You Americans know so little of our politics.

It is significant, I might say, of the New Arabia-- Arabia for the Arabs.

The great ben Saoud, who is a relative of this man, is an Arabian chieftain who has welded most of Arabia into one, and now challenges King Hussein of Mecca for the caliphate.

Hussein is only kept on his throne by British gold, paid to him from India.

Ben Saoud also receives a subsidy from the British, who must continue to pay it, because otherwise ben Saoud will attack Hussein and overwhelm him.