The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-07
GOING BACK TO PERSIA.
THE SHAFTS REPRESENTATIVE
LEAVES THE UNITED STATES.

an Irreverent and Unfeeling Press
The Minister Tells His Grievances in
Detail to Post" Reporter.
Hadje Hassein Ghooly Khan. tie Persian
minister TO the United States, will leave
Washington for New York next Friday,
says the Washington Post, and immedi-
ately take the steamer for Liverpool. He
has been driven out of the country By the
unkind and ungeaerous things which have
been written about him and his sovereign
in American newspapers. He will not
come back.
A reporter called at the legation, No 1925
NJ street, Friday, and was received by the
secretary, Mira Mahmound Khan To
that gentleman the reporter said he would
like to see the minister and ask him some
questions about the reasons for his de-
parture.
"And you will publish everything we say
to your inquired the secretary.
with your permissio n"
Exactly as We say iii"
Exactly"
Thereupon the secretary disappeared, and
in a few minutes returned to the parlor
with the minister. The secretary speaks
English and French as we'll as Persian. but
the minister, whose English has all been
acquired during his residence in this coun-
try, is not very familiar with the language,
although he speaks the French language
easily. The conversation, therefore, was
chiefly carried on through the secretary,
who acted as interpreter, but the minister
occasionally spoke English for himself, and
seemed to understand nearly every question
that the reporter asked
The minister has the aquiline nose, dark
eyes, and general expression of face of a
Hebrew. He is of short stature, and wears
a short-cropped black beard and mustache,
slightly touched with gray. The secretary
is above the medium size of Americans
well built, of handsome dark face and
wears only a mustache. With the excep-
ton of the Persian cap, which both gentle
mon wore, they were dressed as Americans.
Both are gentlemen of the most polished
and courteous manner.
The secretary produced book in which
were pasted 100 or more newspaper extracts
from American newspapers. They were all
about the shah and his visit to Europe, and
opposite them were written i'll Persian the
translations. The slips Of a New York
bureau of press clippings showed where the
minister had obtained his extracts. but they
had been separated, and there was no means
of knowing from what papers the clippings
had been taken. Nearly all of them were
about the alleged bad habits and conduct of
the shah and the expense of entertaining
him at European capitals. Opening this
book and handing it to the reporter, the
mini tor said:
81 ask from your sense of Justice whether
any minister can stay in this country longer
after he sees all these things in the Ameri-
can papers. AS far as liberty is concerned
| consider myself as like one of the citizens
of this country, and for that reason | don't
care for all the things they wrote about
myself although they we're not true | tell
you surely, though, that l cannot bear all
these things to be said about my king, who
in his heart has the kindness to favor the
American miEister and all the American
citizens in Persia"
Then the minister took the book and
turrlng to one particular article therein,
said: Il thank one persoa who has written
there very just things about Persia
There was nothing to show from what
paper the extract had been taken, but it
was an editorial rebuking the American
and English press for its abusive articles
upon the shah, who was mentioned as a
worthy monarch, who had reigned longer
than any other except Queen Victoria, and
who Travelled that he might obtain informa-
ton for the benefit Of his people
"Now, | want to ask you some ques-
tions," said the minister. "Do civilized
nations treat their guests as the Americans
treated me?'
The minister evidently referred to the
things that had been printed about him in
the newspapers, and as he waited for an
answer the reporter tried to explain to him
that it was not the American people that
spoke through these articles, but few
sensational or brutally jocose writers who
had no respect for tue duties of hospitality
or anything else, provided they wrote what
would sell papers.
The minister shook his head. because
this people is civilized" said he, 81 COM
plain of the whole people, because they
permit these newspapers to write such
things"
The reporter tried to explain that there
was so mucl freedom in this country that
there was no way of stopping such publica-
tions under the Law, unless they amounted
to libel, and that the newspapers wrote
things quite as bad or worse, occasionally,
about their own President. Then he in
quired if the Pre- ident, Secr etary of
State, and other officials had not always
treat d the minister well.
81 have no complaint to make against
the officials of the government he replied
Then the minister asked this question:
Does it suit any civilized nation TO write
against king who has come three times to
Europe for tho sake of gaining a good
knowledge of science, and for the purpose
of advancing the western civilization in
his own countryW
Again there was no answer to make ex-
cept to put the blame on the newspapers
who printed such things and declare that
they did not represent the people.
Then" said the minister, why should
Americans write about the expense Of en-
tertaining the shah in Europe. calling him
always the extensive visitorn Not dol
lar Of the expense comes out of the pockets
of Americans. When | came here |
brought SIP, 900 which do not take away
with me. If they write of the expense of
entertaining the shah, they should also
write Of the money which the Persian min
lister has left here.
when l arrived in this country" con-
tinued the minister, 81 came by way Of
New York. | saw there the statue Of
Liberty enlightening the world. | was
glad, and | thought here one can live
always without trouble or annoyance. Now,
after being here nine months, go away as
fast as | can, and like prisoner escaping
from his prison."
just here the thought that this was not
the right language fer a minister seemed to
occur to him, and he said: Write that,
for this purpose and to say these things. [
re ign my position as minister from Persia
and speak as a private citizen of that
country. As Persian minister / could not
say this"
Raturninp tO his suhiact 4ha r,iris4ar