ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٤ "نشرات عدن. (١٩٢١-١٩٢٣)" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٣] (٦٤٤/٣٤٥)

mnchlm (§m <mti 4 officer wti 6 cwl
arrived at "'avia on the ca 10 day*
loads! of ammition
iho Inam io reported to have issued instructions to
tno affect that in the event of aerial bof’il'ardnant of
avia and Bala the troops at tlieso pi aces slioul d be
‘iindra,m to Tais and tadira, respectively*
'iith reference to the mnoured landing of a party of
36 Frenchman and Turks at Dubah, reported in rmj last
letter, Captain Fasluddin rrritos that he has received
no authenticated report on the subject, but that fr^s
vi at ho has gathered from, various sources, it apnoars
that the party landed at Dtibab from tlie Saiwbi'k on the 16th
' ay and reached Khokha on the following day, where they
were accommodated in the homo of the bnamic a,gent, ! ohain
Bobl a* Two of the party are said to be Turks end four
Frenchmen, the rest being their Arab or Somali senrmts*
Tho urks are statedto be Hasan Sidqi Bay, a former
Police Commissioner of Hodeida and Hilmi Bey, who was
oneo the Turkish chief of i ol ice of the Yemen at Sanaa.
Fho party loft for Sanaa on the 19th Hay via T&iss*
Captain ?a%! uddin says that -'r.Amin Hihanl end
his ccrnpanion, who arrived at lodeida from Sanaa on 22ni
‘"'ay, told him that the rench Hiss ion was accommodated
near their house in Sarma and that as far as they could
discover most of the boxes which the "'lesion had carried
with thorn contained their provisions and fifforont li
enors* '.’he hihani party hoard that the * lesion had taken
oone presents for the Imam, but they did not kno ; what
they were. The Hihaai party thoivdit that tho f ission was
a political one in the guise of a conmorcial party and
that its object ms to secure trade facilities at Immic
ports.
It is reported that Che i Mi Abdul Huhsmnod Baron
taking with him several Cheikho Cron 2 abid went over to
the