"ملف 19/175 البحرين - تجارة اللؤلؤ" [و‎‎٢‎٦] (٨٣/٥٠)

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such a treatise,but pressure of othsr werk ha. made it impoasitl- to
^lojuce it. [ i laj.i; en v:.« adviser has taken over some of ths
vork J now deal with ( I shall he able to ^et on with it.
I have tone into the questien of a Salifeh Court thoroughly
a«d iun convinced that at this Juncture,it would be impossible to
find anyone capable of doing the work. (I refer to the work as it is
-i; the transition stagejduring which abuses are being eliminated
i past accounts straightened out) & that if we could patch up some
thing ,the improvements effected would be doomed,^ great labour
wasted. In two years I estimate the new system will be in full swing
& then any court / ' iJalif eh' or otherwise ; would be able to deal with
the situation. Then however,when the abuses have been checked, &
accounts are on a simple basis,& large debts practically non-exist-
—ant,you will not find anybody wanting a •Salifeh' court. Han. of the
enHghtened I.-khudas already say this - a 'Salifeh' is no use te
them unless run on the old ( unjust lines,
jjl - petition xiresented just before my return was an effort
or the die-hards among the old type of Nakhuda ,& its unreason
ableness is patent. It sunounts to a demand fertile divers to be com
pletely under their control & for them to be able to imprison *
punish at will. This being so'^it mky be assumed that the desire
for a ' Salifeh' court is not for a reformed 1 Salifeh;werking or.
"■■ e ' U "* s -P rohi l =iting abusea-but for the old 'Salifeh', which
means no court at all. Many of the Kakhuda. have told me that the
petition was regarded by them as a j-et ( * they knew that it was
deemed to failure,*; dissociated themselves from it,
I fepoligise for the length of this letter ,bnt I have endeavoured
to show as concisely as is possible.how the situation stands,*
that the demand for a 'Salifeh' court is not genuine,* by no means
insistent,that its creation at this stage would completely jeopar
dise the reforms in the pearling which are,without doubt,the most
important part of the whole reforms sohome * which will have a
laEtmg t:desirable effect on the whole State.ef Bahrain
Vours cincfrelv
Ca Pt • 2. Stuart-Horner . Secretary t
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.o the Political Kesident.Busnir