ملف ١٩١٦/٣٥٧٩ "تركيا: مستقبل القسطنطينية" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٢] (٥٣٠/٢٥٢)

Enclosure No. 20.
Extract from a letter from the Government of Bihar and Orissa, Bo, 28*0, T.,
dated the 15th January 1917,
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية *
3. No excitement lias been manifested anywhere in connection with the
recent references in the Duma to Constantinople and the Dardanelles.
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية *
Enclosure No. 27.
Extract from a letter from the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces,
No. 8, dated the 20th January 1917.
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية *
5. The announcement regarding the future destiny of Constantinople
has now been made public in the papers received from England, but so iar
it does not appear to have attracted any attention among the Muhammadans
here. Those who think about the matter at all had* very likely made up
their minds long ago that, if the result of the war is favourable, Constantinople
will be banded over to the Russians; while among the majority the feeling
probably is that the end is so far otf that the future disposal of Constantinople
is too remote to be worth considering.
Enclosure No. 28.
Extract from a letter from the Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier
Province, No.
* * * * * * . *
The news of the agreement made between the Allies, by which Russia
will obtain Constantinople, &c., at the end of the war has only just begun to
filter into the Province through extracts from the English newspapers, and
Denuty Commissioners have made no mention of the matter yet m their
fortnightly reports. It is, therefore, too early yet to say what the effect on
IndiaS opinion will be, but such comments as have been received by the Chiet
Commissioner are to the effect that such an expression ot peace terms on the
part of Russia is at least somewhat previous as Turkey is considered by no
means vanquished as yet. It is doubtful, however, whether the news will
cause any appreciable sensation.
^ M,
Enclosure No. 29.
Extract from a letter from the Chief Commissioner, Delhi, No. 364 [Home),
dated the 15th January 1917.
1 The debates in the Duma on the subject of the proposed occupation of
Constantinople by the Russians and the comments on the subject in the
English papers, which have now reached India, do not appear to have attracted
much attention in Delhi.
Enclosure No. 30. . , r t?
Extract from a letter from the Government of the Punjab, Bo. 41 ~00-l. B.,
dated the 31st January 1917.
The province continues to be free from agitation and excitement. War
news excites little comment; the report of the Constantinople agreement has