Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates Vol 2 - The Search For Mecca

en. XXI.] Tf^e propose Terms of Peace.
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plenipotentiar}- in this matter, got special instructions
from Jeddan as to terms, and we are authorised
now to propose an arrangement on the following
basis
1. Peace shall be made.
2. All claims for losses by either side shall be
considered settled.
3. Ibn Shaalan shall withdraw his claim to the
pastures of Homs and Hama.
4. The Sebaa will receive the Eoiila as guests in
the Upper Desert, where there is room for all.
These very fair terms we have proposed this afternoon
to Sotamm and the Akid, supporting tliem
with all the aro;uments we could command. I told
Sotamm that a man in a great position, such as his,
should give an example of wisdom to his people, and
not be led away by the mere lust of glory, which
makes fools of the common sort of men ; that he
must know that an aimless war like this, between
two Anazeh tribes, was ruinous to both of them
that the camels he seized to-day would be taken
from him to-morrow, for the fortune of war was
always turning ; that the only people who really
profited by such fighting were the Turks, the
enemies of them all, and that he should know better
than to play into the hands of Pashas and Mutesherifs.
Sotamm assented to all tliis, admitted that
the Turkish Government were primarily to blame in
the cparrel, but maintained that the war must now
go on. His people wished it and he could not con-