ملف ١٩١٣/٣٢٩٤ جزء ١ "لجنة الحدود التركية-الفارسية: النفقات" [و‎‎١‎١‎١] (٢٤١/٢١٧)

attendance on Hubbard to London by easy stages, as soon as
latter is fit to travel.
We hope to move him to Khoi in 4 or 5 days' time and
thence to Julfa by motor car en route Tiflis and Batun.
Six men implicated have been arrested and are in custody*
I have taken their evidence and propose to send them with
others who I hope to have captured shortly to Tabriz via
Khoi under guard with Captain Dyer. Motive for attack is
not yet clear but it seems clearly premeditated and to have
been probably made by members of Persian nomad trices of
Muhammad Shikak sornas to get local Persian chief friendly
to Russians into trouble with latter for whom tribesmen
appear to have mistaken us. Copies of evidence and all
available details will be sent to Sir W. Townley and V
British Consul Tabriz for further necessary action. Detailec
despatch follows
At time of occurrence I was with my colleagues on a
Sub-Commission on difficult part of frontier some 50 miles
off and only heard of it yesterday on my return messenger
having failed to reach me hence delay in reporting matter.
Please inform Mr. Hubbard,Tovmfield^Hayes End,Hiddlesex
bv letter of above with expression my profound regret and
sympathy.
Addressed Foreign Office No.22, sent to India
repeated Tehran, Constantinople,No.25, Tabriz. Dated
September 5th.