Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-24
WILD SCENES IN TEHERAN.
Corpses of Men and Bodies of
Horses Cover Main Square
OF Capital.
Government Has Declared State OF
siege-Throughout the Country
Bazars Have Been Closed.

Berlin, June 24.-The Tageblatt pub
fishes dispatch from Teheran saying
that the firing of small arms and ar
tillery was still going on today.
The buildings Of parliament were
quite demolished by the bombardment
Of yesterday. Corpses Of men and
bodies of horses cover the main square
of Teheran. II is impossible to give
the exact number of casualties. but the
Cossacks alone lost 10 men killed. The
palace of Prince Zill Els Sultan, an
uncle OF the shah, and the buildings
adjacent to it, have been pillaged by
the soldiers. According to news from
the provinces. Zll Els Sultan, who is
friendly to Great Britain. has taken
the leadership OF the movement in the
south.
The night passed quietly. but the out
break of firing this morning leads 10 the
belief that there may be further coll
| lisions, The government has declared 81
state of siege. The bazars throughout
| the country have been closed.
THE FIRST SHOT.
| It has been generally confirmed that
| the first shot in yesterdays fighting
! In this city was fired by members of
the aniumans. or political clubs. Sol
diers early in the morning had sur
rounded the parliament house and de-
manded that number OF persons
whose arrest the shah had ordered
be handed over TO them forthwith
This demand parliament refused to
comply with and shots were fired at
the troops Artillery was then brought
up and bombarded The parliament
building. the halls OF which were even
eually cleared.
MANY ARRESTS.
Said Abdulah. the president OF par
| liament. Said Muhammed and many
| popular leaders and members of the
| aujumans as well as several newspaper
editors, We're arrested and 30 of them
placed in chains last night Taxi
zadeh, leader of the opposition and edi-
| tor of the Eabdul Matin together with
nine other editors, took refuge in the
| British legation.
| The British and Russian represent
! tatives here have requested the shan
| TO take immediate steps 10 restore or
der and have reminded him that their
governments would hold him respon-
sible for any unfortunate incident that
might occur The ehah in reply has
given full assurances that everything
| possible will be done to prevent fur
I lneT uiSlhTDbnCts.
FIGHTING HAS CEASED.
| ST. Petersburg. June 24.-The foreign
| office this morning received dispatches
| sent from Teheran at nightfall yestcr-
! day, stating that the fighting around
the national assembly building had
ceased, that tho town was quiet. ana
confirming generally the news already
| received here by way OF London and
| Berlin. The dispatches contained no
| additional details and the number of
| dead an wounded was not given, tho
| writer adding that II was difficult even
| to approximate the casualties.
The liberal press of st. Petersburg
| which throughout the Persian troubles
| has sympathized with the Persian par
| lament, regards the attack upon tire
| Cossacks as the initiation OF a pure
coup d'etnt and 1t Is convinced that 1t
| will be followed by the dissolution OF
| the national assembly and by the re-
vocation of the constitution.
The Sloyo declares that civil war
| accompanied by all its horrors has be-
| gun In Persia. The SHAH the paper
| says, has been successful, but the final
outcome is doubtful as the shah's
handful of troops may be defeated
when the armed forces OF the revolu-
tionlsts arrive from the north.
REASON FOR COMMANDMENT.
Berlin, June PA dispatch received
here from Teheran today says tho
bombardment OF portion OF that city
yesterday was not conducted with the
| idea Of abolishing the constitution, but
| 10 bring about the arrest OF group
| Of politicians personally hostile to the
| shah and who intended TO depose him
! II is also said that the shah has
| crushed his opponents in the provinces
The functions of parliament have not
been abolished and II IL even declared
that part of parliament is In favor
OF the course pursued by the shah.
Europeans in Teheran are not in dam
ger but this is not the fact in the case
OF European residents IN Aars and
Eurumiah. In Burumlah the danger
arises from the activities OF kurdish
tribesmen and Turkish troops.