New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30


hin, and informed him that the rooms In when he
found himself belonged 10 a stranger and ala no'
form mart of the legation; he also evidently Cold
,nrnicated to his master the fact that their occ"
pant was an actor. For, turning to the latter III.
Shah, without displaying the slightest intention OF
leaving the apartment. asked
EOuS ctrS artistic
yes. your Majesty
Dramatic?7
" Yes. your Majesty
Then there was long pause, during Which Ih'
monarch carefully examined SOM paintings GIanc-
ing At q bust. he inquired:
What is that
A celebrated actor"
"Alivc?7
$50; dead
"Ah! How long ago.
q" Tny years
rfty years. Very long
Then, pcrring through his gold rmm"d sr"'tHcles
at glgnutl, pair Of Italian horns. lie Inquired:
=" That is a born?
Yes. your Majesty
Hucuf OK p
As he uttered This word which. when used in
,,,r case Of men in German or French Is equivalent
10 fool" or blockhedd.' he looko-i at the acfor
m such queer way that the Inter failed to reply
a, orcc II was not until the Shah had raised MS
voice 10 shout the word l}ocufT once more IN
tone Of l.rltatcd inquiry that Mr.. HaaNe replied IN
trembling tones
"Roruf. rMa."ste'
Whcrcupon His Majesty, mnnfPstly pacified,
mnrrcrcd as b." turned toward Ii" door:
Bo"uf Tres grand
lust a, h, va. about TO take his departure from
the nparr,ocrrr the Ambassador deemed it necessary
~ rrc>.r, the actor tc ms Imperial master in due
fnru,. aud introduced Mr. lIaa>e as Mr.. A>Sc--
Frederick; A,,c" This name appeared 70 ticGl"
the monarch immensely Tor he exclaimed in
French:
Il must put TINT in my letters Then, with
another fricndly nod he rolled or % his carriage,
muttcrns in tones Of much m"rFtment
AN,-Frc,lrrirk ASS
Mr. Uaasr a, thr present moment scarcely knows
whether 10 feel amused or offended hy III" manner
in which the Shah brought his visit TO a close
Immense preparations arc being made III England
for the ptiou Of Na>rcidccn. and the splcndor
Of his welcome there will far ontStri2 anything OF
the kind attempted on the occasion Of his last visit
Tho fact Is :hnt whereas in 1913 Great Britain
c,uIl afford 10 remain comparatively indifferent 10
Ills lNrsIar Majesty. sh" has now an axe 10 grind
Seriously alarmed hy the tramway. railroad and
steamboat concessions granted during the past three
years hy Na>r-el deem to Russia. England suddenly
found u convenient 70 remember that IN ls12 Nasr-
ccrn Ind conceded 10 Baron Reuter-, OF telegraph
fame n charter Of such vast extent that, had II
been lut into e =, the Baron. who is naturalizcd
Engi>hmau. would have tract caUv hecomS the
VI,rroy. or rather Tcr-Shah, OF Persia. Accord
ing 20 The document in question, he was 10 hay"
absolute and undI>turhrd control of IN" national
finances. tho monopy Of all the banking cs;nh-
l>hinrut> Of the issue Of paper money. and Of = .
construction Of railroads aud t"lcIraphS. He WIS
further TO b." intru>tcd with the mail service. with
the collection Of all taxes and revenue, and was 30
enjoy rhr monopoly ~ all mining and industrial
,ut,rur.S,> In order TO secure this, Baron Renter
hal :, "n obliged To deposit n sum Of S!0o,0o0 IN
III. ..rrrinI Treasury At r"hcrau rs guarantee
81 .,od faith. and had found himself under the
u,u.- : Of spending further sum Of 100000 IN
rn,. ..rtr OF backShccSh 10 thr various Ministers
ami .'.,rr> Of the ShahS hou>rho.d. The voya."
4 tn lrr>nu monarch through Europe IN
the tllowing year, 1873. however, wrought
a change IN his disposition townrd Baron
Renter AMI when he reached England hc
not only forbade tie final cohplrtion Of the
Gocurn,ut IN connection with III" ocnccSSou, but
actually refused even To admit the Baron To the
n, nor Of an interview. 1t WAS N vain that tl.c
unfortunate capitalist applied To the PrrNau
Ambassador and that he prlt.oncd the British
Foreign Oilirc for intervention and support. H.
request was treated with silent contempt. IT,
Tie first place. since their arrival i'll Europe both
! the shah and his advisers had become convinced
I that they could drive better bargain than that
! made IN Isl! with Baron iicVtcr, and moreover
/ the latter had been uumckY enough to offend
xrir, iou>y lluStrIuu> pcr>onr;r Of IN" British
realm, who cSrrtcd himself 10 the utmost TO
! prevent the English Government from cOuntrnanc-
! ng the BIron'S claims
~ tbpt tln ,1l,irl
! he Russians were beginning To- obtain III Persia
/ hcspu seriously To alarm the Queen Governments
! IL WAS apparent that some immediate measure
must b, adopted To check the growth Of MuSCuN lite
! luGu,ncr at I"hrrnn Accordingly the Foreign
! On,cr hcthought itself of the CONCESSIONS granted
! IA ~! by NaSr-cd-d"cu TO Baron Reuter-, and
! lnfcruacd the latter that they wrrr now prepared
| - axe steps 10 intervene at Ivhrrdu in behalf
| Of his claims With this ob,cc, In view the,
! Government dispatched Sir Henry Drummond
! Woln-who, like Reuter-, Is OF Hebrew descent
70 the court Of the Shah, with orders tina, he
! should Immediately on his arrival in the Persian
! capital begin to intervene actively in supu,rt
Of the Bnrons demands Sir Henry is one OF the
/ shrcwdc>t men IN the diplomatic service of Eng
| land, and before he had been in Tehrran many
/ months he succeeded IN putting Baron Reuters
! affairs on an cmIncntll satisfactory footing In
! the hrsr place, the charter of lS1? was annulcl
| and IN 10 stead another bearing the date OF
! January 81, ias0 was substituted Accorlmg
/ 80 the terms OF the new concession which Is duly
! ,igncd ard sra I'D, and which ENJOY, the warm
! support OF the British government Baron Reuter-
Is authorized - establish ana work for period
Of sNty years IN Imperial and industrial bank
! tn" latter, although drmrrcd from i'suing any
| loans Oh mortgages OF icrl estate is cnpoyrrcj
| To found and institute ANY Ilnl of notwithstanding
| and trading enterprises, Possesses thr mononnIC
| II issuing lNprr money, and /, entrusted viii
tho entire financial business OF the Persian Govern
| mPnt both NJ home and abroad The hank ,s
| 70 he put into operation before nine months havc
| elapsed, and hHs received the absolute monnnoIr
Tor term OF nMtN NcarS Of I'LL rnininlr