Things dragged on however and for the next two decades the administration of Aden witnessed incessant bureaucratic wrangling between the Bombay Presidency, the Government of India, the India Office, the Colonial Office and the War Office, "which broke through from time to time in the columns of newspapers and on to the floor of the House of Commons and the representative assemblies in India."
Namun hal-hal berlarut-larut dan selama dua dasawarsa berikutnya, administrasi Aden menyaksikan perselisihan urusan pemerintahan yang tak henti-hentinya antara Kepresidenan Bombay, Pemerintah India, Kantor India, Kantor Penjajahan, dan Kantor Perang "yang terjafi dari waktu ke waktu di kolom surat kabar dan ke lantai Dewan Rakyat dan majelis perwakilan di India."