ملف ١٩١٥/٥٣ الجزء IV "الحرب الألمانية: تركيا؛ الخلافة إلخ" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٣] (٤٨١/٣٦٢)

The Residency,
Cairo.
xhe Sh«rlf in his more than usually plainepokeu
pv).Us!t*at on this wipjeot, voices what i have aveiy
reiiaon to Alievs to s>: the real feeling of the
Arit>? 5 art y* ' ihe ••’renrh are t-ruch mistaken In thlrtc-
iRr. that their advent into Arao Territory will he
eie) on by t,h* Arabs; as the exact opposite win
be 'the cub® »
lu tn.iri lies Cdtiniiaraai 4 fi ci-m^er our future
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iTHpoflgl ble tho\.igh i u he to coovinco France of her
ni??taV:e t if do not now ondenvour to ao co o,/ mrn-
ing her of th$ njal state of Arab feeling, '*;«*
-fter be accused of instigating or encouraging the
op, osition to the Tench , Mch the wrnbr no^ threat
en and tit assuredly :ive*
• however His Hat cty*s Governnent tftlnfc fit
to Ow‘,'i-/oy rij ouch wajoiing/Co the Touch ’ovc nnent, it
)uid oovloucly be <;eni ruble not to connect the dnerif
•vith it this u nuld tu••n trench influence a -ninst ft
hin and add to the present difficulUer of the Arab
uestiom
the f5herlf r e letter calls for no definite reply
on any particular point, and I &* tn^r^fore about to
read him an acknowledgment of a friendly nature in
general terms; with however a necessary rcrinder tf at
our alliance witli -'’ranee is of a permanent nature and
not merely for the period of the ar • A copy of my
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