'File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles' [‎43r] (85/260)

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Bombay City S .B . , Ja.v^tjy 11th. Gr\the J^jth
^ ^ « December 1923 the "Bombay
"Chronicle' contained a lead-
-ing article entitled " light
oi Ja-irat—ul—.rab ' commen"uing
on a translation published elsewhere in the same paper trom
tne Cairo .s-siyasah' . This dealt with a complaint oi
alleged high-handedness oi British officials in Bahrain
particularly in the deportation of one Shaikh ^bdul Wahab
Zayani . The translated article was signed Bahrani and
davsc Bahrain, jjOth Rabi-ul- .wal 1^42
Cn tne /th Januiry t.ie Ro^nam—e—Khilalat , an Urdu
paper published in Bombay contained an article which after
a long preamble in general terms about Bahrain, concluded
as lollows,-
juOngst the prcminent persons deported from
Bahrain is Shaikh xbdul Wahab Zayani , who is at present
kept under surveillance in Bombay by the orders oi ths
British Government. Is it not possible for some people
on behalf of the jamiat-ul-Qlema , C-K .C . , and the Khalifat
newspaper to interview him axid obtain tre real facts and
then to warn the British Government against usurping Bah-
—r in by holding protest meetings and writing articles in
the ress ? •One day the brance bearing flowers will be
shaken (by tne wind' ."
"I have contributed the above linss few lines
with the same object ,and God willing, I shall throw full
light on the events in Bahrain through t.e columns of tne
'Daily Khilafat ' . With compliments .
Sd . Mohammed .jttaullah'.
Gn the 9th January under the heading ' light oi
La-.irat-ul-^rab 1 the Bombay Chronicle contained a letter to
the Editor dealing with the same sub ect and signed by -
' (1) Rashid bin .hmed Mansoor
(2) Mohammad .li bin Ibrahim
^3; Saad bin xdulla Shamlan
(4; jDdulla ^li Zaid
^3/ Fhalila bin bdulla
( l t Saleh bin Rashid
^7/ "yusuf Mohammad Hijji
^8; Fbamia tin Mohammid
on their tehalf and on behalf of tne people of Bahra
It is ^ndersT/Ood tlia*. the above signatories are
resident in Bombay .