Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎277r] (556/1237)

of Mahmoud ilkhant m Gas la Ar.lia Slkhaal 'ade,
.fetjwa of imfr asfid, aho^uld rai©© a fo^oa of savaotsy puart!!®
to protect th© road from Hi nduab to aqqiz. Thle rood lioa
moatiy through territory occ piad by mXr Assad’s part of
th-; Deboukri tribe. Aa hi^n relatioua with his two nephowa
are strained, there in a possibility of trouble. He naturally
thinks th? t the more is directed against his authority and
eontonda that his trlbeaz&Sf! are sire dy aa^tirli&a f?ood order
in this partloular district.
The Faiaullah Bag! branch of the Beg^ada tribe hare
stolen 1,4tKi sheep from the TiUaga of ihahladaak n© r UaraalM
be ion U n to a Persian landlord named Ya&in 3-aahgar. r»rt of
the stolen sheep have been recovered by the Mianduab gendarsi-
ori© from Mahmoud Shajai in Bukan, to whom they had been paa. ad
over. Lahenoud h & also bet>n arrested. The re st of the sheep
have been taken off by the tribe.
Ztv. Closing down of British Military ••nd U.K.C.C. stobliaH-
ments. all person el h ve now left with the exception of the
loeal U.K.C.C. «r<aor«r, Tio li> still det laec in connectica
with the disposal of the 1© a© of their premiaea in Tabriz.
Vhlic' escorting the trucks removing the 1 at of the* Corooret-
ion f a property to Tehran, 'r. ynno, their road inspector, was
severely injured in an accident near Ml&nah and removed to
hospital at Tehran.
Labour Situation in fsbrin. During the ©ftrlier part of
tne momh several further unruly Incidents occurred, such as
an assault on the cashier of the isserb? ijan Spinning Factory An East India Company trading post.
fifhi the Inpriaonmant of th© ownerbrother at the Iran '^tch
Factory An East India Company trading post. , all accompanied by arbitrary and unraes nable demands
on the part of th© workers. The owners, in despair, ^ftwr
falling to get ny tangible help from the Gov* rncr-Oener^l,
who merely advocate* patience in thtse difiicnlt times,
telegraphed to the Prim© Minister and Hajlie saying that they
would either h»ve to com© to an agreement with the worker*
which would be respected or they would be compelled to close
their factories. m he Governor-General is likewise said to
nave told the Soviet Consul-General tht.t he could not <$ rry on
if th© disorders conlnued anri th© letter was also apps- led to
by the iresident of th© Chamber of Industry and others. It is
oi course, a matter or general knowledge that the labour
aglt tor* h* v© been in touch with th© Soviet Const* Is ft ©—General
and it Is firmly bt^ii ved thfat they h«.5v© received ©nooumgarient
iuid protectiou. In the o&et week there h ve baon signs that
the Soviet hounds have been called off: in th© words of th©
Soviet Consul-General, *3t©os h va been taken to Improve the
situation’*, and the workers # re at the moment quiet. The
factory An East India Company trading post. owners are mkin# a renewed effort to ranch © definite
ngraemsnt with the workers f recrer«otativs* f which should be
possible if the f ovist authoritlais really desire tranquill ity.
i com; iseion from Tehran, repre exiting the Ministry of th©
Interior, the Ministry of Justice ami the Police Department,
ft s been iavestigi ting the eirctmntsnces of Khalil Inqil^b’s
arrest on July 14th. with a view to fixing th© responsibility
ior th© accompanying bloodshed. Their findings are not vet
known.
Tudch Irf.n Proclamations. Tudeh Ir^ n still maint Ins
sc m ' activity. It ft as Jna t p« >1 i ah • d a long prool am t ion
denouncing th© landlords and gendarmes, compleiniiag; that the
la hi lords ere using the gendarmes to oppress the peasants, th©
rewl producers of weelth. Only Tudeh, it r*ays, cares for th©
peasants and give* then protection. Th© Gov^rmsent is ?iso
cond* ned for its nogleot of th© people*p health end th©
Municipality, which is c lied » mmicl allty in name only,
for ite failure to secure proper anitary o : pditione, etc.
A •©*ond notice att oks th© Director of Finance for the non-
diatribalion of monopoly goods, sayiar that he is a thief
working in league with other thieves.
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