The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-19
WOMAN WILL RULE
IN W HITf HOUSE
Prophecy Of Deposed Shah Should
Be Pleasing to suffrag-
cites.


Paris, December 1s.'rhe American
wornan's fame has spread to distant
Persia also the report that SHE rules
j the sterner sex-+or IS beginning to
Said Nlohammed All the deposet
! Shah of Persia, to-day
! Young American women have
/ met them In Teheran-thcy will dom.
mate the men soon. sooner or later
/ America Will have,a woman President
1 1t Is going to happen
Mohammed Ali, whose people hurled
! him from the peacock throne in July
| 1903, Is "a conspicuous figure here. He
! Is travelling incog, OF course. nut was
recognized the moment he arrived The
4 former Shah is consulting physicians
! about an affection of the heart which
| hurried out of Teheran Although
! stories about his present poverty
| have gone out, Mohammed Ali Is living
! luxuriously. He Is accompanied By
| dren, a secretary and three servants
| correspondent called at the
! Oriental potentate's handsome apart
! ment on the Rue de rOpera and was
received by the secretary. Learning
the visitors purpose, the secretary
/! who speaks French nuently. said.
You cannot interview His Majesty
unless, first, you write the questions
you wish to ask him. There are many
subjects on which he will not give
an opinion"
Eight or ten questions We're written
Having read them the secretary said:
Il am sure His Majesty win grant
| You an audience. Your questions are
interesting. Address His Majesty In
French. DO not mention politics nor
remind His Majesty of what Is pass
Cd
The secretary withdrew. Soon the
correspondent was ushered into "a spa
cious cabinet. handsomely furnished
In f-gt IgNg.1E
about forty years old. was seated In
rocking chair and neld Paris news
f! paper.
| Glancing with a patronizing smile
at the correspondent, Mohammed All
said:
You have asked me IL I intend to go
to America. ] am unable to answer
that question uennitely at present. but
in few months 1 can tell Yes, |
am very anxious to go to America, but
my ladies do not like to make such
long voyage. Besides, | have been
told that n man with three or more
wives viii not be permitted to land
in. America. My ambassador has told
me that before man enters Il steamer
to New York he must swear that he
Is not polygamist. Well, you know
our sacred custom and traditions
that man can have as many wives
as he can support. ] would like to
go. have heard so many interest
~
York City. its skyscrapers it's jeweled
women. and great Hippodromc Those
are all interesting and l would like
to see them"
Admires American Women.
The Shah spoke in very good French
but interjected German word now
and then. Becoming silent, he stared
sloomily at the floor for few min
utes, then having pulled at his Per-
sian cigar, added:
You want to know what / think OF
America and of American women.
am great admlrer of your people and
their education. energy and wealth
know all about your multimillionaires
| know all about your Washington
Lincoln and Roosevelt-so YOU see j
know practicais everything that is
going on in Your country That your
Rockefeller-oh yes, Mr.. Rockefeller
he Is great man in America. He
ought to be a Presidcnt-eventuall
he viii be, / have no doubt"
1t was then Mohammed Ali expressed
his opinion of American women. and
uttered the prophecy which should
please American suffragettes.