The Detroit times., 1908-07-10
RIOTS OF
IN II REST To
MRS. DEAN
DETROIT WOMAN JUST BACK
FROM SCENE OF RECENT DIS
TuRBANcES RECEIVED LET
TIERS FROM FRIENDS.

Mrs. y. ]. Dean. of No. 1873 Grandy-
ave. this city. a returned missionary
from Persia. was sent 10 that
country by the Presbyterian
Foreign Missionary board In
1868. but returned 10 THIS
country some four years ago, has been
Ia the very places where the massa-
cres of thousands OF people took place
recently and Is familiar with the
causes leading up TO this revolution,
az well as with the habits and Gus
toms OF this people Mrs. Dean re-
Gently received a letter from mis-
slonary friend In Persia who gives
something OF an idea of the approach
ing horrors.
This letter was written May 20 In
Urumia. Persia. and says in part:
Yesterday and today the markets
have been closed because or the panic
when brought so many women ana
children 10 the city for protection-
Mahomet Bey. the noted Kurdish rob
Der who with his men has been ter
,orizing the people OF the Baranduz
villages winter expressing anu
robting at his own sweet WILL was
killed last week By his nephew.
outIawry rampant.
Immediately his men sought re-
venge. the murderer was killed ana
two or three villages were burned anu
Dlundered so that every one from
the surrounding villages fled ana
came focking to the city with their
goods. Report says that 10 people
were robbed on the Geogtape hoau
Yesterday, the robbers being the Sol
diers who have come 10 the city TO be
with the governor. Conditions here
are not so bad as your news papers
report. but they are bad enough. Han
nah OF sarabcn was here this morning
telling OF the fear In Charbosh. They
have watchnlen In the village at night
and she cannot sleep for fear Yes
terday she was among the Jews wher
the .HaWar vas cried and the mar
gets closed. so she hurried back &c
Charbosh."
when we first went TO Urumia
where the Fish seminary for girls Is
located" said Mrs. Dean In speaking
OF conditions IN Persia. Ut was con
sidered a disgrace for girl 10 DC
able 10 read, so il was very diincui'
10 get the women into the schools
We went there TO teach the nominal
Christian sect known as Anestorians
We were obliged TO prepare the BOOKS
in their own language. which Is the
Syriac, similar 10 the Hebrew.
I'm Persia there are about nine MIL
lion inhabitants and or those eight
million are Mohammedans. The re-
maInder are Jews, Greeks, Armenians
and Anestorians. So II became neces-
sary for the missionaries TO prepare
the books In whatever language the
people were accustomed TO. Since We
FIRST went there the ideas have
changed I'm regard TO the education oil
1.-The women and now ii is considered
an honor for the girls and women %
know how to read, even the married
women coming 10 school In the sem
mary there are about 20 girls and
about an equal number In the boys
school in Urumia.
Peculiar Uprising.
! AS TO the causes that led up 70
! the present massacres, the people OF
/ Teheran demanded a constitutional
government and before the father Of
| the present shah died, he signed the
constitution The son, Mahomet Ali
agreed 10 IT, The people. however
feared that he would not carry out
his fathers wishes in the matter and
there was an uprising just before
left the country The people fed 10
the English legation in Teheran and
were under the protection there until
the request for constitutional form
OF government had been granted.
They did not resort TO force, but
refused 10 do anything In the line OF
business until t--ir requests had
been acceded to Business was, at a
standstill and Me people refused Ia
take up their work until the matter
vas settled.
The present shah Is educated and
many people says he is very good
man. but | 90 not believe he possesses
the latter qualification There are
very few intelligent men In Persia
( They may speak three or four ian.
guages. but they are ignorant OF what
the other part OF the world is do
ing"
AS a general proposition, the posi-
ton OF women in Persia Is very low
/ In some instances. Of course. the wife