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The development oj education, 1928-1930
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Mo. 107-U. or 1930.
British Hooldonoy and Connulute-Ounoral,

Buohiro, tho 9th(1AP^rifi5S0v^^
/SS5& X
[[ o\ ibAra. 1^30 ;-V /
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From XQahrt^^"
Tho Hon'ble Lieut.-Colonel H. Y. Biocoo, I.A.,
Political Hcnidant in tho Persian Uulf,
To
Tho Foreign necrctary to tho (Jovernraent of India,
H 1 ,ra 1 a.

Strike by oortain Schoolmasters at Bnhraln.

Oir,
In continuation of my letter Mo. 139-H of the
20th Jiuroh 1930, I havo tho honour to otate that tho
oituatlon in now normul and tlmt tho Manama oohool
hau actually more boyo at present than boforo tho
strlko. Tho only further dovolopmoiittjjlmvo boon
attacks in tho Iraqi and, it io believed, Syrian

preos, attributing tho otrlko to the autooratio methods
of tha Political Agent, who, it io oaid, endeavoured
to impooo tho otudy of ICngliah on all forms, and when
tho teachers proton ted had then deported, It need
hardly be added that thin otatoraent is absolutely
untrue, and Captain Prior Informs we that, on tho
contrury, ho hao on occasions warned tho educational
authorities that ho thought they wore inclined to mafci ,
boys oommonce Pngliuh too noon.,
2. Tho trouble wao at two of tho nunnl schools
only] the nhlah aakooln did not join in. ThO two
mao tore woro 3yrlan, from tho iluuran, and wero sent
back thoro via JCaruchl. Thoy had been organising
prooeoslons of ochool-boys and parading the townj and
since

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