"ملف 12/2 معاملة البحرينيين في بلاد فارس" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٥] (٤٤٠/٣٢٩)

enjoys crannlete independence rfi+h no Enplish influence whetever.
. PrepaiUit ioneof the British in the Gulf .
These ere the real causes, in +he eye of "-he majority of the peo
ple, which have led +o the dirturher ces and direuiet in thr
Persian r hil + , ^he Shett ul Arab and on + he Iraq-'^ersian borders.
m o + hese owe "“heir oripin such actiyi + ies nn ^-atherinf? together
British fleet in + he Gulf, its raoveraentp to and fro and/its
arrival a+ Basrah; stetioninp o^ an infantry brigade by the En
glish in Bahrain; +he fortification of Muscat; +hr establishment
o^ a centre for coal in Bahrain itself and the recent complaint
o^ Iran to + h e Leapue o^ Nations about the encroachment of her
neiph.out* jersia and her lack of oblipation to the poverrmen +
pacts arul apreementR.
That does I^aq expec t?
^nd + he Iraqis ex-oec + , when the cere haf been before the League
of Nations and Persia is a meiriber of it and both the Parties are
b^und t 0 how +o its^rbitra + i on as binding Tipon themselves that
an e-d may be put to this sta^e of affairs and the Persians rp y
desist from their encroachment upon +heir ^rentiers and the fron
tier zones and a^ree to contract agreements do indispensable for
settinp political relations in order tn the vs y adopted by the
powers in their intercourse. The- say that they always entertain
towards their neighbours the most sincere sentiments of friendship
ate always keen on strengthening what relations of time rhonoured
brotherhood exist there and realise that -hey will not be affected
in any way bv this incident as it is one of those every dav diffe
rences which crop up between brothers. Thev also say -hat their
reruest to J -he league o r Nations, knocking at its door ^nd desi
ring it* arbitration all Prove their sincerity of Purpose and that
thev do not like to oppose its action in any wav; and what they
want is -hat their care may be set-led wi+h Persia in such a way
as would please bo-h of then and ham neither party because no
thing is better than arbitration so long as they are members of
-he same League which was decisively meant for arbitrating in
such circumstances.