تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [ظ‎‎٥‎٥‎٠] (١٢٩١/١١٢٢)

3 .
I forgot to mention that &e M. told us his men had "been dsS*
' 50 hours without food at one point of the combat. This is
the kind of commissariat we had ventured to predict.
You remeber the scoundrel Pandelis Joseohides, a Turkish
Greek T ' T ho as agent for an American firm used to enjoy and
disgrace our protection ? And how Lock got him deprived
of this when he found him producMg infamous forgeries etc etc
(Lock resuming his typing ac tivitioa drive r; m< back to tin other
machine I)
' Wf LI this raefnt tht.t th<- Kazan Co. until tiny c ho sc to pro-
vice t rf spf ctabi* agf-nt rs re w r< also without our pro t» ction.
Thf n <>. t w h< ar ir that th< Kazaei Co. has b ' n bought qy Cet^ 11
This is^maniff st lie as it is w il known that pastf lli has no
capital to spam for tfking ov< r anotin-r cone rn; it is proba> iy
a rut < to get protect'd again. About this L. in macing inqui
ries tut the r» al jdkf lies here. What< v r the truth oi
th Cfx t' dii-Kazm aiaalgamatiou, Pandt Li Jos» paid* s riceivd
instruct ions to hand over th« books funds etc. of which h was
in charg' to Hussainoff((Cafitelli• s agent here in the ebr nc of
Messrs Moreau or Stf vens). t>and' Li.iif d still 5 months of his
contract with Kazcn to run, < .id eft' r handing over ]v w.-s. to wait
here for Mr. Stevens'* arrival. xusteau of tf is our friend
pays himself his fiv« montr,s' salary in advanc< his trav» Lling
*'a < xpens 's and sundry other odde and ends, hands over th funds
with a deficit of 4000 tuiaans (comt £ 800 ) an c< Levants for Sftrt)
Bandar Abbas. on a wire from Mr. Stevens from Ham a dan, Lock
stirs up th< Persian authorities thf Legation etc. and an
order for his arrest roaches all th< Gulf ports and all the local
districts. H' has now been brought in and if. in saf' custody.
If he had been still unct< r our protection, w< should probably
havi 'u cl to protest against his b * n Logg' d in a Persian gaol
an Cl hav < }« cl to try to raa k< so m' .arrangf mf nt for k' : ping him up
here; as it is h< must jjist tfk< his chsncf of whatsoever
tr. . tm nt h- g^ ts. Lock’s joy at not having to bother about
him if. a ouffici'nt r< ward for a 11 th' trouble it cost to g< t
ris of him. pis ultimate fat' won’t b< known fb r a long tira
Lik. mo ft offenders in P rsia h< will slip through ti.e Govt.
■ fixig'i's som'how in t. < tnd by brib' ry or escape: hut m aaitim
h- i f ‘ f ir' ' cl< d. obj c t L' sson. And it is pi' asani that tin s<
icgu s sf.ould se.- that, tho tire at of d'-privi.jg tin m‘of Br.
protfx-tion (wh. truly it would b better n v r to giv them)
is no «mpty ont . Lock it. a< xt g- iiig to mov that Br. pixo-
V c t ion ii' v' r b accord'd to any firm who does not fupply
*■ Su rop e an Agent. It is too abfurd to hav to prot'et aJLl