Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎280r] (562/1237)

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2-)8. a®n«r 1Utuition. \Kftr t^^cit^leatis of wr^iut* w@«k«
a »t' : 't* of nlrsost unn tturi&lv#nto-NW^grrrr^rv»and, th«f Hka of which
rarely known 4 i\*<m in tha tine of Beau f=hah. TU1» aopliwa
ually to Haatera and e»tern Aaer^aljan» but thi*> usual inflammable
teriul le ^till strewn around the next ®Df*rk.
Turkey * a rupture of reltione with Gerr^ ny (whose defeat i»
ii t 1 «t balng taken for granted) has produced no well-marked
reaction, though there has been a anat© of ill-informed bazaar
rumours of gre -1 diversity. Boiee Armenians have been h^ard to say
thrt It improves the ehtnees of an indeoencent Armenia end thet the
Ruesiaas will now be able to ooouoy the Dardanelles as Turkey*s
allies and retrain there the more ©atsily at the end of the war. The
Russians, os might be exneeted, show no enthusiasm.
N&ws of the death of Beza hah whs received witheut ©rotloo
although Tudeh Iran end other extremists era said to welcom his *
final ell lastion as rendering their own future more secure. The
prescribed period of mourning w a kept with official visits and a
public holiday. Merchant*! * ere annoyed at th© action of the ^olice
in elo&lng the brzasr, askinr what his de-th h »d to do with business
people. The Russic-uu? showed delic' oy of feeling in postponing for
a '•■ , eck the Rod / rmy Garden Party which wee due to take pi* ce oa
fugust ^rd., but » more probable explanation i« that the pretext was
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welcomed *» their prepsratlons were by no means complete.
S09. Tabriz Deputies. The Tudeh deleg> Ion permanent! y posted in the
telegraph office, iffith the professed intention of rewelttlRg there until
Plshlvarl*s mandate es accepted byhthe Majlis, invited various Azer
baijan deputise aud other persons to Goomonlekte with it through the
telegn^ph office at Tehran. The only person who aoeeded to this reo„ueet
Dr. absfttgb, who told the delegation that a fight Is still being
aged for Plshivari and that there is no point la organizing any strike \
or revolution. Ihe delegation accented this a®surance as oufficient
warrant for returning to their homna. A number of Tabriz doctors
susequeatly telegraphed to Dr. Shufagh expresslag strong disepprovul
of bis action on behalf of Pisbivari.
Tudeb Iran has continued to hold public meetings on this eind
allied subjects, but enthusiasm is momentarily on tho w*:ne and audiences
dl inlsh in number.
P10. Huaai^ n af fairs. The Garden orty organized by the &©vie t Colony
in Tabriz in aid of the Victory , und of the Red Army rromdres to be a
considerable finftnoial success* The wealthiest merohants in the town
hiivo beftQ visited by a ladieo* committee consisting of the Oovernor-
Generul* & wife, the foviet Con m 1-Gene rt 1 * s v if © und Rrineaes f^nija,
who su g©;<t that a e ntribution of Rials Z0 9 000 should b# the minimum
for each ticket. Dome merch- nts h vo closed their shops *bcm warned of
the approsh of the committee, but this stratagem has been sucoesafully
counter d by fixing the lim© of the next visit and warning the merchant
that he must be there. Other couHSltteee, organized by th& h^ d of the
aunicipclity and the b ad of po ic©, havo besen <■% w? rk on second class
victl beads of G .-vernm^nt departments being sucked, for example, to
poy Bis. 5,000, or about a month f a salary honestly earned. Finally,
Amy officers and Doviet hangers-on have been dunning bank-clerks,
barbers, photographers and the like for t they thin.*- they are worth.
Few h jve escared the net. Vieti a are loud in their expressions of
recent meal but fev. have d; red to withhold the payment of th»elr asaess-
ment. Some have suggested that the pill might he ve at least been
gilded if ladles more notorious for beauty and charm h d been m de the
instruments of exaction. It renains to b© aeea how much further the
process nill be continued at the itself.
Several Tabriz merchants who left for Tehran on the Fhissian
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