The Detroit times., 1910-01-27

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these men are not OF one mOttle. All
have intelligence, most have eloouence
some have intellect. . fOw have cul.
ture. How many have statesmRnshipg
And here come the cabinet minis
ters, IN hne raimsnt. Behold the stin'
~ starchod Sipahdar. the Oliver
Cromwell OF modern Persia. know
what his enemies say OF him, but /
look az the Roman nose and the nash
ing eye. And there goes the Sardar
ASSad. a little man with gray mus
tache, gentle. amiable. sympathetic,
hiding fury. as Bakhtiaris do. for the
day OF wrath | have Sonversed con-
| hdentially with both these heroes.
have taken their hands and looked
into their eyes. They are. believe me,
the Kitchener and the Roberts OF the
Persian revolutionary war
COMING OF the Diplomats.
Next arrive the members OF the
diplomatic corps. displaying cooked
hats with plumes and broad bosoms
= OF gold lace. They have come 70
! honor the Parliament. 10 wish II well.
Do they mean II welle What, all OF
| them? Mark how the crowd changes
face. now smiling. now scowling, now
looking down doggedly. now glancing
up ferociously Hark how the woro
flies round in changing tones. That 5
the British minister; that's the Rus
sian. that's the German. the French.
the Belgian. the Italian. the Ameri
can. the Turkish Europe may know
little. care little, what Persia thinks.
Persia knows with searching exact
ness what Europe thinks, And Per
STA broods on what Il knows
And now. amid a blaze OF scarlet
heraldry, comes the Shah. little boy
OF eleven, plump chubby faced, good
looking and bright-eyed. accompanied
by the Regent q withered old man.
The crowd cheers: not the deafening
huzZa OF passionate loyalty. but the
calm hand clapping OF reasoned en-
CONSIGNMENT Son OF q King Stork
and grandson OF King Log. Shah
Ahmed has no shred OF inherited claim
upon popular good viii. but as an In
nocent child he Graves the torbear-
ance and sympathy OF his distrusttul
subjects. Meanwhile the journalistic
cameras and the music hall cinemato-
graphs. under telegraphic instructions
from Europe. are flashing films and
mates al the imperial procession. 50
that London, Paris, Berlin and ST
Petersburg may know pictorially how
a Persian Parliament is opened.
Observe how the Shah COMFORTS
himself inside the house. AS his
majesty enters. the regent walking
closely behind him. directs him TO as
cend the scarlet staircase Of the scar
let dais and to go TO the golden
throne The little boy goes beyond the
throne. rs II not seeing it. The dull
eyed Regent cannot understand and
tries TO pull his majesty back His
majesty understands full Wen and de-
clines 10 he pulled back; he has
caught sight OF the diplomatic corps
drawn up below him to mis- right, and
moving toward them he bows grave
" Obviously this is spontaneous.
The aged Regent points impatiently
10 the throne again The Shah. IN
needing. turns front. and seeing the
deputies grouped below the dais
moves forward with another solemn
bow Once more the uncomfortable
Regent waves an imperiOus hand to-
ward the throne The Shah. swing
ing round, gets a glimpse Of the cab
met ministers assembled below on
his left. and advancing in that direc-
tion makes a third bow. Then quietly
he goes 10 the throne. but remains
standing till the end. exhibiting
neither nervousness nor restlesSness.
Il is not the Regent who reads the
speech from the throne. I asked why.
Because the Regent is too old TO
make his voice heard was the reply.
Does Il strike you? The Shah too
young: the Regent too old look
again at the strange pair-the fat lit
tie boy. with smooth. round face and T,
twinkling eyes. and the lean old man, ,
with snow white beard and bent back .
the beginning and the end Of hu .
man life.
Who then, reads the royal speech? ;
Who better can read il than the man I
who wrote il? The Sipahdar reads 4
the speech. Ascending the scarlet .
dais and bowling TO the throne. the /
Sipahdar receives from the Regent a
scroll OF vellum, and then. facing
front, squares his shoulders to the Ell
fort. Suddenly he bethinks himself 4
He descends the scarlet staircase, one I
step. two steps three steps--he +
counts them deliberately-and starts /
10 read again. on. Sipahdar, that I
was well remembered. Three steps /
down-royaity. nobility. commonalty' I
Here you are greater than there. /
Democracy has dawned.
Every man has his moment This !
moment is the Sipahdar's Tomorrow,
no, Tomorrow the Parliament will /
begin It's labors. The Sipahdar has /
been wise. a strong. a benevolent 4
dictator But the Parliament must /
be wiser. stronger. better than he. II .
not. away with that bauble"-and (
Heaven help Persia BERNARD Tenn
pie IN The Mail