We did not agree with them when they did that, and we are really being no better now than the oil sheiks were at that time.
Is it not therefore vitally important to deal with subversion as firmly as possible wherever it occurs and to give the maximum support to the allied sheiks?
Can we really doubt that there will be a wider distribution of power, or believe that the unlimited authority of kings and sheiks will remain as they are at present?
Nobody thanks the oil sheiks who have made it possible by raising the price and justifying in economic terms, at the present moment, the production of our own oil.
The sheiks will not readily yield their personal power.
There was a sheik who was accused of making some false statement, and he was allowed to affirm.
It is very like the sheik who displays his pleasure at the faithfulness of his eunuch by granting him the freedom of his harem.
The only people who signed it with him were about four sheiks and sultans who had no visible means of support and who represented nobody.
