Evening star., 1909-07-14
FIGHTING IN TEHERAN
Coccacks Begin BeIated Re-
siStance to NationaIistS.
FIRE ON RUSSIAN FLAG
Artillery Discharged at Invaders in
Col. Liakhoff's Garden.
CITY SHELLED FROM WITHOUT
Shah's Soldiers Three Miles Away
in Turn Besiege
Capital.
FIRE ON RUSSIAN FLAG
CITY sHELLED FROM WITHOUT

TEHERAN,. July 1.-THE fighting in
the streets of T'eheran, going on more or
less continuously since the nationalist
forces made their entry into the capital
yesterday morning. became more serious
at midnight last night.
The Persian Cossacks then opened a
heavy artillery fire on the nationalists,.
who at that hour attempted to rush the
Cossacks' position from the north and
east. The nationalists succeeded in occu
pying a garden close to the house of Col
Liakhoff, military commander of Teheran,
where they are now being shelled by the
Cossacks.
City Shelled From Without.
Rife and artillery fire has been practi-
cally continuous since yesterday morning.
Soldiers Of the shah from Sultanahabad
have approached to within three miles of
the city, and are now shelling Bakaristan,
the quarter of the city where the parlia-
ment. building is situated
1t is reported this morning that the
shahs troops are endeavoring to enter
the city by one of the northern gates
Sipahdar and Sadarassad the national
lst leaders. have just transmitted the fol-
lowing message to the British and Rus
sian diplomatic representatives.:
In spite of the fact that the Russian
flag is, flying over the house of Col Liak-
hoff, nationalist forces are being fired on
by Persian Cossacks stationed under the
roof of this house,
How the Entry Was Made.
The constitutional forces, the advance
OF which on Teheran for a time was not
considered serious. are in possession of
the greater part of the city. which they
entered without encounterin1 any organ
ICED resistance
While Sardarasad and Sipahdar, the
leaders in the movement, diverted the at
tention of the royalists by demonstra-
.ionalists and bakhtiaris made their way
unnoticed .around to the north, from
which point the capture of the capital
was not difficult.
The guards at the northern gates were
disarmed and the invaders marched into
the foreign section. the leaders taking up
their quarters in the old parliament build
ing. This gives the nationalists COM
mand of the city. with the exception of
the artillery square and the drill ground
adjoining
The royaiists are badly situated to
make further resistance. The Cossacks,
under command of Russian officers. re-
main outside the city, entirely cut off
from their comrades in the artillery
square.
There is much Ill feeling against the
Russians. The nationalists are endeav-
oring to prevent any incident that might
JUSTIFY Russian force entering the city.
Nationalists Are Welcomed.
LONDON. July IA special dispatch
to the London Times. dated Teheran, 8
pm, yesterday, says:
Firing has been continuous all day,
since detachments of the nationalist
forces entered the capital this morning,
IN various parts of the city but chiefly
in the neighborhood of Gun Square,
where there have been several casual
ties.
I'VE are bottled up in the neighbor-
hood Of Gun Square. and can get very
little information, as everybody who
ventures into the ada cent streets is
fired upon. There does not appear. how
ever, to have been any definite aggres-
sion on either side as yet.
1t is understood that the shah is
lleved In some quarters that he may
take refuge in the Russian legation.
The events of today caused ex-
traordinary surprise except to the ini-
tiated few. After the fighting which oc-
CURED outside Teheran it was not sup
posed possible that the nationalist forces
could enter the city without first fight
Ing successful general engagement
Their sudden move, however. which was
clearly conceived and brilliantly execut-
ed, enabled them to get through without
firing a shot.
They were enthusiastically received
by the people in those parts of the town
which they now occupy, and some 5000
of the people are said to have been en-
rolled and armed by them
Nationalists Behave Well.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 14-The for
eign office this morning received a reas-
suring dispatch from NJ Sabelin, Russian
charge d'affaires at Teheran, reterating
his previous reports of the good behavior
of the nationalists In the Persian capital.
His communication shows that there is
no reason to fear for the safety of the
foreigners in Teheran. and that no i'm
portance should be attached to the ex-
cited telegram sent in by the correspond
ent of the Novoe Vremya. declaring Euro
peans to be in extreme danger, and ap-
pealing for the immediate dispatch of
troops.
The shah. according to this telegram
from NJ. Sabelin, has not vet taken
refuge in foreign legation. The report
that Sipahdar had proclaimed himself
sultan is without confirmation.
brief telegram from the Russian
consul at Ispahan announces that the
nationalists are in the capital.
He reports that salute was fired in
Ispahan on receipt of the news, but the
population is quiet.
1t is regarded here as quite probable
that the shah Will seek refuge at either
the British or Russian legation. If he
does take this step it will be considered
equivalent to abdication He will receive
an escort of troops to the frontier, and
the Anglo Russian consular guards will
unite to protect him at whichever lega-
tion he takes refuge.
Arab Horsemen Desert Shah.
TIFLIS, July 13.-News has been re-
ceived here from Teheran that the Arab
horsemen who constituted the shah's
bodyguard have joined the nationalists
1t is said also that a general boycott has
been declared against all Russian mer-
chants in Persia.
BERLIN, July 14-John B. Jackson,
the American minister to Persia, arrived
here today from Teheran on his way to
America.
When he left the Persian capital the
situation there was quiet. He made the
trip to Berlin in the remarkably quick
time of ten days.
Cause of Insurrection.
The occupation of the Persian capital
by the nationalists is the result of the in
sistence of the Persian people that the
shah govern the country under the con-
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