Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [‎119v] (239/802)

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Kingdom and the Saudi Government. The w^ ^ ess of maU,^ a ^
for the opening of the Government of on the 9th February,
completed early m the monthand th e t0 Fua d Bey Hamza
On the 3rd February Sir Andrew %<«• .poke strong to the dilatory
about the attitude of the Saudi Goveinmen aut horities after His Majesty s
and apparently obstructive «« ltude , of ‘^^^%“ tn r e< ru i a tions (paragraph 19
Government had accepted the application , j^ge^g t0 have produced
of the last report). . The ^^ri Ser ^meH thartte Saudi authorities
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,hi ’ S"!, 1, amusing in ffSiS
Mecca on the 7th February, al^st his rl . ht 0 f the Saudi Government
Yusuf Yasin, who has fought so ‘ ^ had been under the care
to control the Government of India dispensaries^ Dr . Abdul
of the Director-General of Public Hea r ibed Y The Saudi hospital
Hamid could not resist her mother s tears and prescrine^
was unable to make up the prescription for lack supp^ ■ m he month he
63. Although Fuad Bey ^/^^terHew^to iliscuss business with
presented the appearance of avoid gP studied politeness and a desire to
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he had been accompanied by Bear-Admiral Riv > Treaty P of Friendship
It is now known that negotiations f o r a t ^V a r n p c a tAT S n 0 t been signed. On the
have been in progress for some time, u j |. ; s letters of credence as
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"'“S Th, Saudi Government defined J” “‘^,“”.1“
to the League of Nations dated *e 2 |th J & ^ ^ ^ ^ hag ^
the Legation by wireless on ti l t o have been that the heavy responsi-
yet been received, but its substance appea Government by participation m
bilities which would be entailed on ^^“di Gov^nmenw^p ^ ^
sanctions made it imperative foi en accord to States not members
Ethiopian conflict, unless Wests toe enjoyed by member States.
It^iXSOtfJSSSaS S.ln'oil.dg. «. -h. Legation
locally- .it thorp had been considerable friction between the
as he is understood to h/^e visited Rome^in the course ot^ ^ ^ ^ expected
not only to ^gypL but to 1 aRst ^^d p^^ R > me and H ig not certa ni that
back before the 8 th Maicn J A/rQ^cawa. His ladies remain m Jedda,
he visited Asmara at all after g hpfnre An amusing tale was heard earlv
but are not seen as much in P^^befor^ An—g^ ^ the Ministry of
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S Wd. has been ,h, dmmta.i «< th. I-.I nmu.gae
of the Italian shipping firm, Lazzenni Brother^ their letters of
67. The new S° viet t , a t-^X b marv Cra.'raphs 27 and 30 of the last
.credence “o^ter, who arrived in Jedda on the 2 nd February
repoi t). TRe * Ahmad Khan Rad, who continues to hold the post of
proves to be M. holtan . n . devote much of his time to Jedda.
Minister “^XcTne^paper Sautal-Hejaz published a leading article on the
4th February mphasising the anomaly of the present absence of normal relations