Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1847/ff60-60v
Title
About Austrian Lloyd's agent Mantura with brother, local police and customs organize delivering of contraband arms
Date(s)
- 1902-08-09-1902-08-09 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 60-60v
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Secret report; Austrian Lloyd's agent Mantura with brother, local police and customs organize delivering of contraband arms (revolvers and rapid-firing guns) to Jaffa from Austrian steams, by night they send it to Jerusalem. Consul wants to know if these arms are for Catholic monasteries or for local population. Embassy can't denounce local administration, but consul could confidentially declare that he knows about contraband and require explanations. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: counselor of Russian embassy in Constantinople Yu.N. Tscherbatchev.