The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-16
ATTEMPT To MAKE
PEACE IS FUTILE
Fighting Between Nationalists
and Persian C0ssacks in
Teheran Continued.
RUSSIAN GOVERNOR IS
SUPERIOR TO THE SHAH
British Legation Under Fire:
No Definite Report as to
Late Casualties.

TEHERAN. Persia, July l5.-Despite
efforts of General Liakhof1, military
governor of Teheran TO open negotia-
tions with Nationalist leaders and the
agreement on both sides TO cease hos.
tllltles, street fighting was in progress
throughout the day between the Per,
sian Cossacks and the Nationalist
around Artillery square aud between
the Royalist Bakhtlaris and the newly
arrived Nationahsts and Revolutionary
Bakhtiaris.
Insurgents continue in the ascend
ancy, and as reinforcements are con
tinually reaching them, the outcome in
their Favor appears 10 be foregonc,
The shah remains obdurate and will
probably insist upon holding out until
the Nationalist guns are trained on the
sultan s palace.
Shah Not a Factor.
Control of the Royalist troops has
really passed from the hands Of the
shah into those of General Liakhoff,
who again today tried TO stop bostili
ties. Through the Russian legation,
General Liakkoff approached the Ma
tionalist leaders and agreed that the
Cossacks should not fire excep; upon
the nndisciplined soldiers of the shah
who were looting houses In the vlcin-
ity of Central square.
Fighting around the Cossacks bar
racks ceased this afternoon and nego
tlations for their surrender are now
being carried on with General LIakhoff.
The shah S troops are discontentcd on
account of insufficient food and pay.
British Under Fire.
Fighting today centered around the
British legation, A number of Royal
Bakhtiaris, gaining An entrance to the
city, took up position on the tops of
houses in the vicinity of the legation
and near the Nationalist camp, which
they bombarded with heavy rifle fire.
The Nationalists responded, and for
several hours the British telegraph Of
fees and other foreign houses in which
wero a number of women, were under
fire. During lull the women were
removed to the British legation. The
battle last night between the Cossacks
hesieged in Artillery square and the
Nationalists who attempted TO dislodge
them, was exceedingly fierce.
Non-combatants were compelled to
seek shelter in cellars, as shells were
bursting everywhere The Cossacks
succeeded in holding their position,
and, on the withdrawal Of the attack
ing party, opened fire with their artil
lery on the parliament building I'm
der cover of this they made an at
tack on Nationalist headquarters, but
were repulsed by a small force of Rakh-
tiaris, who took up position with
Maxim gun in front of the British le-
CATION.
There is no way Of estimating the
casualties, but so far as known no for
eigners are among the killed or wound
The telegraph operators, who nre
sticking TO their posts, have the win
dows of their house barricaded.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.-The
Novoe Vremya has received a sensa-
tional dispatch from Teheran stating
that the foreign legations were under
fire by the Nationalists.
The dispatch says that the Russian
legation was partly demolished and
that the entire staff Of the various le-
cations were removed to safety outside
the city.
TEHERAN, Persia, July 15.-The
Shah has just taken refuge in the Rus
sian legation, A deputation from the
British and Russian legation is now on
its way to inform the Nationalist lead
crs of the fact,