File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎654r] (955/1080)

facturers are called upon to completely boycott foreign trade relations. The
tmal plan tor economic boycott will be formed by a commission of experts who
will be appointed by the National Congress.
Extract from the “ Izvestia,” dated 25th February.
Azerbaijan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Husseinov, communicates the
following . Regardless of our wish to establish friendly relations with Georgia,
the Menshevik Government, by its actions, violates agreements concluded with
us. When the rising occurred in Georgia, the insurgents requested our assist
ance. This is reason for order issued by Azerbaijan Revolutionary Committee,
for the troops to advance.
Extract from the “ Izvestia,” Tashkent, dated 22nd February 1921.
Following are numbers of raids, etc., made by the Irish insurgents d uring
1920. Destruction of Courts of Law 69, raids on post offices 3,001, destruction
of police barracks 535, soldiers killed 54, wounded 127, policemen killed 199,
wmunded 311.
Activity of Government troops : Raids on private houses 58,474, arrests
7,887, (of which only 775 v r ere tried and found guilty) raids by troops and police
on unarmed citizens 1,184, during which 98 citizens were killed and 589 wmunded,
men killed when under arrest 115, number of times men have been tortured and
beaten 185, buildings wholly or partly destroyed 2,016.
Extract from the ” Izvestia,” dated 24th February 1921.
The Japanese newspapers issued at Tokio and Nagasaki are alarmed at
the news that in mid-December 1920, a United Conference of the Socialists of
Eastern Nations took place in one of the towns in China. The following number
of representatives took part in the conference : From Japan 18, from Corea
3, from China 40. All these representatives have extreme revolutionary tenden
cies. The Conference decided to organise a Central Bureau in China, which
wall work in contact with the world’s proleteriat. A representative from India
is expected shortly.