'الملف 8/11 صحف محظورة ومقالات صحفية تحريضية' [و‎‎١‎٢‎٠] (٢٦٠/٢٣٩)

they dispersed. The Consul General thought that the
people of Bahrain were without knowledge of events and
imagined that as soon as he had said that they must give
up Persian subjection and take out Bahrain passports they
would im iec" lately r <ccept and _ive up the honour of their
Persian nationality. Verily British agents in Bahrain
are trying as much as possible to force Persians to give
up their nationality and are preparing the ground for
depriving Persia of its rights over Bahrain, but the
Persians are alive to this plan and are watching events
with open eyes for they know ^ahr-.in and the Bahrain
islands to be Persian and will hold out in the face of
coveteousness and threats; pnly a number of Arabs and
Shp.ikhs, for purposes of personal advantage, han w on
to them ( the British).
''olonel Biscuit, the British Consul General,
talks of the Government of Bahrain! But everybody knows
that after the dismissal of Shaikh Issa bin 'li al
Khalifeh there was nobody and there was no trace of any
Government. .Vhy? Only rarely is the seal of Shaikh
Hamad bin issa cl Chalifeh, the deputy Governor of
Bahrain, seen beneath some decree. But really if you ask
who is the Governor of Bahrr in, when was he elected and
where is he actually, nobody will be able to answer ^ou
-ecause this Governor is a marionette whom nobody recog
nises officially.
It was the 17th of Aban(November 8th) that
Colonel Biscuit visited and inspected he Government
offices in Bahrain and ordered that all Persian employees
should be dismissed. If the British pray that we in no
wise .,.