Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎165r] (332/1237)

iu taw dv. i.' ur^an r arm a., aa, tu- tr asit 8 « lana^ a^r il tae
dibtrLot, ji:*« aiTived f»ua b©^un t ) a All
vm jiiiHi it tiuv ai# t«a iaife ot i r n 9 v^ill eajv a re duct! m if
reat. .m >t»aer account Lpeaka oi the dp, ^aisiatioa of an antl-Xudeh
part in ^ia/urn Ce lled ^tilah-i-rChairieU^^ □x.jported calc. ly by Julloha,
who h ve invited the a*ih. e .ce of . lirar and j*.rcujnts in t brlz*
the four is coaoiittee of the T,deh tarty nsv.. written a letter to
8 or-ip nura'vhfch^&i * Gonnandant of the,, fabric Jivicion, pr > testing
ta^ wixen wrslyu tr ps ,> reded tnrou t .h the city on ho Bua doming
(See labdiary, pars 59), * era! a office re if* civilian cl ,>taea
ninglad wi a tn*> crowd anu ahoxted ant i -fdduh alegans. It is dear,
point o dfc the c :*m.o;ittee, that the Am.; is meditating un attack: on the
la ea arty* Duralui&h ni is reported to have ana*orad this in very
direct 1 -i.n .uai.,e: ho did not expect to receiv- a letter, he ...dd,
acc ain ti 'eralan office: a iicvi :xg change the unif na >f their 3hah
for a lees honourable drees* 1 ne in>station is a aldr on the honour
of the anaynd i nauXt will oc iPsaenlMMft uy the Ax*iay la ita
own way - with tne w„ .>net* Xhic account ,u ids reply has not yet been
a nf tinned by idrakath' ihi himself, ad it aae no da act been col u red
^y an axitl-i deh narrator, cut it is latere at ng as ..hod rig the h > pe s
that tue co hs<t rv at ive e lei re at p i u in j u r,. ■: ii o a hi •
74. !riv cnlon Actlvitlee . The c,orders’ Union ( hur i ^uttahld i
I/bloti Ayersripan) li :e the Tudeh Ifirty s ..ma to be .tarking tlae at
present. T :.ere he a been no aev?® of fresh sdvenoes. it a chief pro*
oecu ^.tion yuei n'.w is the 5 even hundred w rkere who are thr^otjsaed with
ry.
fhs workers of . hoi *o ^atch factory An East India Company trading post. in Tab i s, nev.r very ardent
Union men, are sa ^in, a rebellio-o attitude and tome have even told
Union officials bluntly that they do not consider the wlvas b > uod by
the Uni m’a regulation®. The nsnager, i^urte. a hoi, has frequently
shown aore than usu^l adroit...ess in d sling with lauoxr disputes and
a b factory An East India Company trading post. has been per ha >6 the most pea cable in Tabris. But ev^n he
thought it sdvis. ble to maxe the pilgriaa^e to .artels a week or two
ago, fco a® to be *eil Oat of the way In Case that p« a& ao® not all it
sccaed•
kohaned B.ry?. , the leader of the ■Aork^r®* Uni m, who. It is generally
tUK^iit, is no p oorer for his championing of the workers* cause and his
affection f r the Soviet Union, has published a wall~a ties saying
that it has bean spread abroad by sJ&e naiicioos tongue that he has
purchased e nouse with a swtnro.ja. Birya .aa -e® a public offer tp endow
the author >i ,nls rep rt with all the redl property he possesses as
o -apeuettioa for the pains iw has taken to spxe d this rumoj*.
7b. Tabriz rr^dL * nev, .*^v-sptipei ha appeared in Xabrist ” : >ileed-i-
itf&Jat , owned and edited .y a certain Ohulaiw iiua^ein i.e a .ad-.h, who
published a psper In this city thirty years ago. Indeed, he nu bars the
firs - Issue of his paper ^Thirtieth xoar, i«o. 1 . In his first
edtorial, h« claims that his paper is Independent, and alas aoly at
sh «.ih 0 the way to improve economic and mol <. conuitions, to correct
abui c in the ? cUlnietj ti ?n, etc. Without mentioning either the X deh
rarty or the workers* Union, he warily espouses the popular tide of such
questions as the failure >1 the rashm.r^iu factory An East India Company trading post. * It is not ytt known
exactly what financial or other backing he nae.
76. iacri£ duniuloy.llt;; . ihi. almost mythical Institution hso made
ev«rySne eit up and take notice by producing - by a feat of
prestidigitation - 500,G00 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. out of a demonstrably empty cath-box*
«Vith this sum and a balance to be raised from new manicipal taxes
it p±opO£i& to aepiu 11 thi*ee or four of the main streetb of Tabriz.
Xenders for the tup ply of asphalt were to have been invited -m Ida r oh
blest. The Euseien military authorities have & certain quantity of
asphalt on haixd, ®iid the Municipality is believed to be enquiriug whether
they c&ii purchase this* ihetuer the Municipality io aerioue abiut the
proposal or not, ev *n toe suggestion is evidence of iur)re enterprise
thaii it dis >lay- 4 -; hen it® ntab, Ohulaa Mss a lhami, was fa re.
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