'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎154r] (312/748)

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& ■ AL BABITA. Om ABAB IA" (Cairo) 14.L.38
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Cairo^ *Al Habita A1 Arabia** published on September 14th an appeal
to the Bahrain inhabitants# The appeal sent from Bahrain was signed
»* An Arab" t
M I feel I have to write this letter for several reasons.
• y heart bleeds when I watch the decline of our country in the hands
of foreign imperialism. Foreigners rule our external and home affairs,
our Customs, Justice Courts, Education, etc.The latter is in the hands
of two men whose only aim is their own interest© regardless of the
backward situation in the schools (all of them primary schools).
M How can you accept this situation and still call yourselves
free? Don # t you see the Arab world is rising and getting free of the
imperialist claws, thanks to the efforts of faithful and courageous
men. Look at Kuwait. The Nationalists of this country have clung to
their traditions of religion and race and have freed themselvfes out
of a painful position which might have led them to copplete destruc
tion.
** 0 you, men of the Future, unite and claim your rights.
Sacrifice your life and your richest Show Europe that you are the
sons of the heroes who destroyed the Empire of Cesars and built in
its place the great Arab Empire. Do not fear that land will turn
her guns against you. You are only claiming your lec itimate rights. We
exhort you to unite and claimi
1) the creation of a Legislative Council of 20 members, headed
by Cheikh Salirnan Ben Hamad El Khalifa;
2) The council must have the direction of all questions concerning
the Customs, Justice Courts, Army and ii-ducation;
3) The Council must have one and only chief, Jheikh Hamad, the
Bahrain Governor;
4) To interfere with our affairs will be forbidden to foreigners.
They must be deprived of all authority.
3 Has Great-Britain a reason to refuse those equitable and
fair claims? The Kuwait principally has not a bigger popualtion than
ours and we are as capable of ruling our own affairs as they are. How
can England pretedd before the Iranian Government that we are an Arab
independant country, when it is not true?
^ Look around you* You will find that most of the civil
officers in administrative positions are foreigners. The British Bank ,
is a Zionist establishment. Since two months all its employees are
Jews. They were Hindus before. There was only one Arab who has been
dismissed although he was more capable thad all those Jews brought trom
everywhere* Think of the trade and the chief affairs of our country.
They are all in the hands of foreigners. Why? Because you are not
united. You are afraid. Illiteracy is prevalent anti young men coming
out of schools have lost the energy of the Arabs. Hie British Director
who rules the education has, with the help of "Fayek Adham*’ lowered
the level of schools. Can you show me any progress in education since
the appointment of the director?
« wake up Arabs!a If you want freedom, you r4st be worthy
of it!
* we must te&l yet of another danger. It is the American
missionaries. They have lost the hope of converting adults to
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