"ملف XXXIII/٤ اقتراح سمو السيد فيصل التنازل عن الحكم والالتجاء للحماية البريطانية من السيد تيمور ١٩٠٣." [و‎‎٣] (١٤/٥)

Foreign
Dc«ted 26th October 1903,
Demi-officic-l . This morning, in the coiirse of d®
discussion of details of Viceroy's tour Sultan unburdened
himself in the sense explcined by my letter of the 25th Mc.y-
demi-officid • Stop, His Kig,hness ^sfced my candid opinion
c«s to the expediency c-nd politiCc-1 feasibility of his c-bdic^-
-ting, in favour of T^imoor c-nd receiving, ^ stipend from the
British Government *ho ^otld protect c-nd direct Tc-imoor c-s is
being, done c.t Z^nzib^r* Stpp« He inquired whether the French
Government ^otld be lively to rc-ise c-ny objections , He did
not c-sl< me to c-ddress Government btt c-sstred me th^t he ^c-s
spewing, seriously ^nd ^sted me to reg,c-rd suggestion serious
-ly e I will report officic-lly by post mec-ntime I respect-
-ftlly stLg,g,est reference to His Majesty's Government before
Viceroy's ^rrivc-l so thc-t he will be in c- position to disciLSs
question with Stltc-n if necessary « Stop, Mig,ht not Morocco
ne g;o tic-1 ions c-fford ojjpor ttnity for rbtc-ining, c-c quiesce nee
of French Government * ?,