Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-23
Parliament Stormed and Cap
tured by Royal Troops.
CITY HEAPED WITH DEAD
Pillaging Kurds Completely Sur.
round Urumiah.
MISSIONARIES THOUGHT SAFE
DR.. William F. Doty, Consul at
Tabriz, Asked to Visit Be-
leagured District.

BERLIN. June Zo.-NeWs mas just
reached here that the troops of the Shah
Of Persia have stormed and captured the
parliament buildings in Teheran.
The city is now bombarded by artillery.
The square In front of the parliament
buildings is said to be heaped with
corpses.
between Cossacks and members Of polt-
ical clubs occurred here today. Early this
morning a force of Cossacks and soldiers
surrounded tine parliament building and
give up some of the persons whose arrest
the shah had ordered.
This parliament refused to do, and the
members of the political clubs fired on the
Cossacks. killing several of them. Re-
Inducements entered the city at 8 o'clock
with artillery. The firing continued until
10 o'clock
Kurds Ravaging Villages.
ST. PETERSBURG June 2.-The
Novoe Vremya today publishes dispatch
from a correspondent who has just COM
pleted a perilous trip from Tabriz. Persia.
to Crumiah through a country swarming
with pillag:ng Kurds
He declares that Crumiah is now COM
pletely surrounded by kurds, who are
ravaging the villages on all sides up to
the gates of the town. The sound Of
firing Is constantly heard
The missionaries at Crumiah have held
a meeting and sent out to their respective
countries statement of the critical posi-
ton in which they find themselves. Turk
:sh regular troops are close behind the
raiding kurds.
Two battalions of infantry, two squad
rons of cavalry and battery of artil-
!ery have occupied villages three miles
from rumiah Six days ago one battalion
of infantry and five batteries OF the sixth
division of cavalry went into camp in the
region around Sujubulant. that is in dis
pute between Turkey and Persia.
1t is declared at the foreign Office here
that Russia has made continual repre-
sensations to the porte about the stu
alton at Urumiah. but without result up
to the present time. Russia has not de-
cided upon any more aggressive steps.
Foreigners Will Be Safe.
The temporary occupation of trumiah
by kurds and Turks is considered pos
sibility. The foreign office does not be-
lieve the missionaries in Urufniah will be
involved in any danger. 1t thinks the
other foreign residents also will be safe.
The latest news from Tabriz says there
is some Improvement in the internal sit
uatiOn in Peris. Signs of a counter revO-
luton and the restoration OF the authority
are to be seen.
Assurances From State Department
NEW YORK. June 23.-At the office of
the Presbyterian board Of foreign mis-
sions in this city today it was said that
assurances had been received from the
State Department at Washington to the
effect that the missionaries at the station
of the western Persian mission at I-ru-
miah are not believed to he in immediate
danger
The fifteen missionaries there are the
Rev and Mrs. F. G. COan. the Rev and
Mrs. w. a. Shedd. the Rev and Mrs
Robert NJ. Labaree, the Rev. and Mrs
F. w. Mcdowell. the Rev and Mrs
Harry T. Packard. the Rev c. f. ster-
rett. Mrs. NJ X. Van Duzee. Miss F.. T.
Miller. Miss Mary E. Lewis and Miss f.
u. Lamme