New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-02
THE SHAFTS MINISTER TO WAShlNU
NOW uADu HAssAN sUCCoMBED TO THE FAsCiNA-
rIoNs OF PARIS WHILE on HIS WAY
AMERICA.

r,oSs OF PARIS WHILE on HIS WAY
TO AMERICA
Washington. May 1.-The records vi 'ie 100.
Denartment contain many communications a'
,ng the Shah's leanings toward hperah'! anu '9
t,ce In one particular instance where an Ai"'
Christian under the protection OF Aiie''Oai aoo
s,onaries was shot at Oroomrah, Persia IN io'''
49, Chah sent his son and heir apparent TO inVesu-
o,a the matter on the complaint OF United states
Minister Mcdonald. The Persian Prime M'iS'o'
subsequently informed Mr. Mcdonald tha' iinpe'a-
tive orders had been issued to nave eAenp'"i'
punishment inflicted upon those who hao c'ihini'-
ted the deed, and to take every possible measure
for the protection of other Christians VINO might
he IN danger. Mr. Mcdonald forwarded the entire
correspondence to Secretary Gresham saying 'ha'
a was the request of the American missionaries
that the shah's assuring letter should be puphshed
for the benefit Of their friends at nome.
Persia is not represented in the United states 10
q dnlomatic or consular capacity and probably VIII
not be until an incident that caused some emnar-
rassment In the relations of the two countries Is
forgotten Eight years ago the Shah VINO war
killed to-day decided to send diplomatic repre-
sentative 10 Washington and the Government was
notified of the intention. The new Minister was
Hadj Hassan Ghouli Khan Matamed ell Nessara
One day the State Department received NUMBER OF
trunks and other baggage bearing the name OF
Hadj Hassan. addressed to Its care
Time passed and nothing heard Of the expected
diplomatist. Finally the Department sent a tele-
graphic inquiry to its Minister at Teheran request
ing information to the Persian Minister'S where
abous and the surprising answer was returned that
Hadji Hassan had left Persia months before ano
was supposed to be In the United states Inc STATE
Department officials were worried. and sent numer,
GUS dispatches representatives OF the Uniteo
States at posts along the route presumably taken
by the Minister in his Journey 10 America, put no
satisfactory Information was received In reply In
the course of time Hadj Hassan reached Washing,
tom and IL was then learned that he had succumDeo
to the Vaccinations of Paris, and spent long period
there incognlto. . 49,, -. .. s.o.or.,
w. and the photographers made humorous comments
disappearance from public view. These things OF.
Tended the Minister greatly. He also chasrined
over the attention Attracted BY his peculiar aress
and Appearance He wrote TO the Secretary Of State
complaining of these matters and withdrew with
his suite returning to Persia.
The reverence associated with the person OF the
Shah Is we'll illustrated in the text OF the treaty
OF friendship and commerce which Carroll Spence.
United States Minister made with Persia In lSoo. In
the preamble the dead Shah Is described with true
Oriental hyperboe. in this langue:
''The President Of the United states or North
America and His Majesty. as exalted as the planet
Saturn; the sovereign to whom the sun serves as
standard; whose spendor and magnifcence are equal
to that Of the skies the sublime sovereign. the mon
arch whose armies are as numerous as tne staI -
whose greatness calls to mind that OF Jeinshid
whose magnifcence equals that OF Darius. the heir
OF the crown and the throne Of the Kayahiana; the
sublime Emperor of all Persia