UNCHECKED PROPAGANDA
MILITARY SITUATIAN DANGER-! OUS COSSACKS THREATEN TO JOIN THE REDS. {VNITBU bREBS ASSOCIATION. —COPTRIOHT.I (ABSIKALIAN-MHT ZEALAND fcABLI ABSOCIATIOH.) (Received May 26, 9.20 a.m.) DELHI, 24th May. Although no confirmation has been received of the revolution in Persia, it is known that after the 'fall of Balm all the Nationalist and Democratic elements in Tabriz and Teheran became bolder. The' Prime Minister, at present the real ruler in Persia, is too ill to attend to hie duties, with the result that anti-British propaganda goes unchecked. The military situation is dangerous. A ..Cossack division at.Teheran openly asserts, that in the event of a Bolshevilt advance it will join the. enemy. The British forces-in Persia are very slender, and too far apart to be of any use. It is rumoured in Teheran that the Shah has no intention of returning, 'and it is expected that, he will remain in Mesopotamia and watch the. progress of events. [It -was reported yesterday that an Indian army was being landed at Batoum .for an advance on Baku.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 124, 26 May 1920, Page 7
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173UNCHECKED PROPAGANDA Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 124, 26 May 1920, Page 7
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