تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [ظ‎‎٦‎٠‎٢] (١٢٩١/١٢٢٦)

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to them
After full warning, Lock requested the Gova Gen. to give
orders to his Bam Gov. to have the Batis removed from the
T.O. In the effort to effect thi«, some shots were fired
and a few people killed, this while it was regrettable would
not have greatly mattered, but unhappily some stray shots
struck t 3 ie T.O. itself, and raised the fear that some damage
might arise either to the Signaller himself or to his wife and
children, or to the machines. so Lock thought it wiser to
request the Gov. to desist for the moment; while not in the
least yielding the points at issue. The Legation wired
down that it thoroughly approved Lock'o conduct of the case —
it wouldn’t have had the pluck to ao the same in a similar c
case itself, but it is at least well that it appreciates
firmness in others.
The situation practically amounted to this that a huge
mob had storm a and taken position of our premises and were
holding our people ae hostages until they should be given
all their demands, which Include of course absolute aeaur
ances that nothing shall happen to the Nazim and that his
election shall be valid. t> r , . ^4.4
Vfhile JC Lock's contention is
that they must at once leave our premises fend the Nazim
must surrender unconditional ly. If any conditions are
granted then their B;-'st has been successful and we shall
be tyrannised over in tiie same way every time anyone wants
anything. The Legation has manfully upheld this attitude
of Lock's and wired down en clatr the other day that they
"entirely and cordially approved" of all he had done.
The matter, however, had then arrived at something of
a deadlock. There was no doubt that the Gov. of Bam with
his force of 100 Bakhtiaris or so could b$ force eject the
mob, but there was also little doubt tlr t they might be
unnecessarily violent in ao doing and cause a lot of unnecessa
ry bloodshed, and th t there was some fear that the T.O.
people might be accidentally damaged in the process. So
Lock decided t 3 iat he would go down himself to superintend
operations. The Gov. Gen. here was meantime breathing
fire and brimstone agt. the Nazim who had defied his orders
to render himself to Kerman to have his election inquired
into. They had made him this very reasonable offer, that
if he himself would come here, they would hold the election
again in his absence, and if he were then successful they
mould hold it to bo valid. So off started on Monday, my
birthday. Lock and the Gov. Gon. in a carriage, accompanied
by a furhtor force of 100 B.s or 30, 200 Gendarmes under
de Mare and 2 Maxim guns. (There is no use bungling the
affair by the appearance of a lack of force I). The strong
probability Is that all the mob rill melt away. £ of them
probably do not knew what they are in bast for, and the balan®
probably care precious little for their beautiful waqii.
Just as Lock was leaving a Persian telegram came down from
the minister of the Interior summarily commanding the Nazim
to clear off the British premises without any condition