File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia' [‎109r] (222/618)

appear ty*> cere by 1M« r^\*te and I evidence 1 have
sent on te tlie Governrent of India, t. at airong i n-v; are eol-
dler«? tab on ^rl^onoro. in Prance* The Austrians are eo .f ar
©ocaood priaonere r vt war f*r^r tne Traa'nca^lan or'"/ { nee a of
Hue 1 ? la. There geeire to he at leaat 200 and sroag ther. a few
o-f^lcorn, but of late U:o lupoly -nO jnen froK tnli n'; * '\.o
g©ere to have been nearly cut off*
The Gerrams have had rrala objectives, l.e. to
roach AfghantAtan and to rouse the tr Tees south of Chirac to
attach us at Bush ire, and In b^th, tiiarf * e to tno cel:: liially
passive attitude of the "Prolan Govemrent, they have succeeded.
I uni st adir It that the anxiety ao to Afghan Is tan ex
hibited by the Govoriii oat of India in their telegram. iTo 644 of
8th July care as a distinct surprise* I had received fror
ther tel ;rarrs which inferred re that ti-e Arir ^ad gl/n
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plodres of loyalty tl % at v?or9 doenso. sat-is factory An East India Company trading post. * I did *.iOt
read In those rc©^sages anythin-? rore tnan that it was belie/od
that the Axr.lr hlrsolf could be rolled on t^ dr his best to
ira ? atain pe^ce« But what did largely is is lead a -3 as uo vus&t
it now appears was the reel view of tlia Governsont of Inula
* iC \ s
m- ending with t=sssl of kPtn May
was the series o r telegrars
discussing what tne conseihoncas to us would be and what action
we should talfe should Persia be dragged Into t,.© war against us,
In thnte ressages there is scar|cely a bare alius i u to A^. sh—
nistau, and it appeared to re lucrodible t-at such an onissiou
could have occured had any pisfivvag QXtvt in th : : of
its authors on s^ capital a point, long so.*.vl>.. ^ i*i C^n
stenttnople had of course taught re that the Pauls lex ic xm .-U
s/nt thence to Afghanistan for a considerable nurber o? years
pest were always watched with s^rethlng rore tnan interest m
Calcutta, and I care to th© conclusion that just as the app^e-
b©nsions felt in India as to tie undesirable of. ect^ -ruicn
an unfriendly policy towards Turlrey aright nave on Indian
Moslerr $$$ opinion had been shown by tue test o-.
groundless, s^ as regards Afghanistan tne Government ^ to-