File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [‎161r] (321/644)

co-ifim^d ^rr our r :sm ag<mi ^ho- that tha Franeh
partj .of 3 1 6 ft Sana about the ba/tinni^t of July
’ hcMm ria and that 3 member® of the second
4''" ' ^ ** ^ left vSar^a about fhn >v^nn tim f with a letter
from the Iisum to tlm Anil of Tai* and that the
mmhmrn of the latter party hssdf# been
from the e gueet house to a house
■near the reoidenca of .mhau *1 Madhim.
A coord in.: to the iafonmtim already nspcrted
m grwleuf! § f irat| eonsiiated of on«
Frenehrmn, one Interpreter ryi -1 one sorrenf, while the
second conristod of 2 Tvxks and 4 -rendxien and eervante
According to our nkba arreni all the lYenohmen wte
^er'- reported by the : ora ayent to have left Gam, have
returned, to Jibouii. The Tobha agent states tUb 3 days
before the arrival of the Franotam all the bhelks and
others along the route were ccrued to be on their best
behaviour and that the !>ancnnen were escorted by 200
Arab HefpJlars* The a^ent says that one of the
Frenchmen snok# to the people in the following: terns:*
*W® shall develop rite country : and find out
salt pits* We are merchants like yourselves and do
not think that we ‘have ambition to occupy your country*
j You should know that your Turkish Govaroroent and
ourselves re friends and we have come in here for your
good* **
Thar# now remain in tana 2 Turks ana out
frenchman belonginr, to the second party.
Captain Fa^luddin has received a report to
the effect that the French mission in dam, has bou^it
or hired four shops there which belonged to some
Kuropean