Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26

were stretched almost to the breaking
point, are still in the same
Little condition. There were revo-
chsnr. lutionary outbreaks in Tehe-
ran and Tabriz and strug-
giles between the partisans of constitu-
tionalism and absolutism. Six months
later-that is, on June %. the shah. ir-
ritated at the attitude of certain members
Of parliament, ordered their arrest. with
the result that the parliament building
was bombarded.
The dispatches Of the Goth and 21st
instant reiterate the alarums Of the pre-
ceding period of violence. and announce
that while Teheran is relatively quiet.
Tabriz is actually the scene Of sedition
and revolution. The Novoie vremya de-
clares that northern Persia Is lost to the
shah. and that Rachim Khan. the shah's
COMMUNICATIVE chief, has abandoned IA
briz. leaving a quantity OF arms ana a
munition in the hands Of the revolution-
lists. ;,
On the eth instant. scarcely more ina .. n
ten days before. the London Times III its
editorial announced a contrary SUI ~ ~ !.
affairs According to the Times AZ
was restored to peace and order. anG nc nc,
condition had been achieved .nIou oenarai
Tatar Khan. the chief of the reVoiue,u W.,
lists, had promised to remove tne 30
cades send away the "horsemen aho
open the bazaars. from
The Times correspondent. aascrihes
Teheran on the 10th of June: describes
the ceremony attending the Visit OF rne
deput ton of Parliament to the shah. nc
deputation was escorted Oy t,,e
guard of Persian cossacks thFoueI ny
opened ranks of soldiery to the rovai pa
t.
matte spectacle. The president OF the par
Elementary deput alton, Mumtaz-eo-OoW
leh, is a man Of energy and nrmhess. ne
took from his pocket prepared menoria
and commenced to read. Inc shah lpa :.
tiently took it from his hands and read II
himself.
1.-The shah protested his attachment to
his dear children and then suddenly
clutched his 1eweled scim-
The Shah's etar and babe the deputa-
w.-,;,. ton remember that his
forefathers had won the
throne by the sword and that he was not
disposed to lose it without appealing to the
sword And the correspondent adds
THE deputation left, and they may con-
graduate themselves that they were al
lowed to leave"
The shah promised the deputation a
written reply within three days. The re-
ply was given in effect within the prom
Used time. but In the form of the lombard
ment of Parliament.
The Times correspondent declares that
both the shah and the nation have been
the victims of a special class of rogues
whom the recent troubles have brought to
the surface. These men f1Ocked tC Tehe-
ran and constituted themselves leaders.
The press had abused it's liberty. the polit-
ical clubs had done great harm, and iib-
erty itself had been a pretext for license
and hopeless disorder.
The shat under such circumstances, 1t Is
but just to assume. is more sinned against
than SHINING. Certainly the memorial sub
mftted to him by the parliamentary dele
cation was not couched in language which
was either polite or parliamentary. but
provocative. The memorial, among other
things, recites:
1.-THE causes Of all these breaches OF
laws and covenants and the reasons OF
continued disorder-causes discovered by
the wise in this country-are two in
number First. there are the mis-
representations which his majesty hears
from those who only seek their own in
terests. These Misrepresentation have
SO far had the effect of preventing his
majesty's mind from becoming familiar
with the idea that in constitutional
country ali STATE aIdlTS Iuust De Gull
Quoted in legal channels. to the end that
the following articles of the constitution
may not remain dead letters: i.
ARTICLE A. The person Of the sover-
eign is free from responsibility and the
ministers are in all matters responsible to
the mejliss.
"'Article 45. The royal firmans will be
sanctioned only when they have received
the signature of responsible minister,
and in that case the minister will be re-
sponsible for them
Secondly. it has become certain that
there is a handful Of traitors to the coun-
try. to the nation and to the sovereign.
who have placed themselves between the
good Intentions of your majesty and the
rights of your loyal subjects. They hour
ly distract your attention from the gen.
eral welfare and from what is expedient.
They endeavor continually to divert your
majesty's mind from the principles OF
constitutionalism.'
/ And the memorial, in brief, concludes
that so long as this condition prevails the
mejliss. ''in the name of the Lord and the
Koran" will declare to their electors their
inability to discharge their duties.
Now. the ministers visited the mejliss
on the 10Th in a spirit of Cancellation and
advised that "bygones be
1nsurgent bygones, and that they be
r,,d. reconciled with his maj
esty on equitable terms. -
The mejliss, however, was in a belliger-
ent mood and refused to listen. and soon
after the ministers left the principal mer-
chants met and subscribed money to fight
to a finish In favor and aid Of the mejliss
The shah's attitude in this affair is best
understood by the following communica-
ton recently received by the Persian min
lister in Paris:
His majesty has always been solicit
tous for the happiness of his people and
the dissolution of parliament. the ef-
feet of which has been greatly exag-
gerated abroad. was only decided upon in
the interest Of the public welfare. The
definite program have rendered the ad-
ministration of the state most, difficult.
His majesty is firmly resolved to
maintain and to respect the constitution
which his father of glorious memory be-
slowed upon the people. He has already
decided that new elections will be held
in three months time and that the cham
Der and the senate should sit together in
accordance with the fundamental laws of
the empire. There is no ground what
ever for anxiety"
The pebats, commenting editorially on
the Persian situation. expresses the be-
lief that Mohammed Ali Mira will MAIN
tain the constitutional form Of govern
ment. but he will endeavor to bring the
action of parliament into the realm of
legitimate reason. Although the great
majority Of the rural and pastoral ele-
ments in Persia have only a vague idea
of parliamentarism, there are in the cities
sufficient partisans to oppose return to
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