ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "انتفاضة عربية: التقارير العربية؛ تقارير السير م. سايكس" [ظ‎‎٢‎١‎٣] (٤٥٠/٤٢٤)

instrument of antagonism to Italian expansion in the East. . F “ the 5.’
formed an indispensable complement to Eritrea, and must ren,am fre ® XenM
control' the really important matter was to secure the political and econ
TlXthereTn This would be a small thing in comparison with the gains of Great
Britain in Mesopotamia &c„ and of France in the Mediterranean and Syria, and could^
harcUy 1 be obfectedto by Italy’s allies. The writer of the article speaks of Italy s
^historic rishts ’ in Yemen- rights which, as Sir R. Rodd remarks in a despatch
INo 231 24th July] containing an abstract of the article, “ would seem to be derived
from a history which has not been long in the making.” Sir R. Kodd also says that
the “Idea Nazionale” is the mouthpiece of the chauvinistic party which aims at
Italian aesrandisement, with ambitions which outsoar the present resources and
faptRiesTthe countr’y. The views expressed are those of a minority which makes
itself heard in the Chamber and to some extent moulds public opinion.
The “ Idea Nazionale " and the Arab Revolt.
The same paper, in its issue of the 14th July, dealt with the Sherif s revolt. It said
that its only information being non-official it could not state exactly-what had occurre
but evidently, whatever it was, it was due to English action. It had already dealt
the practical difficulty of creating an Arab Caliphate in place of the Turkish and w
the nnmediate consequences which would flow therefrom m regard to the Moslem
population of the Italian colonies. Events in Arabia should be carefully watched as
the action of the rebels was of importance as affecting Eritrea.
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