"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٥] (٦٨٨/٥٥٦)

State bad efileiaXljr reea^nieea one sneaker of the
Majaleh - thv >liaUtbl3r faally - a* head of the sur
Jeztnebeh but while the Areata and the luwaria aceeyted him
the Makhanneh mm the Chialio did met and had another
candidate. I im^TmmamA apmn them howeTer the advantagee
of union urged them to put an end to the existing
dissensions and su&g^sted that they mighf. appeal to the
Muscat authorities to nominate an independent arbitrator,
rhey did not definitely re4fcet the proposal and as they
seemed to be tired of the existing state of affaire I am
hopeful that somethin** may come of it. Anyhow disc use! one
are in progrese and the *ali told me that he thought it
would be possible to mahe pease between the four sections,
X am bringing these facts to the notice of the uscat
authorities and trust that the* will co-operate and
endeavour to bring about a settlement, if this can be done
then I think that the Baml Bu All will have very much less
opportunities for interference in SHur affaire in the
future,
10, the following morning 1 went ashore at Aiqa
and interviewed the leading members of the ani Bu Ali
community, Ai$a coasts of an imposing flag staff fixed
in the gresmd and on the arrival of the mail— ol—war a much
faded flag, the original colours of which seem to be red,
white and green, had been hoisted. As there was no one
in Aiqa who had any authority to dissuss the natter I
sent word to sanaixh Ali that I would be returning to Sur
in 3 days 1 time and a steed him to come down and see me,
and then left in iUl.S^Triad* for Khor Jmrama the newly
discovered sanitarium^ where the climate is m&tqr degrees
cooler than any where else on the Omen coast or in ths