'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎293r] (612/1904)

REMARKS
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SOT DISPUTED MY EITHER PAKTY,
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CD nhl'lVJ SAdAi-; At THE ffMg I»r:».MJ5i:p TO DRIVE
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®^ * : ^Ir-ectly prevented. Bhatlth cagar was reminded by tli@
t'i ■ • Koaidont- .that th» principles of the Maritiae True® ap«
plied to the lu. ;n and as infr rrned that he mot not let his
quarrel with hit.? unci© .lead to a disturbance of it. iShelkh Sallia
w- g given pacific advice of a like nature. But for hio fear
oi our disnlca.- tare it would obviouuly have been a elapls natter
» , . had
for iinei :n .agar, who at that tto©/ail hia tribe^-non at Ms
back, to oend two or three dho*e full of crsed men to Abu , uea
and eject Sheikh f-alin or bring hiw away. The latter had no fol
lowing with his at the tiae-or saana of defending hiracelf. But
the British Political authoritieo ^tnow by experience that if
theoa Arab ilhaildho are allowed to send arcjad tribaasien to aea
in boats , their followero inevitably get out of hand and pro
bably atart firing on or looting innocent craft, and thus dis
turb the Msrlttiae True© generally. We have in connequcnce
been obliged to ssshs it an invariable rule, not to agree to
the paas-iag® by sea of dhows full of armed son, unleco it b©
with the exprees ©onecmt of the Reeidant and In the rrc. enoe
if neceaaary of on© of M.M'o Ships. As a natter of fact it
would probably have oaved a good deal of subsequent trouble la
this case, had the Resident allowed Sheikh Sagar to take what
steps he pleased against Sheikh Ralls, merely sending a ship
to the spot to aaTfe sure,that, apart fron their quarrel, there
should be no disturbance of the general peace. Buoh, it will
b® rer.c ^bered, was the course pursue '■ when ShelWi Sagar aviated
Hasan