Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎324r] (650/1237)

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-arope iroai the west ia a aubject if f ;e;ier«a oowp^atl a an*
Mcrv^jnUi ar# eagerly aiaauaaiag it© lll^aly jrtp©r^««ioaa on
auelaay© c ,m the lutura of /isar&al^asse £W : W#el»© or failure wiU#
ti^ ue iAinvy with coa^e^uehoe© for %'o&m &xuX in the iaetthtiiaa
<\ w**y ai*tt reluctant to hoy or ©ell cm either way they zaay he losers*
realiae that if the /a lie© are ©UGoeasfal their gaaerally ©till
pro-welBiiaii aexitiaushita may hare to he fluaUy alaaar4ed t but their
hope© are more aeatreu on failure fallowed by a psto^a-up peaee^
ihe^t -t satlafaotloii,» however* that rurkey ha© re^affirfeed Ite
©olldsrit/ *1 th Great Britain a© this reaorree a potent tal d 'war
to peace la this area*
t4rt Jt**? jtvovur* there ha© beau mane #x>eeul-
atloa ou tae ^e^ral p U It leal situation la Iran# hit tie 1©
expected Iron either im hsjlls or the proaeat ^overasmt* the
personal uaa factional ^uarwjls uelhg held to uaaermine the author!ti
y ol oath alike* persoasllty of eyyla .i.ia coat limes to excite
iateiisst aii* he la often regarded as the only outetsMlag in
•ke present ^^11©* ihere is much ©Ui^port for the attacks oa t^ie
‘liiapautpi "**l«ci-oa* moat people having &<omu ©tor/ to relate about
-*** incaApeteace or lack of unaerstaiidl% of s^&e lisUvhhisl
memunr of Uu» miafcion with whom they have been brought Lito direct
or Inuirsov coat set* ihere Is cortslnly little or nothing t4*et the
mission c^ih point to by wey of aohieveiiuat In **erbai4an* wtille im
grievances lof't uarenedled hre wmmrmm enoughs and it la the
^soion that ma to take the blame* not tlm elrcunstsnces or
eiflolals beyond It© power to control*
^ ihere Is sgsln conaidersble preocoupstlon about ultimate
nusalaa Intentions caused by the forward propaganda policy to which
attention was drawn la paragraph 80 of thls.-iary* ialk of a
Greats* A^rbaljaa’ and f ito» Caucasus 1 Is curient In place© a© far
apui t as dlanduab and harab* in the latter place It i© ©aid tm%
vlliters are refusing to P*y their tax^a on tinr ground that they
ure no longer in Iran* The Russian hospital In fsbrls will be
opened in about a week’© tine* Gut no building hss yat been feunl
ior seeond&iy school* her has anything further besa hc ? rd of
tu^ other son »ols ^uiah ere said to be conts^ploted♦ , 4 any of the- •'•
population w alsgivltigs are crested by tactics© methods employed by
11 ^ ^UhhliUia* 'ih«ire have also Gecn numerous arrivals of ua^ ian
troops* sx^psreutly jaot back from the front* and cases of robbery
wiuii violence have Increased* Xhese moistly attributed* however*
to Guucaslan troops* the Great ...uoslans deservedly enjaying a better
imputation* .any or tii© renainlng in inhabitant© of cubstanoe are
talking cl removing to tb^ south while there is yet tine: and the
price of real properV In i aorlc has at las nsssst dropped,
practioslly tm only buyers at tea noai^nt being chaulfeurs
similar war profiteers*
wbe cost cf living is e ©using rune wed labour uniest of an
UuaeAntsndable not'ure fsnnsd by agitator© with varying motives*
i.sports of tt*« occupation or factories by workers in Ispahan and
hasvin ore slsming owners here* woe fear that the example ary be
laiectlnus* -hnit of tints ure showing every disposition to acoet>t
labour s aamaiid© to avoid Uxi© danger* cut every increase in wages
ie i >li owed almost sulosstically by a riau in price© there is
no h.vparuht iliiit to the ixiilatlonary process* a tie existence of ©
dlacontcntsd* ignorant find spasmoalcully fanatical proletariat Is «
definite element of the i'abri^ picture«
—:il'l.ciul©» Ohulsn keaa »lnawi to^k up his autles as
thsaa of tbs .aorix .uaicipality on a. and* Us owes his appoint
ment to ins new Gsveraar^Gensral» hehdi Jauvar* Els predeoeasor*
iauael bshadar* ^s unwllii^ to proc^^d to uaragha as Fsjnasndsr
and is tryUt. to obtain a pout move to his tastes*
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