Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-31
BETTER PROTECTION
FOR AMERICANS IN
PERSIA DEMANDED

WASHINGTON. July %. Acting
| Secretary GREW, of the state depart
ment, announced today the dispatch
| of vigorous representations" to
Minister Kornfeld at Teheran, Persia,
as a result of the assault upon Mrs.
Katherine 1mbrie, widow of Vice
Consul Robert Imbrie, wno was killed
recently by a mob in I9h%ran.
The communication sent to Minis
ter Kornfeld protested against the
situation in Persia which eliminated
in the unprovoked attack on Mrs.
Imbrie. 1t was supplementary to a
state department mote dealing more
| generally with the conditions exist
| ing in Persia aud covering the vice
! consuls death.
| in announcing the forwarding of
| the two communications, MIR. Grew
said he had received adVices from
| the minister announcing the deliv-
cry of the communications saturday
| to the Persian authorities.
Text of Imbrie Note
The communication dealing with
the killing Of Vice Consul Imbrie
follows:
II am<instructed to inform you
that the government of the United
States views with the gravest con-
Germ the killing in. Teheran of its
w. Imbrie.
Immediately after learning of the
circuns tances under which MI. I'M
brie had been killed and his attend
ant, Mr. Melvin Seymour, seriously
injured, your excellency's govern
ment was advised, through it's repre-
sentative in Washington and
through the American legation in
Teheran, that my government would
expect adequate reparation to be
made and prompt punishment meted
out to those responsible for the kill
ing and to those who by failure to
act contributed to make possible
this incident unprecedented in re-
cent times.
My government has now instruct
ed me to supplement the representa-
tons already made.
1T was felt proper that these rep
reservations should be made only in
the light of a full knowledge of the
events which had transpired and
when it might be possible to fix the
responsibility and to guage the rep
aration which would be adequate
to the situation.
''The facts of the case appear suf-
ficiently established in so far as all
essential elements are concerned
The American consular representa-
tive in Teheran, accompanied by an
American citizen, was brutally as
saulted in the streets of Teheran,
in broad daylight. In endeavoring
to escape from their assailants, they
entered carriage and drove a con-
siderable distance, when they were
again assailed and the tragedy oc-
CURED. The American consular rep
resentative would appear to have
had no reason to anticipate danger
from visiting the particular place
where he was the victim of the un
justified assault
Police LaXity Scored
1T is most re2rettable that it is
necessary to add to this statement
that the facts before my government
do not indicate that the police or
military authorities made any ade-
|quate effort to protect the Ameri-
can consular representative, and
There appears, in fact, to be evidence
which it is believed the Persian gov
Iernment will itself desire to investi-
gate most vigorously, that certain
military elements participated in the
assault.
MY government desires nothing
which the facts of the case do not
fully justify. 1t approaches the sit
uation with no wish to offend a
friendly government or to require
punitive damages. It is, however,
inSistent that full PREPARATION should
be made, that punishment should be
melted out to the guilty, that assur-
anceS be given and enforced of AIDE
|quate protection FOR the lives of
American citizens and that the safe
ty of its officials in Persia should
be guaranteed.
y
this juncture to indicate in detail
the particular steps which would be
considered adequately to meet the
situation resulting from the killing
of Mr.. Imbrie. The Persian govern
ment has already stated on it's own
initiative that redress for the wife
of the victim would be made. This,
redress should also extend to the
towering of the expenses which
might be incurred in connection
with the dispatch to Persian port
of an American man-of-War to re-
ceive the body of Vice Consul Tmbrie,
which should be accompanied while
on Persian soil by suitable Persian
military guard Of honor and rem
IGered appropriate hOnOrs at he time
of leaving Persian territory.
ct is further considered that an
Inappropriate guard should, if request
ed by the legation, be furnished by
the Persian government both to the
American legation and to the Ameri-
can consulate, such guard to be
maintained pending the notification
to the Persian government that it is
no longer considered necessary.
Punishment Suggested
My government has further in
structed me to reserve, for a later
communication, further suggestions
as to the action which may be con-
| sidered necessary TO meet the eX
| igencies of the situation.
Il am instructed by my govern
ment 10 add that the character of
any additional statement which