Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Can Be Dismissed Only by Ac-
ton of Persian Council.
RUSSIAN REPORT DOUBTED
U. S. Officials Discredit News Treas
urer Has Been Ousted.
INTERFERENCE IS SCORED
President David Starr Jordan of
Stanford University Criticises
Car and England.

TEHERAN, Persia. December 14-W
Morgan Shuster still retains his position
as treasurer general of Persia. The cab
| met cannot dismiss him without the con-
sent OF the national council, which has
not been given
| There Is a general inclination at the
State Department to discredit the report
emanating last night from ST Peters
burg that w Morgan Shuster, the Amer
lean treasurer general of Persia. had
been dismissed
Inc officials here justify their belief in
this direction by the later report from
London denying confirmation and a short
perfunctory message from American Min
lister G. w. Russell at Teheran, in which
he simply states that Americans In Tehe-
ran are safe.
Although the message bears today's
GATE Mr.. Russell makes no reference, to
the dismissal of Mr. Shuster nor even in
dlcates that the Persian government has
that idea in view.
Coming as the r,1mor did from St
petersburg. it is the expressed belief
thal the wish was father to the thought
In that Russia very much desires the
oeposlt1on OF the young treasurer genera l..
IN view OF the fact that there was no
onnclal confirmation from any source of
Mr. Shusters dismissal 1t was intimated
that the department would not cable Min
lister Russell for information. The mes
sage from the latter, official seemed to
put quietus on the report. as well as to
allay the fears of Shuster's relatives here
as to his personal safety
DR.. Jordan Declares for Shuster.
DR.. David Starr Jordan of LELAND Stan
ford University, who has just returned to
this country from Japan, and who is in
Washington today on business Of the Car
negie Foundation. declared today that the
course adopted by Russia and England
in connection with the Persian empire
and the employment of w. Morgan Shus-
entirely unjustifable.
am with Shuster in this matter, and
with PerSla-you can't make that asser-
ton too strong. declared DR.. Jordan as
he walked from the Shoreham Hotel to
Taft.
1t is just a case of Russian timber
thleVes on the north and British oil
thieves on the south of Persia. They
wish to grasp the great resources of Per-
sla, still undeveloped. They wish their
governments to back them I'D in this
thleVlng. Americans have invested mil
hons OF dollars in Mexico, but this coun-
try has not interfered with Mexico's in
terhal government on that account even
tnouSh civil war occurred there"
Ut JORDAN Is a great peace advocate
ana, speaking of the situation in regard
to possible universal peace. he said:
More Great Wars Unlikely.
The open season for war is fast clos
ing By that L mean that war is becom-
ing too expensive to be INDUCED in and
that wars will soon collapse because of
lack of money to carry them on. Rus
sia's war debt at present is $1,000 600. 600
and the war debts of other nations are
enormous. Wars will be waged against
small nations by the big nations for some
time to come. | expect, because such wars
are not expensive and what expense oc-
ours the small nations have to bear in
the end
Also civil wars are bound to break out
sooner or later in countries where there
is no constitutional form Of government
and where arbitrary authority prevails
1t Is no wonder that such war has
broken out in China, particularly when
you stop to think that thousands of Chi
nese students have spent years In japan
observing the progress of that nation. and
then have returned to their own badly
ruled country"