'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc' [‎81r] (162/409)

list Persia ,bo that trie net profit of the 1.3.1?."may a^atti r
^ous scale.Kr .Bey ers Is one of the-students of the old En^
were ready,In their own.interests,to send a. nation, with al
tts and credits,to ruination and rntsery;Dut the world of .to
L the pupils of this school and treat*their statements as
Isure and' 1 auc111er^.^o'rt,una t ely this mode of thinking is no
■ iif a few, 11 , - re still left who demand that all
IcMi'bns should make" a protest to Persia for the sake of the 3a
yc'te I.B.F.,reasonable men with knowledge of present day woi
dov :• e at their statements .Therefore when Kr.Eogers in luite a
f.ncicalls Persia one of the small Asiatic countries who have
nU]C life or when he says that Persia has no diplomatic experi(
^ ■ "fcii any importance to it* .fe can only tell Hr.Rogers that
:o sgof;/ ied when Persia was the exploitation field of foreigners wl
• pitry like Persia,four times the area of L^r.Holers' m^the:
• ^ " d profits so that Llr.Roters and his like may live comfort
oj -{r the influence of various factors,arnamt; them the very 14
4 ;? inflate President Wilson alluded to oy Mr .Bog ers, world condi
■ i : "Led very much and nohody will he afraid of such threats a
a ^[ t'- ' forooatianda• &e as well as the other foreign nations say em
'•r ■ "years your hank and other institutions have reaped huge
0 iia and if their profit has decreased this year, it does nc
Vrr world of today, to the conditions of which men of the type
' T .^Jsed and out- of weakness and impotency - like our old time
-r ices - Mte their hands and speak of the good, old days, do*
' se statements-and allegations worth a 3hahi and has given
• -r , it to take to the road to progress and advancement and to
i ,r./crests.In the world of today,one cannot change the laws ai
country and make them correspond^with the interests m
:;:r:';.lurse l!r.Rogers must,from a humanitarian point of view
i 0 -'rr.|liar to the class to which Hr.Rogers belongs - admit zai
\f; 1 la has already granted to India and the other colonies ox
, 6r country and" is t rad^lly recognising their independen
1 s :^r a "small* "contemptihle" ,l poor H and "hacKward" country wh
Ma,naiaafetez no matter i C !by doing- so a.-decrease in the ^
•■'M* Ihe 1.3.P.and in consequence in the annual bonus to the d
- jokers among them, ft ay be occasioned.y.r .Bogers is Oi ^ne c
k ore sent lav/s in P | : 1 rs ia are not amended and tne y-: oi 1 ■ o.
"^vert to its previous scale, all the foreign merchants v
" we believe that this very painful groan ^of Kr ►sogers po
3 x[ "itrary.We are sure that not only the foreign^ institutions
but that they will expand their activities ana :j>otli^
• ."Jfcnment and Nation will render every assistance to all r(
si?. ';';;;icerely undertake to see that their activities correspond
; Ml ^ ? flaws of our country and in consequence they wilx earn Di
) fipt Voters 4 anxiety that' all the nations of t he war Id s no < i la
i : "klnst the laws of Persia is most funny;but fortunately th
. g^r- : reign policy of the countries of the world have not yet o
:ol^- ■ iK^ands of men of the type of L'r.Bogers.
