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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
[November 7.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1,
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No. 1.
(No.
Sir
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&\r a. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received November 7.)
WITH reference
, , . _ __ Pera, November 2, 1910.
Rvsterical oiitwVt^na ° f !? Sp ? tC I ^°' t * ie 26t.li ultimo, reporting the
nrono^als ^Hh^Mn . ca ] ls , eC p^ ) ^ the ^ f^l exaggerated versions of the contemplated
hp^mnnr^ 1 W 7!T Vemment for P olicin g the Bnshire-Ispalian road, I have
!we ab v called “r P element which was partly artificial, has now eon
most o£ the ed.-tnr f li ^, caused the ^ facts of the case to be explained to
committee Both tb >°l N ilil [ ve I r ,r ess and to some influential members of the
• 1 le \ atter au ^ f^ ie Germans seem now somewhat embarrassed
GeCan‘ M ^ °\ 0bei “ Efendi a “ d ^ telegram to the
infonned fmm f' ^ Ma:)eSty s ^Ply was awaited with a certain curiosity, but I am
“achedlts TowT/l 1 S0UrCe Yr ^ ^ the Persian char « 4 d’^^s, that it has not
absence of flTl ‘ ad t dr f see ; 1 * n cy this version is merely intended to explain the
W the rv ■ expected reply and action of His Majesty. Another rumour put about
.7 r ln 'P s 18 dat the whole incident was the result of a British intrigue to put
t 111 an embarr assing position, and damage German prestige by
their unavoidable failure to respond to the appeal.
An important local organ, the “Sabah,” has published a couple of historical and
reasoned articles on the subject from the pen of an influential Armenian, and it must
be remembered that the Armenians have never forgiven William II for his speech at
Damascus and his friendly visit to Abdul Hamid shortly after the massacres. One of
ese articles shows that _ the Morocco agreement resulting from the Emperor’s
dramatic visit to Tangier did not obtain for the Moroccans any better terms than those
already secured to the Persians by the Anglo-Russian Agreement of 1907.
It is perhaps noticeable that the Persian Minister in Berlin is about to be
transferred to Constantinople, and, as pointed out before, it is not improbable that the
Hermans may be advising the Young Turks to reply to the British action, should the
necessity for the latter arise, by some further advance in West Persia. Such an
advance must, however, almost necessarily be confined to the northern or Russian
sphere, and it is difficult to see how the Turks are to go beyond the area alreadv under
their influence without compromising the existence of Persia. Despatches from Van
point to their consolidating their position by the appointment of military officers as
kaimakams at Ushun and Mawana, and four Turkish battalions are said to be
scattered through the “annexed” districts. I have reminded the Porte that the
status of Kotur was settled by the Treaty of Berlin, and thus became international.
1 have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
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