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of putting * atop to thoao criaoo* If they aro to atep
agitation Qttong the Shiaha, A aro trying quiofcly A by offer
of certain reward* to track tho Murdororse If thoy fail,
I foay orlao* ©f thin naturo ore likely to bo demo common*

on tho other hand if thoy *u: ^;d9 it woul-~ aeon that coma
draatlo action trill bo noaonuayy, ahould tho Dawacir again
prove to bo tho culprits* Da tho •Mi affair thoy wore
fined B! 1D000, about 10000 of vhioh vac paid as oojspeo*
cation to thoao aho had cwfforod A tho hoiro of thoao

killed, but aa thoy had killod throo p or nans, woundod four
eorioualy & looted moot of the village, thoy nay bo said
to have got off vury lightly* On tho othor hand thoy have
boon guilty of many oinilar criaoa again at tho nahranbh, in
tho past, for which ahaik Koa wua afraid to bring thorn tc
books, or v/e.n inolinod to cympc.th.tno with thorn A to connlvo

at thoir guilt« Consequently it c«uno c.a a groat shock to
thorn & v. \a blttorly rosontod Vhon itholk Hamad punished them*
Thoy havo liowovor boon at 111 moro oxusporatod at the at­
titude of tho Uchrainio who, unlike proviouo ooocvalono,
OQJTio forward, In tho •Ml affair & gavo ovidnnoo*
It In not improbable that tho -ovmnir roooivo soino
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onoouraganont from Nojd, ao rogarda thoir roiationo with
tho Shldho A I liavo had oovoral lndopondont reporto which
tond to ahav; that ammunition hfco rooontly boon reaching
Mudaiyoh fron OJuii* & Qatlf • Hopoz*ta aloo Indloato that Bin

oaud hao lately ordered opproooivo noaimros to bo taken
with tho Shiahs of Qatif, who aro aloaoly alllod to tho
liahraln Chluhn#

ud> u. a# ijuiy, M**jor i
political Agent, Bahrain*