83 His ships went down and sank into the sea An expert declared their number to be twenty. If that is his loss at the start of the war, Imagine his losses when he enters the fight. Two flies, God willed their destruction, And they plunged into flaming benzene. Wait and you will hear bad news for unfriendly listeners And good news for friendly ones. As a result of the heated discussions among the people and the growing of some anti-British sentiments, the Sharjah Political Agent, Sayyid Khan Sahib Andulraziq al-Ruzuqi became agitated and requested to meet with Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr. He spoke to him about what he considered insults against Britain and support for the Germans. He said that the instigator to such behaviour was Mr Abdullah bin Abdulrahman bin Faris, a secretary to Sheikh Sultan himself. Sheikh Sultan defended his secretary and said that he was pro-British but was not available at the time to speak for himself. In actual fact, at the time Abdullah had travelled to Najd – where his family was originally from- to meet King Abdulaziz bin Saud. Reporting the events to Mr Loch, Political Agent in Bahrain, al-Ruzuqi, wrote him a letter dated 28 June 1940. He said: “ I beg to report that lately I received information that the Shjaikh of Sharjah had been opening his wireless set on the German Arabic Broadcast so loudly that one could hear it from 200 yards from his Palace and that a large crowd gathers there to hear the German news of which they tookmuch interest. To satisfymyself I went round, in disguise, one night. the information I received was correct. Without being noticed I heard some of the people arguing with each others some on the side of Germany and others AGAINTS them. On the morning of 24th I saw the Shaikh and reminded him of his action until lately, namely allowing no one to hear the German broadcast outside his palace. the Shaikh promised to lower the tune which he did but many people attend his Majlis and hear the news. After the latest events in France I heard that some people had been talking freely in the town about the mighty power of Germany and the collapse of France which would soon be SHARJAH AND WORLD WAR II
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