'Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919' [‎4r] (7/16)

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XIII.—Pan-Islamism and anti-British Schemes.
16456. M.j 5 th Decern per. .Taslikend paper, News, I6tii November (? 26 th November)
described meeting held there 24th November of the u Alliance for liberation of
the East,” attended by Afghan Consul and number of Indian revolutionaries
besides local coihmunists. Usual denunciations of British, and pledges of all
present to fight tp, last to eitinguish British rule in India, Egypt, &c. Afghan
Consul took prominent part. Presence of Persian Consul-General not reported.
Same newspaper has fiery article entitled ‘ 4 Until next spring.” Says Soviet
Bussia and her allies will spend the winter in active preparation for final conflict
and that by next spring (May at latest) Imperialism will everywhere be dead.
Another article denounces Bokhara as being almost British Imperialist.
16564. M., 8th December, From unanimity-with which Afghan officers in Russian
Turkestan are engaged on anti-British campaign of abuse* it is considered that
they must have received orders to this effecL
16672. M., 5th December. The Tashkend newspaper News states Afghan Consul-
General Astern Khan has published the : following statement on Afghanistan
relations: “The present armistice is only, temporary. The object of the Kabul
“ Government in Concluding the armistice was merely to gain time, to gather in
“the harvest, to reorganise army* and to fortify frontiers. The Afghan repre-
“ sentative has strict injunctions to insist on the following terms and compromise
“ for nothing less: England must set free India, Persia and Baluchistan; she
“ must return to Afghanistan all territory seized in previous wars* Failing
“ acceptance of these terms the Afghan representative will return to Kabul.
“ Consul-General said that he did not suppose England would yield these wishes
“ without endeavour, but even if she did yield, the Afghans would maintain a
“ firm alliance with the Bolsheviks, in order to guard against the probability of
“ subsequent treachery on the part of England.”
W.N., Tashkend, 6th December. The Turkestan Department of the Russian
Telegraph Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. has opened branches in Samarkand and Bokhara, where
posters in Russian have been published ; in the courseof,the next few days
Mussulman posters will also be issued. The Central Department of the Russian
^Telegraph Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. has opened a Mussulman branch for the . . . . . of
the whole . . ...
16709. M., 11th December. Copy of Tashkent paper News recently reeei ved contains
article on English designs in Middle East, and says profiting by abstention of
Soviet Russia from all schemes for external aggression* England has seized Persia
and now has designs on Turkistan. It is not with armed strength that English
are making their approaches on Turkistan, but with remarkable diplomatic
subtlety they are establishing for themselves such a position in Bokhara and
Khiva that one fine day the whole of Turkistan will be in England’s power. We
Bolsheviks must never forget the magnitude of England’s Eastern interests, of
.how abhorrent to her will be the existence of,a Red'Turkistan. We must set to
work at once to counteract the influence the English have obtained in our midst,
and so far from allowing Turkistan. to fall into England’s orbit We must our-selves
Use it 6s a base from which We shall compass the destruction of English power*
not only in Persia but throughout all the Eftst. The slyly woven diplomacy of
England in Turkistan must be checkmated, and that is ouf first task, as this
achieved we must proceed to the destruction of our most powerful and subtle
enemy, England. With the 1 downfall of the chief representative of imperialism
and capitalism the triumph of Bolshevik ideals will soon be universal.
C.G.S. 522, T9th December* $ 5i V T. —M* Propaganda points established on
Tashkend road Will number 35 by new year*
G.G.S. X. 559 and C.G.S. X. 571. T.—M. Activities for mobilisation o* the
educated Mahometans in Turkestan for propaganda Work in Persia, Afghanistan,
and Indiai ; organising OentreS apparently in Aktiuhinsk and Tashkend.
16860. M., 14th December. Polish prisoner of war escaped here from Turkestan
states that on 18th November he left Tashkend and travelled as far as Kagand with
Afghan officials, whp had come from Moscow (the Mission proper did not leave
Moscow till 27th November). States in conversation Afghans stated definite
alliance had been concluded with Bolsheviks with commpn object of destruction