Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-20 | Page 22 | Ibn Saud Ready to Take Field as Fall Nears

READY TO T TAKE FIELD fIRD AS fAlL NEARS Will Battle Last of Desert Des Des- crt ert She Sheiks Ike k D Defying Authority JERUSALEM Sept 2 The The CAP autumn war tar nr season eason is about aboul to be begin begin besin be- be gin sin in the Arabian nl desert deHe t. t with Ibn Saud king klOg of or the and emperor emperor emperor em em- of or the camel corps le legions legions' lons of at well well equipped ed fighters and so some e of or his thirteen thirteen sons read ready to take to tho the deserts to fight the last of the sheiks holding out against his authority On his des desert rt tours Ibn bit Saud transports his harem of four twenty wives I Fives In two t luxurious us limousines built In England especially c lall for tor the purpose Once an exile at I on th the Persian gulf without ho tan an acre of or the Ute million square miles of or the Arabian peninsula to his name Ibn Saud now Is the tho unquestioned unquestioned ruler of or the desert tribes of or the near eaSt cast The campaign for tor which h preparations preparations are arc being made madem will m make his domain undisputed If It he Into camp the sheik Faisal el leader or of the 1 confederation of or tribesmen one of th the f few w desert sheiks who flaunt their robes fn in defiance e to th the authority of ot Ibn Saud PLANS FINAL DRIVE The Tile Arabian dictator has been Concentrating men and military sup supplies supplies sup sup- plies for a final drive against th the rebels ever er since the terrific desert heat beat Interrupted his hie punitive expedition expedition dUlon of ot last Jast April Avril and now that cool weather is h returning Ibn Saud Saudis is ready leady to lau launch ch his attack The gravity sra of ot the Insurrection against the conqueror of M Mecca and tho the man man wh who dethroned King ICing Hussein Hussein Hus Hus- sein to attain his power is 18 s admitted by observers as ns tho the confederation against him Is composed of or three powerful Arabian tribes the tho Aj- Aj nans s. s and l Even during tho the heat of the summer Ibn Saud's forces have engaged In skirmishes skir with the tho rebels The present campaigns are arc a sequel se sequel se- se quel to trouble that started two years a ago o when hen the British mandale mandate mandate man man- date dale government of Iraq established a frontier force orce to prevent raids on the pastoral tribes of or Iraq De Desert ert tribes resented this Interference Some Same of or them demanded Ibn Saud l lead ad them in battle against Iraq hut but he refused and the confederation confederation confederation con con- federation rose against him Al Although Al- Al though reverses were suffered by Ibn Saud's Sauda forces this spring observers observers' ob- ob observers ob ob- servers servers servers' expressed tho the opinion he would eventually e suppress ss the up uprising uprising up- up rising ax as K ho he ha has i suppressed others In twenty five years ears Ibn Saud has risen from lom po poverty to riches fr front from nl a 11 without a principality principality to King of Arabia with his authority dominating the deserts He rules In patriarchal style with with- out ministers of or state stage or cr ot other Imi im Imitations o of western government Besides Besides Besides Be Be- sides his lila thirteen sons son Ibn Ilm Saud has haK numerous us dauGhters Tho The sur SUI surviving sur vi ing members of oC the Ibn Rashid dynasty dynast which Ibn Saud replaced d. d are In captivity at Riya RIa the capital city I IA A mixture of romantic nOI nomad chieftain and modern warrior Ibn Saud has haa made to bu buy tanks and armored cars for his hla desert forces Corces He Ire is a n radio fan but loathes jazz music according to travelers in his domains rind and last year car announced an embargo on the importation Into his territory ol ot saxophones banjos ukuleles and other such Buch Instruments which h he said got on his nerves neres r