The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-19
NEW RULER
Persia Has Ruler Twelve Years Old
on the Throne

st. Petersburg, JULY 19.-The Rus
sian foreign Office last night received
q dispatch from NJ. Sabellin, charge
d'affaires at Teheran, filed at noon,
saying that the shah had taken refuge
at the Russian summer legation at
Zerende. The shah was accompanied
by his wife, one of his sons and q
small party Of loyal adherents. His
action was In accordance with de-
tailed arrangement previously worked
out by the Russian and British lega-
tions. NJ. Sabelin Immediately inform
ed the British sHa|l9matic representa-
tive of the shf e HG. and a con-
voy of Sepoys &s.> Ot1c1tn Ter
rende. During the sha,.@s Socia. =
place protection will be furlnsg
joint detachment of Cossacks an..
Sepoys. An urgent appeal was made
by the Russian bank at Teheran for
protection, the bank being exposed to
a serious cross fire. The Nationalists
promised protection to the bank.
After much fighting throughout the
night the royalist troops outside the
city retreated to Sultanabad. The
shah and two of his sons Immediately
left the palace and drove huriedly to
the Russian legation, escorted by 200
soldiers. The Russian government a
day or two ago instructed its minister
at Teheran, to grant the shah asylum
should he ask 1t. But at the same time
1t gave notice that the fact of his seek
ing the protection of the Russian lega-
tion would be considered equivalent to
his having been disposed from the
throne. The arrival there was expect
ed and M. Sabelin. the acting minister,
and the staff of the legation, received
them with a guard of honor of Rus
sian Cossacks forming the permanent
legation guard. The Russian and
British flags floated side by side on
the roof of the legation.
New Shah is Youthful.
Sultan Ahmed Mira, the new shah
Is IL years old. He was declared heir
apparent when his father ascended
the throne. Sipahdar, one of the most
active leaders of the movement, has
taken Office as minister of war and
governor of Teheran. 1t is expected
that Russian troops now at Kasvin
will return shortly to Russia, as their
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decision has been reached as to the
disposition of the dethroned monarch
hut 1t is probable he will be banished
and sent out of the country under q
Russian escort.
The shops and private houses occu-
pied by the shah's soldiers and the
residence Of the manager of the Ind
Telegraph company have been looted
but no other houses of foreigners
we're invaded. Fighting between the
combatants ceased yesterday, but
there was much firing in the morning
by the rough element of the city. With
the exception of desultory firing by a
handful of loyal Bakhtiaris in q lane
near the British legation. Teheran is
quiet today.
The towns people are taking calmly
the sudden change in rulers while the
Nationalists are resting, after four
days of incessant fighting in the
streets of a strange town. Russian
and British legation guards are sta
toned at the Russian legation. where
the shah has sought safety. and the
Cossacks have guns around the build
ing as precaution against possible
attack by the Nationalists. who say,
however, that they have no intention
of taking step which might cause
serious complications.