File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents' [‎35r] (76/395)

11th Maroh
(Contd)«
15th March*
16th March.
18th March.
20th March,
22nd March,
27th March..
28th March.
,30th March.
31st March.
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lat April.
*
2nd April
Consuls and ourselves. Up to the present^we have
only 30 armed men againot 40 Sikhs and 100 ooesac^e.
the Turks only 15 soldiers.
Visit from one of the Chief Priests of Kerbela.
Visit from the American Missionary. In the evening
heard that Vassmues with the Gulf group had oeen
attacked and that he alone escaped.
Letters from Hish Med that he wished to speak with
Schunemann tomorrow, unknown to the lUrkish
After supper Schunemann went alone to the Turks o
account of the idiotic conduct of Rauff Bey at the
frontier, where he had had an encounter wita
priests.
About mid-day came V/eher, a Swiss who lives at
Hamadan, an employee of the firm of which Schunemann
is Director. {Carpet Factory An East India Company trading post. in iahriz).
weber told ue about Salar-ed-Dowleh. now interned
in Konia, how he and his band of murderers nad acted
Bad^ews 8 ?rom the Frontier: Turkish officers shot
there. The situation is becoming more acute.
Confidential delegate of the (Persian) War party very
uneasy* Prince Reuse also apparently tremendously
frightened hy this odious nation (sic), as continual
telegrams re the security of the way. On account of
all this telegram from Schuncmann to Baghdad to aeit
if he might not go there. Then Zugnayer i s
r e nresent ative here. Weher to remain as interpreter
until Schunemann 1 s return. Miserable pack of dirty
TurksJ (sic). Hews that the Dresden is lost.
Telegram from Baghdad that Kiedermayer departs on the
28thJ Prince Reuse on the 3lst, we arc to ro on a
soon as possible.
30 troopers left for the frontier for Niedermayer.
At last we got away at 11 o'clock: got as far as
Saneh.
Through Kangavar to Parisva.
| Before Dowletabad, Harisaim, a ^2 Swiss ^longing
to the English Carpet Company, ca^ie out to meet us
and conducted us past Dowletabad to Haremabad where he
resides. Hartmann has decided to come witn us t
Burujird.
An hour before Burujird a fellow was awaiting us who
announced that the Governor was sending out his
carriage to meet us. he soon ^f**?*} ^ an
anlendid coupe in which sat Doctor Petros (with an
esoort of^Honour of 20 troopers) the factotum of the
Governor. Nlzaa-es-Sultaneh. Doctor Petros speaks
Snfiisli having studied 10 years m Germany) and *
absolutely pro-'&erman. he at last
of the Swedes, Major Hystrora and Captain Soneson, both
mid ftUn.rmin'r men.