ABSTRACT
At the suggestion of Colonel Lawrence Faysal was brought to Europe in a British battleship, and exhibited at the peace conference as the representative of his father, the king of the Hijaz. The line which he adopted, no doubt under Lawrence's tuition, avoided any mention of presumed war-time promises. His tactic was to concentrate on Syria, as distinct from Palestine and Mesopotamia, and to fight French claims there. Since this was what the British themselves wanted, he must have thought himself in a very strong position. Cheetham's statements constitute the first admission by a highly-placed Cairo official that the methods used in negotiating with the Sharif left something to be desired. Kidston, of the Eastern department of the foreign office, was not disposed to share Cheetham's complacency. Cogent as the letter was, yet it would have been more cogent and forceful, if certain formulations proposed by H. W. Young and Kidston had not been abandoned on the way.
