The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-09
THE SHAH BEGINS
HIS LONG JOURNEY
Ruler of Persia Going 0. eriand
in a Pea Jacket and
Tweed Trousers.

LONDON. June 1.-The Shah has chos-
en- the long and arduous overland route
for his journey to Europe in preference
to travelling via Kasvin to Resht on the
Caspian. and from there by steamer to
Baku.
According to our ST Petersburg CORE
spondent there is one very simple anu
very sufficient explanation of this bl-
zarre itinerary. ana that is the Sban'S in
tense ureao Oh seaSicknesS.
In spite OF this the Governor Genera.
OF the province OF ASerpaIoSnan, manuTu u.
of last ear $ bad harvest, has Ilaue rep
reSen tatlonS at the court of Ieheran wllI.
the view or inducing the Shan 10 cnange
ms mind ana give up the overland roule.
The Governors mad mas been Irouoieu
by the fear that the provisioning or tn.
SnahS large Suite-he Will be accumpa
| nleo as Tar as the Russian frontier py oov
men, with nearly double as many horses
Will bring great haruships upon the
province.
| Unais,urbed by these considerations
| the shah insisted on keeping his over
and route, ana more IMAM tnat, arrang
| ed for a ten days halt at Tabrlz. so that
| the Governor OF ASerbaldShan was COM
| PEELED to order PROVISIONS from Russia
| Tor the cavaicade and the suite. especial
| ~ as the great majority of the shan {
retinue, all, in fact, except the thirty
who accompany him to Europe, must pass
| through the province again on their way
| back to Teheran.
The present Shah Is Muzafer-ed-din
second son of the late Shah, who s-c
| ceeded the asSassinated monarch. He
was born in 1Ss3 and has recently passed
| his forty-eighth birthday. He is sad &c
| be very nice man.
Muza fer-ed-din will spend six months ir
| Europe, but he has to make long visit
| of calls, and will not be in England fol
very long. He will go to the Paris Ex-
position, and it is announced that he will
h,ita ,1nYp hnF nf iDa N aay
! chants with him to pick up ideas for the
development of Persian trade. The Shah
| is sad to be bent on reforming and wax
| ing up Persia, and to have done much &c
regenerate the country during his four
| years OF power.
According to one who has seen him, he
is quiet man who 'pottei-s about his
| garden in a pea jacket and a pair OF
| Scotch tweed trousers. taking photo.
graphs" He also lies on his library floor
| reading books. He is q nervous man. By
descent he Is not Persian, but Turk
| whose family seized the throne a little
over a century ago. He is teetotaller
and hated Armenians until he found tina;
they are good business men. He was
Mortified by the Armenian massacres.
He gets up early and does SIX hours
work at a stretch. He eats with his fin
gers and likes creased rice He has un
! dertaken TO learn how to use knife anc
fork before coming to Europe. He has
set his face against bribery, which his
| father practised as a fine art.
The previous Shah hrst came 70 Eng
land on June IS, 1873 and was received by
! tho Queen at Windsor two DAYS later.
He STAYED about ten days. When he
came again in 1889 the Prince of Wales
met him at Gravesend on July l, and
ttev sailed up the Thames together to
| Westminster He visited Birmingham
and other manufacturing towns. his visit
! lasting for month. He WAS everywhere
received with cordially by the munich
palfties and people.
! IF is reported that he suffered severe
sbock on entering the municipal banquet
ing hall at Birmingham and seeing a
bnye salmon standing on It's tail in the
,,,tdst of n block Of ice. 1t Zig to be hoped
that the present shahs entertainers will
remember that the Shah LIS man of
nerves EH