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No. Cf. 362, dated Bushire, the 10th (received 18th) October 1915.
From—M ajor A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Deputy Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your telegram
No. 1036 S. of to-day, regarding the occupation of Bushire, I have the honour
to forward herewith a copy of a despatch
Ho. cf. S5i, dated the loth October 1915 . I have sent to His Britannic Majesty’s
Minister at Tehran, giving an account of the occupation published by the
“ Jam-i-Jam ”, a Shiraz pro-German paper, subsidised by JLLerr Wassmuss.
Enclosure.
No. Cf. 351, dated Bushire, the 10th October 1915.
From— Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Deputy Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To— C. M. Marling, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tehran.
Occupation of Bushire—Extract from the “Jam-i-Jam”.
With reference to correspondence regarding the occupation of Bushire, I
have the honour to forward herewith a translation of an article in the
“ Jam-i-Jam ” describing the occupation ard the subsequent events.
It is interesting as showing the length the pro-German papers will go in
fabricating narratives of events and in falsifying facts.
Nothing in this account, however, quite comes up to the Berlin report
(published in the “Times” of September 6th) that we lost 2,000 casualties in
the occupation of Bushire. Of course, as a matter of fact, not a single shot was
fired.
Sub-Enclosure.
Translation of an article from the “Jam-i-Jam" entitled “The lamentable occurrences at
Bushire".
(The following is from a torn letter sent us by our Bushire correspondent,
which has reached us with great difficulty. It should be read by the Persians,
and even if they have no feelings for Islam, they should feersorry for their
fellow creatures and their humiliation. No century in history has ever seen
Persia in such humiliation.)
The lamentable occurrences at Bushire.
On Sunday morning, the 26th Eamazan (August 8th), a number of British
troops arrived at Bushire from the sea. Some of them went to the Customs
House, some to the Post Office and some to the Telegraph Office and took
possession thereof, and a proclamation was issued at noon of the same day by
the Residency stating that they occupied the town of Bushire in comnliance
with instructions from the Government of India, and that all the Government
Departments would be under the control of Major Trevor, who had been
ordered by the Government of India to govern Bushire on behalf of the said
Government, and that he, Major Trevor, was Governor of Bushire and Bushire
was under the occupation of the British Government.
. Muwaqqar-ud-Douleh, knowing as he did that he had inflicted what
misfortune hecouid on the people of Bushire, pretended sickness on that very
night of the 26th, and did not come out of his house. 3
The British troops occupied the Amiriyeh, which is the Government
House, some of them took up their abode at that place and the British flag