مجموعة ٢٨/١١٢أ "بلاد فارس. تبريز - رسائل شهرية عن الوضع الداخلي في أذربيجان وتقارير متنوعة." [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٧] (١٢٣٧/٥٥٦)

of Mahmoud ilkhant m Gas la Ar.lia Slkhaal 'ade,
.fetjwa of imfr asfid, aho^uld rai©© a fo^oa of savaotsy puart!!®
to protect th© road from Hi nduab to aqqiz. Thle rood lioa
moatiy through territory occ piad by mXr Assad’s part of
th-; Deboukri tribe. Aa hi^n relatioua with his two nephowa
are strained, there in a possibility of trouble. He naturally
thinks th? t the more is directed against his authority and
eontonda that his trlbeaz&Sf! are sire dy aa^tirli&a f?ood order
in this partloular district.
The Faiaullah Bag! branch of the Beg^ada tribe hare
stolen 1,4tKi sheep from the TiUaga of ihahladaak n© r UaraalM
be ion U n to a Persian landlord named Ya&in 3-aahgar. r»rt of
the stolen sheep have been recovered by the Mianduab gendarsi-
ori© from Mahmoud Shajai in Bukan, to whom they had been paa. ad
over. Lahenoud h & also bet>n arrested. The re st of the sheep
have been taken off by the tribe.
Ztv. Closing down of British Military ••nd U.K.C.C. stobliaH-
ments. all person el h ve now left with the exception of the
loeal U.K.C.C. «r<aor«r, Tio li> still det laec in connectica
with the disposal of the 1© a© of their premiaea in Tabriz.
Vhlic' escorting the trucks removing the 1 at of the* Corooret-
ion f a property to Tehran, 'r. ynno, their road inspector, was
severely injured in an accident near Ml&nah and removed to
hospital at Tehran.
Labour Situation in fsbrin. During the ©ftrlier part of
tne momh several further unruly Incidents occurred, such as
an assault on the cashier of the isserb? ijan Spinning Factory
fifhi the Inpriaonmant of th© ownerbrother at the Iran '^tch
Factory, all accompanied by arbitrary and unraes nable demands
on the part of th© workers. The owners, in despair, ^ftwr
falling to get ny tangible help from the Gov* rncr-Oener^l,
who merely advocate* patience in thtse difiicnlt times,
telegraphed to the Prim© Minister and Hajlie saying that they
would either h»ve to com© to an agreement with the worker*
which would be respected or they would be compelled to close
their factories. m he Governor-General is likewise said to
nave told the Soviet Consul-General tht.t he could not <$ rry on
if th© disorders conlnued anri th© letter was also apps- led to
by the iresident of th© Chamber of Industry and others. It is
oi course, a matter or general knowledge that the labour
aglt tor* h* v© been in touch with th© Soviet Const* Is ft ©—General
and it Is firmly bt^ii ved thfat they h«.5v© received ©nooumgarient
iuid protectiou. In the o&et week there h ve baon signs that
the Soviet hounds have been called off: in th© words of th©
Soviet Consul-General, *3t©os h va been taken to Improve the
situation’*, and the workers # re at the moment quiet. The
factory owners are mkin# a renewed effort to ranch © definite
ngraemsnt with the workers f recrer«otativs* f which should be
possible if the f ovist authoritlais really desire tranquill ity.
i com; iseion from Tehran, repre exiting the Ministry of th©
Interior, the Ministry of Justice ami the Police Department,
ft s been iavestigi ting the eirctmntsnces of Khalil Inqil^b’s
arrest on July 14th. with a view to fixing th© responsibility
ior th© accompanying bloodshed. Their findings are not vet
known.
Tudch Irf.n Proclamations. Tudeh Ir^ n still maint Ins
sc m ' activity. It ft as Jna t p« >1 i ah • d a long prool am t ion
denouncing th© landlords and gendarmes, compleiniiag; that the
la hi lords ere using the gendarmes to oppress the peasants, th©
rewl producers of weelth. Only Tudeh, it r*ays, cares for th©
peasants and give* then protection. Th© Gov^rmsent is ?iso
cond* ned for its nogleot of th© people*p health end th©
Municipality, which is c lied » mmicl allty in name only,
for ite failure to secure proper anitary o : pditione, etc.
A •©*ond notice att oks th© Director of Finance for the non-
diatribalion of monopoly goods, sayiar that he is a thief
working in league with other thieves.
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