'ملف رقم 19/109 V (C 32) العلاقات البحرينية مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [ظ‎‎١‎٦‎١] (٥٤٧/٣٣٠)

Translation from the Itila f at of December 2nd, 1930, of an
article entitled "A Series of steps taken to destroy Persia*8
Rights"•
To the honoiiratole Editor,
Some days ago Colonel Biscuit, the British
Consul General in the Gulf, arrived in Bahrein from Bushire
with two men of war which are generally anchored off
Bushire. Sheikh Hamad, the so-called acting Governor of
Bahrein went on board the ship to receive him and they came
ashore together and in accordance with the instructions
issued, a salute of 11 guns was given by the Government of
Bahrain.
An hour after the arrival of the Consul
General in Bahrein the merchants and guilds were invited to
the Consulate and the Consul General received each guild in
turn and talked to them # The Persian merchants were
received privately and were told that those of them who had
been in Bahrein more than 30 years were considered as
subjects of Bahrein because in accordance v/ith the rules and
regulations persons who had inhabited a locality for ten
years were accounted subjects of that place; the Persian
merchants refuted the statement of the Consul General and
said that they were Persians and subjects of Persia and
Bahrein was their property and that therefore they did not
agree with the statement made by the Consul General. The
Consul General then said "Yes, you are Bahreinis even if you
are Persian subjectsThe Persians were anxious on
hearing these words and kept silent and soon after they
dispersed. The Consul General thought that the people of
Bahrein were without knowledge of events and imagined that
as soon as he had said that they must give up Persian
subjection and take out Bahrein passports they would
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/immediately