasul bin Rojab. we therefore,
request Your Highness to review his appointment.
Accordingly, wo would request Your Highness to give,
these points which are explained above your careful attention
so that this Council as well as other Councils, car t*ke
their course towards the required aim.
The Presq.

The Press in its present position which compels
all its artioles to pass through the censorship committee
appointed by Your Highness* G vornment, finds itself unable
to carry out tho noble task for which it has been established,'
The censorship oommittee is very despotic in
cen®jrlng articles to an fextent that we believe Your Highness
would not allow or approve. The measures of thip censorship.,
committee conflict with tho Press Regulation issued by the V.
Government, We give Your Highness a simple example, A
paper wanted to criticise an arithmetic booklet whose practlQ?!
were incorrect, but the censorship oommittee stopped the 1 .
paper from publishing the cdtlclsro. The committee does 1
not also allow any criticiom or the directing of any Government
department, a matter which does not agree with the publio. •
interest. We have many example?to provo the severe despotism'.
of the