New Britain herald., 1924-07-28
Continuance Of Diplo. matic Representations Depends Upon Action Which Follows Re- ceipt Of Notes Of Protest.
Must Pay Expenses of War ship to Bring Home Im- brie's Body and Furnish Legation Guards.

Washington, July 2S.--Actins sec
 retary Grew of the state departmen
 announced today the despatch of wig
 orous representation" to Teheran, a
 q result of the assault upon Mrs
 Katherine Imbrie, widow of Vice Con sul Robert Imbrie, who was killed recently by Persian mob.
 The communication sent to Min ister Kornfeld protested against tn, situation in Persia which culminatet Imbrie. It was supplementary to { state department note dealing mort generally with the conditions existing in Persia and covering the vice con. sul's death.
 In announcing the forwarding oi the two notes Mir. Grew said he had received advices from the minister an- munications Saturday to the Persian authorities.
 The communication delivered to the Persian foreign minister on Saturday indicated that the United States ex- pected the Teheran government to meet the expense of sending an American war vessel to bring home tie body of Vice Consul Imbrie and to furnish military guards for the American legation and consulate for such time as might be necessary.
 Break is Tinted
 flat statement was made that con- tinuance of American diplomatic and consular representation in Persia will be dependent upon the action which the Persian government may take in this case to viudicate the principles of international law.'
 In conclusion the American com implication said that the Washington government cannot over emphasize the seriousness of the view which is taken of the present situation"
 Text of Note
 The communication dealing with the killing of Vice Consul Imbrie fol- lows:
 T am instructed to inform you that the government of the United States views with the gravest concern the killing in Teheran of its consular rep resentative, Mir. Robert W. Imbrie.
 Immediately after learning of the circumstances under which Mir. Im- brie had been killed and his attan- dant, MT. Melvin Seymour, seriously injured,i your excellency's government was advised, through it's representa- tive 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 re- sponsible for the killing and to those who Ky failure to act contributed 10 make possible this incident, unpre- cedented In recent times.
 My government has now instructed n to supplement the representations already made.
 Ut was felt proper that these rep resentations 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 re- sponsibiIity and to guage the repara- tion which would be adequate to the | situation.
 Facts Are Known
 The facts of the case appear suf- fciently established insofar as all es- sential elements are concerned. The | American consular representative in Teheran, accompanied by an Ameri- | can citizen was brutally assaulted in the streets of Teheran, in broad day. |; light In endeavoring to escape from |, their assailants, they entered a car riage and drove considerable dis tance, when they were again assaied and the tragedy occurred. The Ameri- gan consular representative would ap- pear to have had no reason to antici- pate danger from visiting the particu- ar place where he was the victim of he unjustified assault.
 Tt is most regrettable that 1t is to add to this statement 1 hat the facts before my government | 10 not indicate that the police or authorities made any ade- Iuate effort to protect the American consular representative, and there ap- , ,ears, in fact, to be evidence which i, is believed the Persian government Z will itself desire to investigate most igorousiy, that certain military eIe- nents participated in the assault.
 Wants Justice Done.
 My government desires nothing / mich the facts of the case do not ' 1lly justify. It approaches the situ- ton with no wish to offend friend 7 government or to require punitive Y smages. It is however. insistent C nat full reparation should be made. st nat punishment should be meted out t, , the guilty. that assurances be given V nd enforced of adequate protection sl pr the lives of American citizens and s, lat the safety of it's officials in al ersia should be guaranteed. n My government does not wish at b tContinued e Page Fcurteen) lb