'Persia. No 1 (1909). Correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia, December 1906 to November 1908' [‎85v] (154/236)

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No. 156.
Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling.
(TelegrapHic.) Foreign. Office, June ZS, ;
WITH reference to your-telegrams of the 27th instant respecting the general
situation in Persia.
I authorize you to accept a guarantee signed by the Shah for the security and
lives of those now in “ bast ” at the Legation. A warning should be given at the same
time that, if the pledge be not observed with the greatest strictness, tlie consequences
will be of the most serious nature.
It does not necessarily follow that a proclamation of martial law is inconsistent
with a complete amnesty. . .
No. 157.
Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling.
(Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, June 29, 1908.
REFUGEES at Gulahek.
With reference to your telegram of the 29th instant. You should regard in the
same light as ordinary villagers persons other than criminals taking refuge in village.
No. 158.
Sir Edivard Grey to Mr. Marling.
(Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, June 29, 1908.
FOLLOWING telegram received by the King from the Shah, dated the 26th
instant:—
t£ I have recently taken steps to punish some mischief-makers who, at the insti
gation of the Zil-es-Sultan, wished to deprive me of my rightful and hereditary throne.
I had no objection whatever to the arrangement which I myself had made, but, on the
other hand, mischief-makers had brought about such a confusion m the country that
the Government and the Deputies of the Medjliss-e-Shora (National Council) could do
nothing. I therefore took steps to apprehend and punish the mischief-makers. I now
deeply regret that at such a juncture your Majesty’s Chargd d’Affaires (prompted by
Mr. Churchill and Major Stokes, Military Attache) has sent his own gholams, who are
members of the evildqing Enjumens (Societies), and has invited the mischief-makers to
the Legation. This is a clear interference with the internal affairs of Persia. There
Tvr- n ° ( ^ 0U ! 3 ^ if in place of this Charge d’Affaires there was a tactful and judicious
Munster in lehran like the other Ministers—he would have closed the gates of vour
Majesty’s Legation, like the other Legations in Tehran, and would not have received
tiem. Under these circumstances, unofficially (in a friendly manner) I ask your
Majesty-—my good and exalted Brother—to put a stop to these improper acts of the
large c aires; send an accomplished Minister, who would be able to restrain the
members of the Legation, so that your Majesty’s respected Legation may not appear in
the eyes of the public as an asylum for malignant and mischievous persons. I shall be
most grateful for your Majesty’s favourable reply.”
No. 159.
Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling.
(Telegraphic ) • + + cu i r> • Foreign Office, June 29, 1908.
PLEAbE communicate to Shah Persian translation of following telegram from the
Kmg to His Majesty, and give a copy to Minister for Foreign Affairs
. “ ^ have received your Majesty’s telegram of 26th instant. I have no interest nor
desire to intervene in any way m the internal affairs of your country, which I hope
you will govern as a constitutional Sovereign with justice and humanity. Nobody