ملف ٣٤٤٣/١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: المبعوثون الألمان إلى أفغانستان" [ظ‎‎٥‎٤] (٤٩٠/١١٧)

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fatuous tolerance which the Persian Government has up till now exhibit a
Germans and their intrigues. ?fiibited to the
Unfortunately, however, during the seven weeks in which the eountrv
a Government the enemy has had a free hand, and has made thtnuost
German chief centre is at Ispahan. It is there that the large quantities nf , fl lhe ~
ammunition, machine guns, &c„ and money, &c, smuggled in so nL?l Ilfl< : s MdO
vicinity of Kermanshah are stored, and it is theAce that the numerous ^ t‘ n ,he
emissaries start on their missions. It is difficult to sav what the TxZt P 168 of
Germans m the country now is, as fresh agents appear'to lie const wl nu,Ilber of
Kermanshah, and there is every reason to believe that they are in sonm ,sp C ° r‘ Dg - via
as Arabs ; and it is probable that Baron Oppenheim is already InPersaaltl^T^
far there has been no mention of the name in the reports I receive The '?• thn , u S h so
in German service also appear to come by this route and 1 have elf fe ' V It ; r,lan8
have sent on to the Government of India, that among hem ar sddLT fc 1
p“nSr of n ;^r ia s ^ ™
officers, but of late the supply of men from this c^r sfems ZhZ ten nea^
Ihe Germans have had two main objectives ie to At i • A
rouse the tribes south of Shiraz to attack us at Bushife and in tlf, ih T and to
criminally passive attitude of the Persian Government, they have stlefifod 10 the
r If! a . clmit 1 that the anxiety as to Afghanistan exhibited bv the On* '
India in their telegram No (544 of the £th tnUr . e a oy the Government of
received from them two telea,a ms whief infolf t <1lS ! lnCt SUr P rise - I had
pledges of loyalty that were deemed satisfactory. I dhTnot^rend 6 in^fm' ha<i glVel1
anything more than that it was believed that'the An Iv b• u , e! ? e messages
to do his best to maintain peace But what did larmdv ' 1 m f e f coul d he relied on
appears was the real view of the Govemnen offf ^ m ' Slead l ™ e as to "''mt it non
ending with No. 5195 of the 2'Jth May discussing wh-irthe^ thC Ser,es of ,e, ®g««ns
be and what action we should take should ] the consequences to us would
In those messages there is scarcely a bail S.Tsfon to A^f'' 'f 0 the i War a « ainst a8 '
me incredible that such an omission could l ave , and 11 a PP e «red to
m the minds of its authors on so capital a point Ah'T* ha< any mis g lv,D g existed
had of course taught me that the Pan fslannn ’• ■ ' ° ng s ® rvlc e in Constantinople
a considerable number of v^are past wet h T, ^ Z 0 ™ t0 Afghanistan for
interest in Calcutta, and I came to the concllsfon'twf r i SOmeth , ing more than
India as to the undesirable effect which an ‘ la n Just as t ^ le a PP r nhensions felt in
have on the Indian Moslem opinion had l fue ? (il y policy towards Turkey might
groundless, so, as regards AfghanSn 1 Pnt °' V11 by * h ®. test of ™ to be
cony, nC ed that Turco German fotn jts’in A Sht T 6114 , I “ t la had reason to be
Phe Russian .Minister also had told me more tha an ' vou |d lall on barren ground,
he was assured that no uneasiness was enten ' ‘Tf? Tj at J ," s f before he left London
the score of Afghanistan. I do not saV that ameC - Y ^ 18 ^ a J est ^ s Government on
state of affairs we could have materialv ^ ith a ful1 ^'vdedge of the true
back it seems to me clear enough that at Hip t?*^ t !^. cou f' se of events. On looking
troops would have put sufficient heart intr i]? 6 p 0th ! n ^ ^ ut t]l e despatch of Russian
effective measures to stop the German hand ^ ] Pe f sian Government to take really
forthcoming. P ^ eimdn band s, and the troops, as we know, were not
But to revert to the German* n r
the abeyance of responsible authoritV ffiTW remarked > they made the fullest use of
00 men in all were despatched to Affrhani*ta Sia artles aggregating something like
redoubled his pernicious activities in On*} a ? e rp ts w . ere sent to Kerman, Wasmuss
a r , ^.--one convoy that a -l large quantities of
TV mu l e -loads—were poured in via Kcrma s r i! le end Jaly comprised over
ea ®t south are so well known to V m S q- J le s l ec l lie ^ °I these activities in
me that I need not even summarise thon . n f lr ’ t ? lrou g b the channel of the India
Bte Bakhtiari Governor of Kerman -.ft ^ JUt U 18 fitting that I should report that
German agents Zugmeyer and FrTesincTr n'/ ^^t^f weakness which gave the
r ■ f C l 18 ln P^ eas ^ n g contrast with the rr**! ! D tbe town itself, showed a vigour
rs t iree weeks or so after Ain-ed Dowlpb’^ 1 ^ ° abllos t ad his colleagues. For the
instructions sent by the permanent offi!^ 8 resi 2 na1 ;! on it was impossible to get any
take action against the German aoents f IVY De P art ™ent to local Governors to
nendship with individual GoveruorV , iaC to rely 011 a PPeals to our ancient
o cranee to the Germans. My annp'd* Ven -f ) ^ even ^ them from giving passive
} “P* 36418 ' vere ‘-enforced by other inducements, but