ملف ٣٤٤٣/١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: المبعوثون الألمان إلى أفغانستان" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٩] (٤٩٠/٤٢٧)

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phsr, Mr, narlin:; (Teheran)
July loth. 1915
J. 4.0. .
8.5,p,m,
July ICth. 1915
No. 240,
Urgent.
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Copy to India
16 JUL1915
1/iy telegram Mo r 232 r
At an audience which Russian Minister and I had of
ulie onah to-day we pointed out to His Majesty the danger
towards which the country is drifting and told him that
our Governments would view resignation of the Cabinet at
the bidding of a minority in Medjliss as a sign that
Persia was under the influence of enemy and that as in
tnose circumsoances there could be no prospect of Persia
observing a real neutrality by putting end to German in
trigues and preventing their endeavours to create troubles
in Afghanistan etc r we had no course but to suggest to
our Governments that they should consider what measures
they should take to protect their own interestsr And we
urged the Shah to use his influence to maintain present
Governmentr From the Shah’s reply it seems that the
Cabinet has at length definitely resigned and that although
ne would like to maintain it he doubts his power to do so P
Crisis is therefore likely to continue and so long as
it lasts no action can be taken to hold up emissary from
going to Afghanistaiic In view of the situation as re
gards that country now disclosed by Government of India’s
Russian Minister and I are c
be lost in taking our own me
c0r sent to India and Petrogx