'Summary of the Hejaz Revolt' [‎84r] (19/30)

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Pa & 2^.—Talaat on the ex-Khedive. We kaow he received 300,000/. to 400,000/. from the Germans
jw we Sent him 20,000/. once. ' * ' ' , ' "
Q'i -Midhat Bey ; ' It was necesqafy to ^et the Araijs to understand that the aim of the British
wan to divide Islam, and he was prepared to join me in Syria iu a propag -anda campaign to this end."
P&ge JH. Mohamrned Ah Paslm, on the trnuhlcs in ^yria and Arahia ; "A gpreHt niisJoftiine
avsked if Jemal would ever retrain the confidence of the Arabs , . . or if they could he reconciled if
Kashid or Ixzet I'ashaa were vsent there instead of Jemal."
age 29. -h.ji\er ■ asha; ■" 1 am very tond of the Arabs althouerh they are rather stqpid, and if my
(•<i|iagMie. denial 1 aslia, has beep rather foolish it was atfainst in}' principles and wishes.
•; Von will lie pfoing: to Damascus in a few days, and I wish you tn explrfiti to the great families of the
Heduin and Druse and all the Arabs that I am very well disposed to them. . . We (Talaat and Knver)
have entrusted Tahsin Bey to carry out this policy (fulfilment of Arab aspirations), and when you get to
Damascus you must work hard with him."— P".g« U0.
Pafje 31 , paragraph Sclitn, tale K jumakatn. of tin' Hauran. While he was Kaimakam he was always
receiving letters teiling liim to be more careful . . . arid to avoid doing auvthinef to disaffect
the Druses. ^ &
Page 34.--rKuhlrannn asked if it was possible to win over those Arabs who had not yet taken up arms
. . . we have studied this (pp'stion and the only thing the bedouins care for is money. Turning to
Talaat—" you must kiok into fhis husiness."
La*t P'iraiir,i r i,.-~\\\VAI do the Aiahs now want? . . . Supposing the Turkish Government were
now to allow them a measure of liberty . . . and give them pleuty of money, would this not satisfy
them 'i
Pngt 3:). —Supposing the Government were to look out the relic of these families, bring them bark, and
treat them well, and give plenty of money to the bedouin, would it not be possible to rope them all in on
our side ?
Knver We are not a bit afraid of the bedouin, with a couple of divisions we can settle them very
quickly. Kuhlinann ? No, No! the beduius are very dangerous. . . . They have been verv badly
handled in the past."
I'age Hfi.—Said I'ey.—" I he Arabs would be very well satisfied, because the chief command in Syria
and Mesopotamia had been given to I'alkenhayn."
Pnffr \A, parngfinh SL—lenial Patflia'--" 1 linve reprat» j dly written to the Sherif Hussein and his son,
Prince Feisal, proposing to mak- pcaee, but I havene-er received any reply," He showed Maurire two
large envelopes with his seal, which he said he was going to send to Kerak, to be forwarded to the Sherif.
The Contents Were many letters from <>ood families of -Damascus and the Beduina, telling the ^herif that
they did not want hnn to make war as it whs faial to Islam. Jemal proposed that JVIauriee shotud write to
the Sharif' suggesting he should make p?ace.
Page \'y. —Tahsin Bey discusses how to slop the Arab movement and to make peace with the Sherif. He
the question of money. Tahsin said there would be no difficulty about that as the IVrte had authorized any
necessary exp' nditure and they had 500^000/. in gold to meet these expenses. He also said they had
enough corn to supply the bedoijins with.
Enver (juaneting with Jemal— " You have taken unnecessary measuTes (with the Arabs) and you
see what has happened as a result."
Page 47.—-Payment in gold t^ the bedouin Sheikhs.
Puqe 4H.—(jeneral amnesty to all military, political and common law prisoners throughout the whole of
Syria, issred by Jetnal.
Paragraph 2.—Jemal offers to place 400,000/. at Maurice's disposal to raise an Arab army.
P&Rf 4^ —Conierence between the Valis of Ad»n», Alrppo, Heii ut and tin-Governor of the Tvebinon to
do every Hung to form a volunteer army of Beduia and Druses, and to adopt a conciliatory attitude towards
the population in Syria.
Page 52.—Offer of a free pardon by Jemal to Shukri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Ayoubi if he will promise to work to get the
Arabs on the Turkish side.
Pityii 58, paragraph i). —The Vali of Damascus saiii that when Emir Abdul Kadr el Jezairli yas with
the Sherif he had talked with Feisal and believed he was ready to make peace* He had written a letter for
the Vali the day before to Feisal reeomnjM^iug him to make peace.
Paragraph 7.—There are tolerably regular communications between the Turks and the Sherif vid
Kerak.
Pag". 02.—Maurice's interview with Feisal. the former reproaches the latter with paying too much
money to the tribes. Feisal retorting that he had to give it or be outbid by the Turks.
The Kx- Khrdivc —Returned from Switzerland to Turkey about October, 1917. All reports received
show his return was brought about by German intiuence, and the object of his return was his employment to
undermine British influence in Arabia and Egypt.
2,000,000 francs are reported to have been put at his disposal for this object. A report stated his
mission was to act as intermediary between the Porte and the Sheiif, and he has had a considerable staff
placed at his disposal.
Grrman Arab Bureau. —A German Arab bureau was formed prol>ably in the latter half of 1917, and
the Officer Commanding Arab Section, Yelderem group, was in January, 1918, Hauptmann Andrae
Palkenhayn paid personal attention to the Euphrates Arabs in the autumn of 1917, when the German
political officer Preusser was despatched down the Euphrates. Exaggerated importance was attached to the
influence of Ajaimi and the Gernnm Headquarters do not a{ pear, generally speaking, to have been well
informed on the Arab question.
Niedcrmayer. —The well-known German political officer, who was employed in Persia and Afghanistan in
1916, arrived in the neighbourhood of Amman early in 1918. He had l)een sent for from Mesopotamia by
Falkenhayn in the autumn of 1917. He was at Juruf ed Derwish on the 25tb February and later was put
on the staff of the East Jordan Group.
His assistant, Haase, at Ala Kili ^sa about the end of March, 1918, according to report would be retained
for permanent service in Palestine.
Turkish propaganda in Hejaz. —General Winmate's telegram No. . r >60 A. of the 25th March, 1918, reported
that the Turks were spending large sums of money on propaganda among the Hejaz bedouin.
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