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that tho Bahrain CUotoino, fod by foroignoro, ohould contri­
bute' *io tho
ooot of a court donignod to giro thoao foroign-
ora tho' ordinary bonoflto of law and Juotioo# X shall not
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oay moro at proaont for I ohall rovort to tho subject again
In oonol’doring your point (3)#
Ao to (8), Daly, liko all othor Moaopotaratana, la by
no moona'in lovo with India or India1 o lnatitutiona. By tho
way# I fully agroo that ho la a capital offloor and I do not

dloguioo from myaolf tho pooolbllitioo of ovor-zoal. 1 had
alroady uoundod a noto of warning In my tologram Ho. B-l
datod 16 th May 1023 that thoru wao gravo dangor that tho
poaition in Bahrain might approximate to that of Muscat.
Perhaps thio wan ovorotatlng tho oaao, for Muooat 1b a dead
city while Manomoh io a llvo and flouriohing town and has
evory proopoot of a brilliant futuro. But tho danger will
bo borrio in mind and yarded againot ao carefully aa p08aiblo
and aftor all, in my viow, tho dangor wao nono of our Book­
ing# 'frovor - you can road it through and through the linos
of hia doopatohoo, not to mention hiu privato lottora which
rouoh mo by ovory mail - v;uu ao opponod to tho Bahrain reform

ao ho vary woll could bo* I nont in a fioroo romonatrance
which oallod down upon mo u roprimand* India*a telegrams
wero cautioua in the oxtromo but tho Foroign Offioo, London,
dotorminod to plocuto Porala, inoiatod on tho roforme and
thoy vroro hurriod through in tho cowno of a wook and wo are
loft with tho baby on our hando to ovolvo ordor out of a

woltor of chaoa* But I mint not further antioipato now,
I will oorao back to thin in my cloning paragraph#
Now I turn to your point (3) "I am uuro that you will

agroo that it will bo unwino to ovor-elaborate tho Judicial
system"• You will forgivo ray omiling at tho dialootioal
skill with which you combat my proposalo and at tho name
timo ank mo to bo tho first to agroo that thoy aro ridioulbui
I havo too muoh logal blood and too many log&
and unnound#
rolationo to bo particularly alarmod at law, oourta and
lawyora# v?hat dooo upaot mo ia that whilo we have on