Page 55 - Records of Bahrain (4) (i)_Neat

Introduction of reforms, 1923 45
4

*' lcat they’ served exouae to tho ifajdis
to re-op«i'the Quarrol. lu any O 'BO they oould not oontrol
the situation and would hnxdly be unbiased. Jhalk'■ Hamad
ordered1 lhaa'to'lodge tholr guiw In tli® Agenoy. la ajita of
the aoouatttion or ^osaibl , however, no oase of a hot gun wc/uAd
has boon dlsocftered and 1 do not think tho polloe used tholr
guns oV all in the d. jturboaco. Had thoy dona ao It night
perhaps not havo oooursOd on so largo a aoalo.
Tha following morning (11th) 1 i&naod through tho
basaara and nil trafi *uiot. Lator, events ooourrod which' ara
dcaoribod by hr. UaokAo In hia statement, 1 should hara Ilka
to maailon that his prompt handling of tho situation vhloh
ar(°e undoubtedly pravantad a further outbreak. Cn reqadvlng
newa of thoao ocourrenoes 1 again want to tha basaar and found
itr. Haoklo had controlled the actuation. 1 found 3halk Salman
at tha Customs surrounded by fldawia who had done nothing. He

ai 'red me for advioa and 1 aooompanled him through the basaar
to lnatsuot fidawia and to assist to disperse tha crowd. I
enquired of ^osAlbi the oauae of disturbances before my arrival
He deolared that the Peraianj nad been , and still were, ooll—
ooteo iu cert\l/aU Kh*no , heavily armed. Jhalk delaan and If
taking ^omaibi with us , vio 1 ted then* Klians . \7e found no

gatherings and no arms. 1 than visited ^oaalbl'a premises
where there ware a number of dajdis armed with lathis. 1 had
them coat away, lii* private house contained about 15 tfajdl*
armed with rifles and a word a . These, he explained, were mesa-
•ngera , eto. from Bln Jeud who were guests in hia house and'’
had not quitted it. Co my return to the agency 1 learned tha%..
a disturbance was la progress at Uuharrai, and that NXJdia' were
"Uawaaing" in front of the houses of dhaiklu £asa and Hamad.
?he dhalkh had ordered that no boats be allowed to le*y#')nihngw^
rou* for kanoiBeh, but oould not oontrol the tlajdis who a aimed
^oats. At about noon five large boats crovlai with ifajdim,'”
nil armed and many with marine riil**. were obeaanred'coming
««. MUbWM. I ^ iWU -•!■« to Wk. .»J