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The Secretary of State for India communicates the following :—
Documentary evidence has reached His Majesty’s Government pixu
conclusively that German consular officers in Persia and the agents of
German firm of Wonckhaus have been engaged in intrigues with the object
of facilitating the Turkish invasion of Persia and of raising the tribes against
Great Britain, thus flagrantly violating Persian neutrality, lor example,
not only were the agents of Messrs. \\ onckhaus at Ahwa,z and Mohammerah
found to be in direct communication with the 1 urkish troops, but an
elaborate plot has been discovered of which Afghanistan the frontier, and
the Indian Army are the objective. Herr Wassmuss, who was formerly
German Consul ' at Bushire, and has recently been appointed German
Consul at Shiraz (where Germany has no commercial interests and lias not
hitherto had a consul), was the prime mover in this It is now known that
he was at Cairo shortly before the war, and in Constantinople when war
broke out. Accompanied by four other Germans and tour Indians who
were sent from Berlin to join him at Constantinople he made his way to
the Persian frontier, and thence to Shiraz. Among is e ec s was a o
containing several thousand violently mHainmatory pamphlets
Urdu Hindu, Punjabi, and Sikh languages, addressed to the Indian },
calling on them to take the opportunity to throw off the hated ^oke and rise
and kill their officers. A long appeal to Mussulman
also found, urging them to join in jehad. This person is now at Shiraz
awaiting instructions frpm the German Legation at lehia .
Not less discreditable is a correspondence which has a°in e into m
r, OS se s sion between the German Legation and the Consul at aishire
possession ueiiuwn a and ammunition arrived at that
Some time ago a large consignment of ai t i |v t i l(; Swedish
DOr t and was hurriedly and secretly conveyed up-country by me jsweais
officers of gendarmerie The following telegrams were exchanged .
From German Legation to German Consul, Bushire.
a- . Plpfwp henceforth do not manifest
“Thanks for news regarding arms, i lease neneeiuit.
any fmther interest. Weapons will be fetched away for our secret object.
From German Consul to German Legation.
“ Weapons were fetched away some days ago by ^
promotion of this affair has remained inconspicuous roug •
Light is thrown upon the ” secret object Rais
German Oonsul had been m Cl)1 ^ 111 ^ 1 ^ tQ t p e sout h of Bushire, regarding
Ali of Oilwar a coast town soi ^ Ali was apparently anxious
Ufegr at once. The Germh Legation telegraphed as follows on the
19th February dated Tehran, 1st instant, regarding
“Reference telegram Ao. - R ig Ali and the absolute futility
undesirability of immediate action y^c ^ ^ hand> and assure him
of independent action. 1 leah , if you really think him reliable
confidently of a movement m f or action there, would it be a
and consider that circumstances a f P-, hi m which would be combined
good thing to make out a plan secie y w th him w would at the
with an already -ranged secret ac ^° g0 ^aspossibie I will let you know
same time wm over all tcis ^
secretly further on this matter.