Churchill and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland: Betrayal and Redemption 1899-1921 by Roy Irons

Author:Roy Irons [Irons, Roy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Winston S. Churchill, Somaliland
ISBN: 9781473832268
Amazon: B00M483X5K
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Published: 2013-11-03T23:00:00+00:00

…not for my personal gratification…but as a matter reflecting on my prestige among the Somalis. I served in the Somaliland Protectorate at varying times and for considerable periods from 1901 to 1907, and had then the rank of Brigadier-General, and I am known to them as ‘General Manning’. I think it would be a matter of speculation among the Somalis as to why I held a lesser rank than I did formerly, and this might re-act unfavourably upon my mission.

This seems to suggest that he was arguing that the ‘protected’ Somalis would recognize that they were about to be deserted because the British had demoted him due to the shameful and deceitful nature of his mission. Deceitful it was. The whole carefully organized desertion was kept from the Somalis until the last possible moment.

The Italian Government were to be informed by the British Ambassador, Sir Rennell Rodd [who had negotiated the 1897 Treaty with the Abyssinians] that:

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