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directed towards restoration and maintenance of order in Fars. Regarding
this please see myitelegram 413 to Minister. Secondly, secret service ex
penditure proper. In this I propose to include following :—(1) Subsidising of
local newspapers for which I have now arranged to counteract influence of
four papers subsidised here by Germaps. (2) Payment of extra guards for
Consulate. (3) Rent of two gardens adjoining Consulate from which we were
threatened with attack before arrival of Kawam and which are now occupied
by his men. (4) Ordinary secret service expenditure such as payments to
informants, &c.
I estimate monthly expenditure under these headings at 3,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. or
total of 15,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. to end of present financial year.
Addressed Foreign ; repeated Tehran, Bushire. Ends.
Addressed Foreign; repeated Cox.
112
No 629 P.-W., dated Poona, the 18th October 1915 (Confidential).
From—L. Robertson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political
Department,
q; 0 The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your telegram
No 1022 S , dated the 6th instant, relative to Haji Ali from Basrah, 1 am
directed to enclose a report No. 5115—M.-158, dated the 14th October 1915,
received from the Commissioner of Police, Bombay.
2. The Government of India will observe that Haji Ali arrived at Jutogh
on the 9th instant.
3. On the journey to Jutogh he made important disclosures to Sub-
Inspector Schiff, who was in charge of him.
4. Meanwhile Caravolos has been remanded to jail in Bombay and
a further report will be submitted in regard to him.
(Enclosure.)
No. 5115 M.-158, dated Bombay, the 14th October 1915 (Confidential).
From—S. M. Edwardes, Esq., C.V.O., C.S.I., Commissioner of Police, Bombay,
To The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with Government letter in
the Political Department, No. 6861 W„ dated the 9th October 1916,1 hare the
honour to report, for the information of Government, that the German subject
Haii Ali was handed over to the Officer Commanding, Jutogh, on the 9th idem.
The deportee travelled up to Jutogh in charge of Sub-Inspector Sehj|f, an
officer of the Criminal investigation Department of the City Police, who speaks
Arabic fluently. Sub-Inspector Schiff was directed to treat Hap All with
everv consideration and to use his best endeavours to gam his confidence and
to encourage him to talk. He used his opportunities to such good purpose
that Haji Ali imparted to him the following items of information :
(11 Dawood Ali is the Vice-Consul for Germany at Kerman. He was
given this appointment some four months ago by virtue of his strong anti-
British tendencies.
(2) One Abdullah Khan has recently been appointed a Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at
Borasjun by Herr Wassmuss.
(3) One Aga Sufi, who has lost his right arm, is a teacher in English at
Shiraz, and also manager of a Persian newspaper called “ Jam-i-Jam , a pro-
German organ. He is very influential with the Persians.