Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎91r] (182/751)

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aot return there ee lou*> ue the reedy Crenerel fcu^audam,
the mliltary ttovernor-aei*eral ot* A&erbalJan, iu ullowed to
Interfere ae Inepector-Ots.jeral bo far MM til ox hi o ri^hti .1
proviuce.
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j. The eupply oi bread to the population of Kerm^nahah
continued for tho ^renter part of the month to display the
ee^e depre&fiiiife aad eAaeperatiu^ reaturea ae hitherto this
winter* Sometimes there wae no wheat in stock, Borne times
no barley, oometimes hurwly any oi both, so that raei&e or
millet or even beans bed to be ftumedly milled to mu e up
somehow the deficiency* One day this month some scores oi
people in different parts ox the town *ere violently ill
after entidfe the bread, which apparently haa some mineral
adulteration, but ol course no one was puaiehea or reprimaiid-
ed for this. dhat the situation would have been like
hunt the aever-ceasii. iont labours o. the E^ritish
Gousular Liaison officer here, Mr. (i*j. Bo irne, it would be
eifxicuit to imagine. , hwadful. o, the ofxicjials ol the
Lupply department occ. atonally show u little iifiative <*;id
useiulnesa, but lor the most part they live in complete */
muddle and sloth, uader higher officials whom they know to
be wholly corrupt, inefficient ana & reless of public
opinion. One o reet problem has been that of transport;
with considerable difficulty the 500 tone of ^rain from
Marzabaui ee^ brought .ere drain,, the first hail oi the
month, ana later the *oQd news arrived that the Soii^hur
stocks of 1800 tons ol wheat and barley, hitherto ear-
<-d JorTehran, were to be released for Kcrafinehah*a
needs until the next harvest. It proved impossible howubor
to transport the 2b tons needed per day tottoe main roan at
Sahneh, 6ud the eituation during the last week of April was
almost as bad as at any time. One day the bread dis
tributed was a dirty grey colour, full of grit and said,
prepared from musty rain-aamaged barley only, so bad that
it coulu not be *iven away at this b naulate's charitable
soup-kitchens. The weather is improving however, roads
are less likely to be impassable for days together, and
Mr. Bourne's atrenoue endeavours to obtain more transport
are bearin* fruit.
. lm This Consulate* s assertions that all this k dship
exists in/