Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-01
!. NOTED PERSIAN
REPORTED TO Be
. ASSASS|NA1ED
BEAR DEMANDED AMONG 9TH.
Err THINGS RESIGNATION
OF AMERICAN OFFICIAL.
PEOPLE GROWING bitter
SITUATION APPROACHING A CRI.
SIS AND POWERS ANTIcI-
PATE TROUBLE.
Russian Demand for Indemnity for
Troops Sent to Persia Was Also
Included In .UItlmatum. Assasst-
mated Official Was FuttheNng
Some Of Ideas Desired by Little
Father.
PEOPLE GROWING bitter
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= ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. l. =
!: In consequence of the rejection =
= by the Persian national council )
! of the Russian demands, Russia +
:. ordered the Russian troops now =
: concentrated at Resht, capital :
: of the Persian province Of Chi =
= Ian, sixteen miles from Enzeh, =
:. ON the Caspian sea, to advance to =
!: Teheran.
: : = : ) : ! ****** . =
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. Rus
sia, it is believed, has four thousand
men concentrated at Resht. The
troops arrived at Enzeli November
%. They were dispatched to Persia
in consequence of the delay of the
Persian government complying with
the Russian demand for apology to
the Russian vice consul at Teheran
M. Petroff, and the ~ithdrawal Of
the treasury gendarmes raised by w
Morgan Shuster, who were engaged
in northern Persia collecting arrears
Of taxes. The gendarmeE ignored
NJ, Petroff, when he protested against
the treasury's seizure OF the proper:
tv of Shua Els Sultaneh, brother OF
the former Shah.
The Russian ultimatum to the
terms Of which the Persian national
council has refused to agree, called,
in the first place, for the instant d:s'
missal of w. Morgan Shuster, the
American who for several months
has occupied the post of Persian
treag1rer-general. Further demand
was for a cash indemnity from Persia
to cover the cost of the dispatch OF
Russian troops to that country.
TEHERAN. Dec. 1.-The national
assembly has rejected the Russian
ultimatum by big majority. Tne
foreign minister has resigned.
Speaker after speaker declared II
was impossible for Persia eve to sign
away her own independence, that II
Russia should wrest 1t from her II
would be Gods will. A deputat1on oI
members of the national council
waited on w. Morgan shuster before
the vote was taken in the parliament
ary session. The American treasurer
general begged them to consult only
the interest of their country and not
to consider him.
The National council registered us
refusal to comply with the terms OF
the alltimatum at 11:45, just quar-
ter of an hour before the time limit
of the expiration Of the utlimatum'
The note of the council against the
rejection of the utlimatum was cast
in open session. The subsequent sc"
cret sitting of the members was prac-
tically unanimous against comphance'
ENGLAND Urges Compliance:
A dablegram from the British Tor
eiga minister Sir Edward Grey, was
presented to the assembly during Its
sitting. The dispatch urged comph.
ance with the Russian demands D'1t
some of the members pointed out tna1
England's advice hitherto had led only
to Persian humility. It is believed Sir
Edward had been misinformed, and It
was emphatically asserted that RUS
sian Injustice had become intolerable.
It is thought that the resistance on
+he part of the Persian government 10
the Russian demands would AWAKEN
foreign attention and lead to an I'M
nartial inquiry. Compliance on the
other hand, they construed as a sign
of abiect cowardice and would mean
national suicide. Ala Ed Dowleh, gov
ernor of the province Of Ears, was as'
sassinated as he was leaving his resi-
dence this morning.
Noted Persian Assassinated.
BERLIN, Dec. IA telegram 10
the German Cable company from Te-
heran says a revolver shot was fired