»PvOgers. considers Persia void- of political experienc . .. ^
iitical experience consists ' in Persia > as ^p n
,- 3 : ,' r \ n like Mr.Bogers told her and 3^ agreeuAo a^l <indc. ol u
$ ft' * 'Mrnal affairs of the country. If this l€ v/nat he means. l >: j
■*(■ i ,: rlence,we have fortunately given it up lor a ^ong time
such political experience -which ].'r.Bogers oe.tter recoi
Mesopotamia. He ax*e not surprised at-Hr.Bogers^' protes
*1 ! -Usal to accept the expert advice and practical help o^<
( .:^se who know Persia very we 11. T .'/e would rather say t;xav e^
; ^ |? e rsian g-overnment and Hat ion will refuse all advice o
0
• p ~
iast Persia,
vlous
)*were ready, In' their own .interests, to send a. n
'Its and credits, to ruination and misery ;'out, tH
so that the net profit of the I.B.F.may a^ain revert to its
scale.i:r.Borers is one of the-students of the clci ^n^lish school
nation,with all their national
H v , .he world of todav has set
■e the pupils of this school and treat*their statements as a source of
■ a jasure and la.ughter."^ortunately this mode of thinlcine is no more in vogue
If a few,like i'r .Rogers, are still left who demand that all the "Suro^ean
- l ;o Simons should make" a protest to Persia for the sake of the Balance Sheet
ions
tible
into a
not
_ has
SBoa jt-sed when Persia was the exploitation f ield of foreigners who thought that
)?;tfo k country like Persia,four times the area of i^r.Borers 1 mother country 3 must
h- -y * [. .dd profits so that Hr. Holers and his like may live comfortably in London,
the influence of various factors, am ^n^,: them" the very 14 articles of
nl asr-fl late President '.Tilson alluded to "by Mr,Borers,world c
"'nij ^^'tnged very much and nohody will he afraid of such threa
}. , f propaeandci.'.Te a;
• T" )T years your
orld conditions have
ats and false reports
well as the other foreign nations say emphatically,
"bank and other institutions have reaped hu^e profits in
.73ia and if their profit has decreased this year, it does not concern us. rt
a '. m i world of today, to the conditions of which men of the type of "r.Bo^ers are
toosed 'and out- of weakness and impotency - like our old time priests and
ood.old days,does not consider
and has given every nation the
out!
295fI00
<t ewt':
'e-guard
its
ftolM
ht to take to the road to progress and advancement and to s
erests.In the world of today, one cannot change the laws and regulations of a
, . country and make them correspond with the interests-of others.
r+^Vvljr^ourse Mr.Bogers must,from a humanitarian point of view - a characteristic
r ■ 3tjtiiar to the class to which Hr.Bogers belongs - admit this right,which the
lid has already granted to India and the other colonies of his "beloved
independence, in the case
country which he calls
doing- so a.-decrease in the annual net profits
in the annual "bonus to the directors,
that if
r ^ . rrA IICIO CL J- d'Ji j ^ y KJ -L.UiXVL/ v/
^fr/Jth^r country and is gradually recognising their
• a "small" "contemptiDie" "poor" and "haonward"
rsi a . w^m.^r+r'keT nn mat. hei* If' hv cl o 1 n<-- so a -decreai
rsia, no matter IC ."by
lJ J- the 1 ,3 .P. and in consen uence
•Sogers among them, ft ay be
v?fi •,e present laws in Persia-
o.t'i I revert to its previous scale,a
sr;'
we believe that this very
occasioned.l^r.Bogers is of the opinion
are not amended and the profit of the 1,3.p.does
- -11 the foreign merchants will nuit Persia.
atrary.We are
f ^ rs vj tha t
sure
they
painful groan of Hr.Bogers points to the
not only the foreign institutions will not leave
expand their activities and "both the Persian
will render every assistance to all foreign frims who
^^^^ ^ ^——- —^ +- 1 — interests
that
will
ie hands of men of the type of irr.Bogers.
.".Bogers. considers Persia void o
;:>litical experience consists'in
I'r,Bogers told her and 2^ agreeuA
eternal affairs of the country.If this i£
time and
atever
the
to
■
;,dvice
^ . / ^i fusa ^ accept the expert Loly i.H L
Ycof- f 103 ® who know Persia very well.?fe wo
n. "ie Persian government and Hat ion v/il
^fij
and practical
ould rather s;
1 refuse all
recommend to India
p ro t e st ag.a Ins t Persia's
help offered to her hy
rj that even in the future
advice offered "by such