Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎543r] (1088/1237)

fr#<ju«nt oh in the ©Yi$t locfti comn nd to blue* acm*
unldentifloblo oYiot cow^nder for haTl&r t^iron th# .ttooay f or
•old the r^ubi«« to the hoalc hjr •MpwXoloa* How luifortuaate for
th^»w ^ eatry that th« imwl&wm wurpriawd •vwrybody by behnriour of
• Y«ry hlph st^ad^rd whioh gave the lie to sueh eoeaeetioaei he
moist prejudiced h«YW had to admit the exealXe&t died-line of the
uedftA *nqr t ^ar. 9 on the whole, the eorreetaeee ef Maeeiea eirll
_ offlelelet but the *erei; &a hare not riven op, in ita eubtler
forme, the fl—e of ^blnuee the riaaeiaae for their ehort-eomln^e in
thle none*
file Ch ief of Qu --atoraa mede a tour to 4 aatara aerbaljan la
eerly Aa^Siex ia order to aat^hli&h ofridal Cuetoaa peats at
^aha.haA, oaaieh, kbq then at harif haae on the w^y home* bis
representa an attempt at re-establlahiag the government's authority
and control over trade with Iraq* Be says that In eight days the
new offlee et Beaaleh tooK Xa•hdO« 000, being oustoae dues on good s
Is ported from Iraq*
In the second half of July uilouri, thief ef the funieipallty
of T# brim, was called to fehrui,' for what purpose I do not fenow.
He ia pro- urK, and was our active emesgr in the last war. * he
Hussions aoceptad hlis as an enany when they oame here, but latterly
I have been surprised to observe that say . oviet oolleague spoke
isore roatly of him.
31* Co nsular..> ^il^a^ues. vabrlx gave a eigh of relief when the
Turkish Coneul-CieMral announced than the breaking of the boil in
hie bottom, and hie imainent departure for <e the bed to reeuperate.
leaping hie ahaeacc the dt te «hiob he had fixed for the arrival of
the Germane came and want, but ha case buck quit© sure they will be
here before winter* umA he earns back with Germen nerds all ping
into his excellent ^ liah; he had shared o house with the family
or a local doctor, tha wife beiiu ‘©Twin. It still remains to be
aeon wfeether the arrival of the Consul, louuxttmer Yttdgel, itus in
nrwctioe modified the Coneul-Oeaeml 9 • manner of apeeeh and
behaviour as regards the probable course of the war; so far it
i seems doubtful.
Tha American Consul loves company and frequently seeks quite
hla lonely house to seek it in the abris oafes of an evening, in
eompany with such iuropease as there ere here, Be has grant air 111
withe the harmonies, but local opinion ie mildly acrndalieed by the
al^ht of an official adding to tha gaiety of what passes here for s
nirbt-club with a i^outh-orgun* One ersisn omeial who has
expressed hie disapproval is typical of the Terslan ideal - round-
bellied, Immobile, unhealthy tuid fairly sweetliu with polite *md
flowery speech. Ha neither drinks nor does he Bsmkm and he says
that if he ae nmeh ae blew one cheep out of e harmonica he would
Ptet, end welcome, the sack. Tat it ia known that when his servants
have gone he opens a assail door in his back wall three Urea a week
to *dMt a lady visitor, hut cose not injure hie off icial
dignity nor ie it any reflexion on him in Persian ayes that he aped
•wrtiwi Ntn, clMUidemlnd hemoo and efflee, dion thi Bueei no eeM Uu
yAaltors * Ir John .*«shwood, insractor of security
arrange ante, arrived on arust 5th end laft on the nth.
^ejor ,l. ,arrivai on uguet dth to ins tel leut*
Ametronf in an office opened In Tabrix by-the Chief Engineer in
connexion with the repair pwegmame for the Kasvin-r brix rord*
he military reat-houoe has hoen ro-eetabl 1 shed ano it is
hoped that it will be in frequent use*
...
i£6or> ior some weeks l have reported all quiet in
it is a suparfiolsl «nd uneasy,quietness* he
«A««rbalJan,^ffi ^ _
oaloae are watching the Germen advance in the Caue&au* with
unoon©waled Jubilation uid tha fhriatian© are correar>ondliigly
nervous* Bee; its s clou el J ahin's telegram from eealeh mnUonec
above there are constant rum ura of minor trouble at with the - urds
over there* Xn th« habad district also there is continuing
unrest since the urdlsh Governor J»»ir a seed left. Be want south
to Keneanehoh, praeumably to consult with his remted aceon.licea
'huh Bekhti and artib /vrfa, and thunca to ehran, no doubt fo**
'Jirthar intrigue against ». fehiny an*l hia other enemies here*
Meantime his friends ana relatione in Mahebad are eeeueed if
Aeeping
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