File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia' [‎111r] (226/618)

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of A: er laduoorGntg, but even eo tr.e^ be4 very partial success,
•for the Gerraae could always rely on tne Geudani'erte, v?nere-
over It existed and roreover usually had t.uo dargusar and other
loca 1 officials In their pay. Tno position a l^cal Gover
nor ms trtus difficult. He vtas li v e every one else sruci: lr-
pressod by the reports assiduously spread by the Gema.is of
crushing defeats to Russia, and ne felt that to opose tue Cor-
jraas was to run counter to t.;e artificially raised seattr.onts
of the populace, and he hesliated to rls’r an sncountsr without
the rrost e'*rpl ic it orders fror tne Gov^rrx ss t.
By the beg t mi In? of August however a slight change for
the better too> place. The appearance of tuo Cossachs in fain
and yelstan, and the advance of our ow a coiurn fror falucnlatan
and a little later the occupation of Gush Ire wohe ^ ?orstaa»
up to the Irrinent danger into uhlch party struggles had Ion ^
her, and it was then posts * bl© (by the help of or ope*. L.n ciu c 0 —
rents) to get instruct lone sent through Sale Iran Khan the ^
u 1 tra-dococrat 1c Secretary General of the ir’ntstor Interior ^
to Setstan, Herrtan, and Isfahan and occasionally warnings to
SMras. Bven so tneeo instructions ware often scarcely patter
than the traditional order “ to maintain neutrality l * •
do nothing, and when a irore categorical ressage v/as s*.*nt it
mo not infrequently cancelled by a subsoou -mt secret telegram.
I do not however believe that this partial change of
attitude was duo to any fear of future chastiser oat on tno parC~
of tne two Powers. The impression created hj tie xus-: tan re
treat in Poland was to o deep ; ana it was rather *• n % c A *
c iousness that Gernai intrigues had been • al^owev* to e ,. t_ -
and fror fear that unless checheu at once Pox - -a u.l *. *• -d „-. t v '^
into anarchy. The sore mpurehension forced even t.he D^crats
to recognise that a Governsteirb of sore ^ini rust f-mad
and as they recognised that a purely Berocrai/^ ^ e/y ' u
If accepted by ti.o he jllss could not st^s-I for a wpou.,
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