The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-27


Persian Cabinet and the Improvement
IN the affairs nf the country has been
supplemented by particulars and "y-
plantations While th.s.' may be CON
fusIng even To- the students of PERSIAN
/ history. they show how many sdr~ there
may he 20 the same question IN thar
country and upon how many s,ie~
man NAV fight and still remain a Persian
| patrio,.
After the resignation of ~" ~IPAHp,E
"a Prime Minister many efforts wcr"
made first 20 prevent the formation II
= cabinet and then To- paralvZe - actions
/ M the outset The lives Of the new MIN
iSterS were threatened. two Na'ionalIsrS
were murdered. and attempts were made
10 organize hostile demonstration nv
the bazaars and descent upon the
foreign legations The~. are incidents
! familiar enough ~ recent Persian polt-
! tics. but the ou'gnm" was radically
different IN that the Government sup
pressed the disorder, and ~ :, dong
showed itself the most united and .ncr-
gpilC that Persia has pn--rssrd Tho
root of the trouble was the presence ~
the capital 81 \ number of Tldais. band
Of dev"ipcs sworn to dcaJh for tho VOL
fare of the nation and m" destruction
of their enemies They hai aCI'arcd
T"h"ran for months and IN" former
Government WAS unahl" 80 cope with
them \ proclamation va- --u"i coll
inC upon them 30 Surrcud'r iI".r arms
m for'v-oigh' hour Ih"v r"'l-.,i and
one band ~ ~ fort lh"I rr>uu,u ~
park near the British Legation. and
~ her "uoamIrd NIth"ui ~" CIV walls
N m" expiration 81 III" allotted 'luln tho
Government 'r""ps ar'a'kcI IN" park
In" ensuing engagcn"'r lasted fpr
dav and -csrlltci in IN" unconditional
surrender 4 the Fld1ls Ih"v may have
sworn 30 do hut they cvui"n'Iv ended
hv a',"ut NC tho view Of one uf thor
opun'rvm"n. How Glorl"u~Iv "" would
fight il there was no diving
The Nationalist n firing upon 3D."
FId1l- made war upon u fore" bar hu'
f"v months ago was heir mos valiant
d"t"udor S'TAE Khan and B,"HlE
Khan. th. Two tIdalS leaders wer" ~
m" head II -" ln~urr"c'lrnarv move
men, m Nlerbaldau and first rnl-.d m"
National - standard a. Tabul S,rAE
Khan was wounded. and h" hl~ t~-r,.-
at,- and most 81 their followers ~"
prisoners 10 the very quarters vh.r"
once they guarded captured roval-t
Svmpa'hlz-rs tn" fortunes - N"
SIP.HpaE. who was looked upon -
the most CnnSpcIou- member of III"
Nationalist parry. hay" also urd"rgnu.
chang. H. nam" was frequently
as.-pciai.d with ~" rGnrt- 20 overthrow
the new mlnI-,rv "i the party h" had
helped PVT m powrr and b" b., no longer
admitted 10 10 cnuusa'~ What will h."
hI- fu'ur" Cuur-" j. an lutcr,.-rtus puc-- .
'ipn. He = q man 81 "uu-id"ril!"
wealth. owning an "Nt"u~V" - ate ON .
the shores of theI asplan Before h" had
gathered m" mixed fore" Of Cauoasiau
and Persian r-v"irtIonISt- around HIM
~ Result last wear b" had been second .
m command 81 tn" roval-J soldiers
before Tabriz. Il wa IN the march with F..
hi rahble troop upon Tehcran 10 fore"
the Shah MOHAMMED All to couvnk" .
the M"ilisS that b" met the other be~r
known Nationalist leader. SARDAR ~
SAP. with his Blkhttar tribeSmen
The union If m" two forces led 10 the
faII # T"horan and IN" ahdiCatIon ~ .
the Shah SIRDAR As-hD became Mn
l-'"r Of War when ~" SIP.HDAR bcoaTc
Prm" Minister aud both resigned ~ the
same TIM"
From 'h,S uDN-i state Of affair ""
gather that haif 81 ih. men whp forced
IN" nbdIcsrI"r IT Mon ,Nutp Al and
formed ~" r"yulutlnuat. Nationalist
par'v hav" BEEN describing, W." other
half OF the rwp mp-t prominent I.ld-
cr- only one ~.HpAE A-~ND. remains
faithful ~ the GDVsTuuc'iI though n.
has NO office. whl," lh' fwu men who
distinguished themselves hv ne. gallant
,Iafenc. of rabrlI again~' tn" rnval,-ts
are IN PRISON. The Governments -c.ms
80 have done we'll ~ overcoming the
Fldnis. they had served their Iurposr
and wer" only breeders 81 unrest and
revolt az the capital. II promises that
the refOTmerS will not stop here. but
that they Will clear 1"hcran II IA" dis
orderly element. increase the provinc,Hg
garrison int reduce reforms ~ the court.
and employ foreign advisers to arrange
the deficit in the budget The hrmnes4
and courage hat the Ministry has shown
must az least count ia ~ favor THIS
latest new IL the most hopeful thar ha-
come ont 81 Persia for many a long day
Discipline at the Naval ACADEMY.
been harping on what they are pleased
to call clashes" between SuT,erintend-
ent BOWER and Assistant Secretary
BFFKNAN WINTHROP, until they have