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The Swedes say that they have spent much money on repairing the building, have
nowhere else to go, and do not intend to budge.
This and the fact that they have occupied all quarters available for troops
and have driven the Karguzari from its old seat to quarters which have previ
ously been occupied by Deputy-Governors is likely to afford the public the enter
tainment of a Sardar Muhtasham versus Swedes cum Lecoffre melee when the new
Governor-General arrives.
His Majesty’s Consul in this case considers that right is with the Sardar Muhta
sham. The acquisition of the quarters, if necessary at all, should have
arranged by negotiation in Tehran.
470. After the arrival of the Sardar Muhtasham Major Glimstedt proposes to
go on tour to Sirjan. He has an idea that a satisfactory caravan route to Bandar
Abbas will be found on that side, of which the Gendarmerie might undertake the
protection.
On the face of it such a route presents the disadvantage of indirectness and
length, and of exposure to attacks by the Ears tribes. On the other hand the Baft
route is probably unsuitable for use in winter, and the Jiruft-Deh Bakri route
is probably no shorter than the Sir j an one and is exposed to the more serious Baluch
danger, for which the Gendarmerie have now a greater and just respect.
471. The question of choice of route will require consideration in the light of
local conditions including the existence or otherwise of sufficient food supplies at
all seasons of the year. The Sirjan route is that now followed in part bv the D o S t
and is responsible to some extent for its slowness. ’
nr i Cas 1 e t ^ ie . new threatened Baluch invasion coming to a head Maior
Glimstedt has charged himself, it is said, with the protection of Kerman city.
473. In the Tehran newspaper “ Ra’d ”, issue No. 27-40, dated 2 6th Rabi 1 1332
there is a leading article on the “ Gendarmerie and the Baluch ""and an
Interview with General Hajlmarson ” on the same subject. The writer
wbh fhVrt f , | 1 0l / 1 > ” °i the Wlsd ° m of tlle Gendarmerie in risking an encounter
weakness nf 14 , A bef r e ^ P re P ared - In Pointing to the numerical
ness of the Gendarmerie force he remarks incidentally that in the four or five
nearlWOO^recr^r' 1681 ’^^ ■^e 11 ha,: ? been stren g<*ened by “ only
on this opoasin U j- S ’ 1 an e ei EPh a sises the assertion that should the Gendarmerie
(moral) injury P% 8 St ° f efficienCy they would suffer a SCTere
The Finance
Department.
the first mrtv and aU itS details - Tlle Maxims were taken out with
merelv part of the reirif r ° Ug ^ ac ^ r or l ^7 Captain de Mare, and were not
merely part of the reinforcements under Major Glimstedt which did no fighting.
Pondation^AefA ’TtE 6 ! 7 bee T n T ex tremely unpopular with all classes of the
S —sfweTA and PerSlan - H f 13 g enerall y regarded as being, at least in
might nrobaWv W ? ° f a Govemor wi th a military backing, which
Sitory ™ discourage the Baluch from entering Kerman
and
him.
with whom hfTexnrZsek] T^ om w ^ s ^ or some time on the most cordial terms,
P imself well pleased, is now entirely estranged from
sham^Ao m^brperfectly^AilAwarfrf ThAh^m’ °! Sardar Muhta :
expressed by Mr. Lecoffre and 7 the Swedish Gendarme Atm a PP 0 “‘
^ ford^AfeS^rtStSs^S"
Majestv’s Minkter 6 ]^ 9 ^ 1 ^^^^ ^- cco f^ n g to information received from His
Mirza Ibrahim Khan'bt^tetthe 1 * sSdarl tacb”^ Muhtasham , to rera0V H e
him that a new Amin-i-Maliyah ks ahelty appottS"”’ ' aSS