Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-25
AL }CE N TEHERAN
Te.aisa --c- q Parliament Looted
L1ah5 Troops.
BLrZ FirTFo AND WOUNDED
Main Square of City strewn with
Bodies of Men and, Horses.
I-'-- LIGHTING YESTERDAY
Tit h-r-r r. nall Arms is Resumed
Il Dawn.
..- PRINCE SACKED
Eo-e cr yncle of shah, who Was
tccussd of Heading Revolution
n south. H. PIundered
by soIdisFy.
Tit trr-r r. nall Arms is Resumed
=t Dawn.
PRINCE SACKED

BERLIN. June 24.-The Tageblatt pub
fishes a dispatch from Teheran saying that
the firing of small arms and artillery was
ftill going on today.
The buildings of Parliament were quite
demolished by the bombardment OF yes
terday. Corpses of men and bodies Of
horses cover the main square of 'Ccheran
II is impossible to give the exact number
Of casualties. but the cossacks alone lost
seventy men killed. The palace II Prince
Zill-Es-sultan, an uncle OF the shah, and
the buildings adjacent to IL nave been
pilaged by the soldery. According TO
news from the provinces, Zill- Es-Sultan,
who Is friendly to Great Britain. has taken
up the leadership of the movement in tho
south.
The night passed quietly bu. the out
break OF firing this morning leads u the
belief that there may be further colli-
sionS. The government has declared a
state Of siege The bazars throughout the
country have been closed.
TEHERAN, June 24.-It has been gener-
ally confirmed that the first shot in yes
tetday's fighting in this city was fired by
members of the Anjumans. or political
clubs Soldiers early In the morning had
surrounded the Parliament house and de-
manded that a 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 build
ngs, the halls Of which were eventually
cleared.
The firing between the Anjumans and the
Cossacks was kept up until reinforcements
Of troops arrived whereupon the national
lists fled. The latter had occupied sheltered
pos tlons on the roofs Of the buildings and,
although nothing certain is known as to
their losses, they must have been small.
Bombs were thrown and the Cossacks had
fifteen men killed and three superior Off
lost eight horses. The losses sustained
by the infantry is not known.
Parliament Building Sacked.
When the soldiers entered the city they
began looting and robbing the people in the
streets and completely sacked the Parlia-
ment building. Many houses in the vicin-
ity were partially pillaged The assembly
rooms Of the political parties were demol-
ished by artillery.
Sayyid Abdullah. the president of Parlia-
mert Sayyid Muhammed and many popu.
lar leaders and members of the Anju.
mans. we'll several newspaper editors
were arrested and thirty of them placed ir
chains last night. Takizadeh leader of the
opposition and editor of Habdul Matin. to,
gether with nine other editors, took refug,
in the British legation.
The British and Russian representative.
here have requested the shah TO take imme
diate steps to restore order and have re-
minded him that their governments woulC
hold him responsible for any unfortunat,
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reply, has given full assurances that every
thing possible will be done to prevent
further disturbances.
Only Few Reported Dead.
LONDON. June A.-Private dispatches
received here from Teheran say that onl,
a small number OF persons were killed dur
ing the fighting in that city yesterday anC
that the firing was confined to the neigh
borhood OF the national assembly. One dis
patch says:
"The shah apparently is the master of IN,
situation at Teheran, but the attitude o
the provinces is uncertain. Foreigners ar,
In no danger"
y Reason for Attack.
BERLIN. June PA dispatch receive.
here from Teheran today says the born
bardment OF a portion OF that city yester
day was not conducted with the idea o
abolshing the constitution, but to brin
about the arrest of a group Of politician
personally hostile to the shah, and VIII
intended TO depose him. II is also sal
that the shah has crushed his opponent
in the provinces. The functions OF Parlia
ment have not been abolished and It
even declared that a part of Parliamen
Is in favor OF the course pursued by IN
shah. Europeans I'm Teheran are not
danger, but this is not the fact in IN
case OF the European residents Of Tabri
and Urumiah. In Urumish the DANCE
arises from the activities OF Kurdish tribes
men and Turkish troops