File 705/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: reports' [‎372r] (291/494)

of them are almost obsessions with him, and are the sole reason
of his leaning towards us. If we ceased to be useful to him
in ihi» respect, there can be little doubt that he would throw
us over• He has a Teuton!* contempt for written treaties,
proved by his failure to keep his word with the Turks according
to the Treaty of Koweit 1912^ and by his own frank avowal of his
attitude towards such things.
Our own lack of discernment seems to have driven him into the
Treaty of Koweit, It seems now clear beyond doubt that liakki
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. *s motives in his visit to London in 1913, when he made us
leave ibn iaud alone, were not as generous aad unselfish as we
thought at the time, Ibn baud lost faith in us and turned of
necessity to the hated Turks,
When war broke out Ibn baud sat on the fence. Captain
Shake spear brou lit him back to oufc side; but when Captain
Shake spear was killed in a skirmish, Ibn baud behaved badly md
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