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Telegram P., No. 118, dated (and received) the 21st September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart-
ment, Simla.
In a fit of temper the Governor-General sent an intemperate telegram
(to Minister ?) offering to resign, owing to interference on the part Minister of
the Interior and of Members of Medjlis.
All mv work and money will be wasted if the offer is accepted and the
example set by Ispahan had better he followed by the community here.
-Reneated to Bushire and Simla and addressed to Tehran.
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Telegram P., No. 150, dated (and received) the 21st September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
rp 0 rphe Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
German agents are, I hear, buying wheat and storing it at Hawar on the
road to Naiband.
Kepeated to Tehran, Birjand and Bushire and addressed to (Foreign.
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Telegram P., No. 24-F., dated (and received) the 21st September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Ali Akbar Beg Tavildar of Hissam-ud-Daulah and Ali Khan, son of
Mir Husain .Sultan, are the two men who gave Germans most help in
Kainat. Both these men live in the vicinity of Sarah and both of^them sent
letters to Shaukat after Germans had crossed the frontier. _ I am inclined to
suspect Ali Khan of forwarding a letter from Germans in which Governor
was threatened. I received information on September 12th that replies to
both men had just been sent by Governor. Ali Khan had in the meantime
gone down to Sistan.
For two or three days from September 7th Paschen made the house of
Ali Khan his headquarters, but at the time the owner was certainly in Sistan.
Vice-Consul, Sistan, was recently instructed by me to keep a lookout for
Ali Khan, and to advise Officer Commanding if possible to arrest him as I did
not think that Deputy Governor could be trusted to do it.
I sent communication to Shaukat on September 18th remonstrating with
him (1) for permitting 12 Afghan sowars to make a halt at Yazdan in Persian
territory, while Paschen was here.
(2) For permitting Paschen and his Afghan Agents in the border villages
to purchase stocks of grain.
(8) For not inflicting punishment on Ali Khan and Ali Akbar for their
services to Germans. His Excellency in his reply states that he has no
knowledge of (1) and (2) ; that he does not know Ali Khan and that he cannot
punish Ali Akbar because he is a servant of Hisam !
I heard from Vice-Consul, Sistan, yesterday that in house close to that of
Deputy Governor Ali Khan had been located. Twenty sepoys attempted to
form cordon round the house. They were able to apprehend four men but one
managed to get away over a wall. These men were taken for examination
to Consulate and released when not identified.