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Telegram P#
Prom Moo rotary to HoSidont# bohrain*

To U,M»s* Political Resident, Buoliire*
Urmumburod.
and
Datod lXik reoeivod 12th August X92fl.
PRIORITY.
AX tor oaroful consideration ol' the situation re­
garding tlio Bahrain Levies tlio following scorn main olteraa-

tiVOD i-
u> Keplaolug thorn with dotaohment from regular
Indian regiment# Stato will pay all oxpon-
nee including oost of replacing them evory

six months if neoossary onouring that they
get regular training with thoir regiments#
Shaikh ( groupo undooyphorable ) and will
pay up to one lakh rupees which should oovor
oost of 7B or 100 men# Daly suggests no
) i necessity for Britiah officer* as officer e*g*
Parke can administer thorn# This force would
never bo uoed politically by the state with­

out the oonourrenoe of the Political Agent*
(11) To enlist an equivalent number of uohamedan
Indian Ar^iy Reservists or young ponsioners#
. Daly considers ithls oeoond beet solution and
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thinks that there are so many reservists that
i
Army authorities might bo expected not to
objeot#

(ill)Bnllsting UohaflExsdans from a provlnoo other the
than B&luohlstan e»g# Bombay# Daly doubts
If this would give bettor results than tht
Baluchis*
(iv) Remodelling exioting corpaj getting rid of
disaffected elements* posolbly many of the
oorps ore not entangled in the present crime

ae the disaffected element is undoubtedly
UAakati