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React io?i to the ref onus, 1923 153

To
Hie Exoollenoy Shaikh In a bin nil
Shaikh 0r Bahrain.

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After Compliments . •
1 have received th© petition signed by Your
gxoellenqy and 0©rtaln bunai at aba .
Your £xo©ll©noy la uad©r a misapprehension &e
rogards tbo reforms at Bahrain. These are not initiated
by the personal wish of Major Daly <jr even of Colonel Kuos«
The High Govornment boo been forood to prdor them to be
put m hand , «« after prolonged enquiry and patient watohing.
they found that th© state of affairs in Bahrain absolutely
necessitated reform. Your Excellency will remember that
very many times you liave b«°n requested by the High Govern
mont to reform vour administration, one of the last oooos-

iono being m E’ebtruary 1922 when under instructions *
the High Government 1 personally visited your Island and
oalled on you to tafce action. On another ooojuIou m
CLfjvJt 1921 when your Ohian uubjeotu oould no longer be***
the tyranny to whioh they were subjected and beoame restive
and petitioned me and the High Government, you yourself
undertook to introduoe some reforms to ameliorate their
oondition.
But. my friend you have never Introduced any
reform either at the urgent request of the Government of
in fulfillment of your own promise* . /vnd as the tyranny
and oppression m your island hod beoome a publlo soandal
it beodme neoeusary for the High Oovecrament to take notion,
and honoe the aotlon by Major Daly and Colonel Knox to
whioh you take exoeptlon . Your Exoellenoy I feel sure
knows all thl» • but as you ignore it in your petition I
feel bound to inform you again.
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