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No. 82.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Buchanan.
(Telegraphic.)
SIR G. BARCLAY’S telegram of
Persia.
Foreign Office, January 12, 1912.
10th January : Action by the two Powers in
His Majesty s Government are willing to act with the Russian Government in the
mannei suggested by the two representatives at Tehran in order to provide for
immediate needs, since it is, in our opinion, absolutely necessary to lose no time in
giving Persian Government support.
Please endeavour to obtain views of Minister for Foreign Affairs as soon as
possible.
No. 83.
Sir G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received January 13.)
(Telegraphic.) _ _ Tehran, January 13, 1912.
I HAVE received the following reply from Smart to my enquiries as to the
circumstances in which he was wounded and his subsequent treatment:—
“ A young Kashgai deliberately fired at me. I was riding with our rear-guard,
and he, with several others, crept up to within 30 yards of us as we were retreating.
He could not, of course, have known my identity. The same bullet wounded my
horse in^ the neck. I fell, and was more or less winded. As the enemy passed
over me in pursuit of our force one quickly extracted a few valueless objects from my
pocket. As our Maxim bullets were whistling over me, I rolled myself down hill. I
then waited for the enemy to return. Two came back. I introduced myself, but the
only result was that one cleared my pockets while the other covered me with his rifle ;
they then left me. The next party included the young Kashgai chief, Ardeshir Khan;
there was considerable resemblance between him and the man who had shot me. He
emphatically denied it, however, and I cannot be certain. He stated that he had been
sent by Mohamed Ali Khan to stop the attack on the escort. He was extremely polite,
mounted me on his own horse, and brought me back to the caravanserai, where I
found Mohamed Ali, who assured me he had come from his camp at Shahpur with
the express object of preventing the attack. He expressed his deepest regret and
concern. My wound was bandaged as well as possible, and as the caravanserai was
lacking in proper accommodation, Mohamed Ali insisted on my accompanying him
to Shahpur, where he treated me with almost embarrassing kindness during my stay. A
Persian surgeon, at his command, came there to attend to my wound. Mo'hamed Ali
said that the common people were no longer properly under restraint; they had been much
excited by the priests against our troops; he had given orders to the tofangchis to let
me pass, but- the people were out of hand.”
No. 84.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Barclay.
(Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, January 13, 1912.
YOUR telegram of the 11th January : Mr. Lecoffre.
I concur.
No. 85.
Foreign Office to India Office.
Sir, Foreign Office, January 13, 1912.
I AM directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to transmit to you, to be laid before
the Marquess of Crewe, a copy of a despatch from His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran,* * in
* See ‘'Persia, No. 4 (1912), M No. 333.