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EASTERN SANITARY REFORMS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[February 10 .]
Section 1 .
[ 6260 ]
No. 1 .
W. Townley to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received February 10.)
(No. 3. Commercial.)
Sir '
I HAVE the honour to forward to you herewith copv^elTX^h^e
the“reh« e n l W t P y p Clan u Majesty’s Legation, on the usual monthly meetteg”?
\™ mn * amtiiV y Council held on the 7 th instant. 0
course. ° C ° P - V ° f the f ,roch - rerbal r ' 1 ’ the meeting will be furnished in due
I have, &c.
WALTER TOWNLEY.
. Enclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Dr. N dig an to Sir W. Townley.
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lh , outbreak of plague at Merv and the precautions taken hy the Russian
krsbn source^ " ln tele = rams read to the meeting, from Russian and
■ Commmion des Finances.— Dr. Feistmantel, the rapporteur, read a Ion- renort
m which the commission recommended that the Persian Government should be asked
to tax everyone entering Persia 1 kran. The proceeds of the tax to he handed to the
of the principie ’ and the prop ° sai wiii /
10 votesTselfs votes^' ''sidentand of a Secre : Dr. Emir Khan,
from T 'lvit leCt Ii 0n ■ P ° SS f Sed Vei ' J l ittle importance, as the president will not be absent
(\. m- l r-r k ' 7 n ? 116 year ' It was lnt eresting, however, from the fact that the
treiman and l urkish representatives, led by Dr. Eeistraantel, voted for Dr. Emir Khan,
m t ‘j .P as t tt/;. leistmantel Ims always worked hard to secure the defeat of
eisuns at this election i he explanation would appear to be that the methods
l 1 l „ L ne "r P u eSldent ^ re dlsa PP rov ed of by the Austrian and Turkish delegates, and
!m,l'/ 0C . 0f P ? rslan " h f lded V Dl - ^mir Khan. Dr. Feistmantel, knowing that he
„! n0 !:, 8et Plms fl f elected, therefore voted for the Persian candidate, in the hope
presumably of weakening the position of Dr. Gachet. Dr. Feistmantel and Dr. Gazala
fiurliey) take every opportunity of speaking slightingly of Dr. Gaehet, and in the
mer invited Dr. Dobrokhotof to join them in a campaign against him.
these petty intrigues would not be worth mentioning, except that thev go to
prove that certain members of the council are doing their best to make things difficult
r Dr. Gachet. Whether this new combination will hold together when matters of
oie importance are up for discussion remains to be seen.
Dr. Emir Khan is a young Persian, who holds several Government posts, and !
p-^-ber of the last Medjliss. He is capable and one of the best of the native
Saif-ol-Attiba, representative of the Ministry of the Interior, was elected
^ecr&aire general.
I am, &c.
}5FEB1S13 A - E ’ NELIGAN.
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