'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis' [‎216r] (436/508)

time being of the Dill&hs.
(2) Over confidence end btd -ment on the ]irt of
To this I would rdd ? third.
(3) Belief on the pert of the more power-ul end intelligent
Omen is tiut we ere only ail] verting the Sultan in s helf heertad
manner es we heve cent inuellj stopped him from iviposin^
restrictions on tim enc hevc openly i disitted his bed
government# '.ire they cen do ; f tbej like confident t'.-.et \.e
will not only not interfere ourselves Imt will stop the Sultan
fron doinr so*
The open refuse 1 by the Imers of 3heikh Ise and of the opinion
of the me j or it y of the country brins ?. not her end kr- orient
point, thet the rule of pure roll don is short* It is personal
and selfish and besed on no consideration of public policy 3 ■•nd
in Moslem countries et leest .he more ^ov/erfnl the relir ^ous
leaders become the more intolerant does their rule become, enc ! :ae
more do they elien* te the people who see themselves su icnr:;
because of their unyielding f • traide. T ne brief rale of bin
SAIS in Eusos t is s remerlreble exsm;- le oi 'his in Cmen iti v. .•
Sheikh 188 himself is ine; r. double Should we t?. kc
no action, well he has obeyed the imem. Should we take action,
well he did his best for ts snci he hopes to get soEiethiiie ci.
us. Am. in in the inevitable r action errinst the Ism ^ :rie
OBfniB find themselves :-ettin-en utfortuncte time, be will sUm
out es the wise councillor*
The situctlon from the point of view cf the Cfctnis is "(Thet
is the British Government -oin : to do ?" Should we show s stiafflo
head »t once they will spoetilj come to reason. the s '
. * iVri f,.4 r fi^id end plenty of fevour.
have rether too much of the ten ;iiU ^
vu 4. ^ -f -nr** *-h( * '-a sre preTjered to support Sulten
They must see at once irA ^
snd thet we cannot be r >rixle ; .- v/ita«
In