'File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles' [‎122r] (243/260)

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of the Are Ids and in which they do not acquiesce is that
regarding the law courts, for they dislike submitting to the
law which is administered by ' ritish agents. During these
days an Indian name Khan ahadur ;)eyed 3adiq, formerly
assistant in the British Consulate at Bahrain, has arrived,
and it is rumoured that the British wish to cancel their
former judiciary and are now forming the oasis for a
judiciary to function under the direction f the afore
mentioned Seyed so that the whole of the inhabitants of
Bahrain will i.e subject to the laws of his court.
Briefly, s-nce the day that the Persian Government
took certaxn steps regarding its claim to possess Bahrain
and appealed to the League of Nations, the British have
interfered more than before in the internal affairs there
and are preparing plans and stratagems for furthering their
objects, but at the same time they are tryin_ to do it
in the name of the Government of Bahrain,
Colonel Biscuit has lately I ought a large plot of
ground near the Mahriq fort and is startin^ to erect an
important building there, and it is rumoured that the
centre of the British Consulate General will be transferred
to Bahrain,
Contrary to former times, nearly every day or
every other day British Crovernment 'planes visit ahrain.
The building known as Quarantine, which belongs to the
deposed Shaikh Issa bin Ali al Khalifeh, has been bought
by the British Govtrnment for Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 15,000 and it has
been made the aeroplane centre. Finally, the fresh steps
which the British Consul General is taking, both openly
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