The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-12-28
RUSSIAN SAVAGERY,
Massacre OF Persians by Russian
Troops-Men and Women Torn
Limb from Limb-Little Chill
dren Drained.

Teheran, Persia, December &c
Martial law was proclaimed here
to day. Cossacks were stationed
in the government buildings to
prevent a meeting Of the National
Council in the parliament rooms
W. Morgan Shuster, the Ameri-
can Treasurer General, who la.
been dismissed because Of protests
from Russia, is preparing to leave
the country.
After a seventy-two hour carni-
val of slaughter in Resht, capital
OF the Persian Province Of Ghilan
in which approximately !, 800 per d.
sons were slain by Russian Cos
sacks, the soldiers continued their
bloody work today by sending de &.
tachments of troops to shoot down
the refugees who were fleeing from
the city.
Details of the massacre were re
{ ceived here today by coulter who
travelled the $50 miles of country
between Resht and the capital by
horseback. The messenger brought
a plea for aid from the Governor
Of Ghian. He declared that Rus .
slams were killing defenseless men,
women aud children in An2ili. Ma.
-ula aud Ardabil, as well rs in
Rcsht.
The Russians started the slaugh-
ter by shooting down dozen Per.
SLAMS who assembled in front of II
proclamation upon II public build
ing. lnflamed by the sight of
blood, the savage Cossacks swept
through the streets shooting at ev-
cry person in sight. Foot soldiers
invaded the dwelling houses and
stores Of peaceful citizens, driving
them to the streets in terror, where
they fell victims to the insane rage
Of the CossaGks.
Little children were Drained be.
fore the eyes of their horror strick-
en- parents. Aged men aud women
were torn limb from limb while
their relatives and friends begged
pteously for mercy. The Russians
only laughed at the pleas.
A deputation OF citizens appealed
to the Governor to save their wo.
men from their barbarities which
the Russians were intlicting with
fendlsh cruelty. They were coun-
selrd, however, to take no aggres-
slye part against the invaders and
to do nothing that would enrage
still further the Russian troops.
Persian Cossacks were idle in
their barracks while the streets ran
red with the blood of their fellow
Perslans. In the most thickly
populated district of the city the
cutters were piled high with
cOrpses, many OF them hacked to
bits aud about half of them head.
less.
Russian COssacks, drunk with
the general scene of death and
cruelty and with their uniforms
dripping with human blood. gal
loped through the streets to check
the flight of families which were
trying to get away from the city
of horrors.
Those of the citizens who at
tempted to defend themselves were
subjected to upspeakable iDdigni-
ties. Some were drawn and quar-
tered. Others were decapitated
and their heads placed on pixies
before public buildings with warn
ings written in Russian. showing
all persians what they might ex-
pect if they attempted to hinder
the Russian invaders in their car,
nival of murder. The horror was
increased by the fact that the
slaughter came at Christmas time
"A season representative the
world over Of peace and good will.
Russian artillery has been placed
in front of all the public buildings
in Resht, which were seized 10y the
Russians. The Russians threat
ened to lombard the city with
grape and canister if they We're
thwarted by the people or by the
Persian soldiers III their lootlng of
the city.