File 3443/1914 Pt 5 'Persia: German agents' [‎38r] (82/395)

yth April.
8th April.
9th April.
Oth April.
st lay.
>rd I.ay*
Ith l.ay.
3th hay.
In th« afternton nany riBiteni. Kargusar. who ia
a pig> a 'brother of the Governor, wko hates hir.
li.he poison: nay be a oandidate for the
Governorship later on: denoorp-ts, nerchants*
Glerupp to supper: Professor riore’, Glerupp and I
less,, drunk*
Telegram for Pugin from Teheran, saying uii**u
Prince Reuse is expected, and that the new Prime
llinister is greatly in our favour.
Telegram from Niedennayer, which however was
evidently sent off before the change of Ministers,
to say no violent measures for the present, as
danger for the Embassy.
The Hindus of the English Consulate -sent us word
that in the event of 4fc Scholuch (rising) they would
If at once deliver arms over to us.
After dinner we sent Ahmed Aga, our. town spy, to
spread the report in the bazaar that the Germans
had noticed that telegrams of theirs had been
intercepted, that they were furious about it, and
that at the first disturbance they would have all
telegraph officials hanged. Perhaps in consequence
of this report, there oame shortly before 10 o cloc^
a cypher telegram from Riedermayer of 650 words,
the gist of which was that the Teheranis were
fearfully nervous, a declaration of war was not to
be thought of for the present, all se fi°^ s c , 8 . t ®^
to be avoided here. It said further that J - e
is coming here, apparently others besides him, and
Telegram from Rohner that 5 Germans are an
must apparently arrive tomorrow: that Kerraani Regt.
ia ordered back to Kerman: that we two, after
Seiler has been initiated here, are to go dn witn
all speed and to engage 20 ‘‘excellent men for the
purpose. At Yezd, base, where I am to reraain for
the present and thither Professor 1118 r
God be praised* Things are moving in the direction
rt-r RAlufthistan.
Seiler and 4 others have arrived at Tirun.
Hote from Seiler to say that he is coming with
Doctor lUedoraayer, Bohnatorff, Fasting, Frederick
and 60 aoimals. In the forenoon there orriv-ed in
addition from Shiraz the Bengali Dowd All with 12
animals for Bohnetorff. At 1.30 I y° v ®
iUtshafabad: nice drive: got there 4 o clowe at
once wet my old hors and Bohnetorff. A stream of
questions and stories. Versen has fallen ill at
the front at Basra; Baghdad, base. Winkelraann gone
to I'ernanshah to Sohunemann. Joseph here, hope to
take him with us to Yezed and Kerman, Berghausen
ill, Kosul base. Peter Pasohen ill, had lain at
Weber's house in Hamadan, now, it is hoped, on the