Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29

, Cars Brutal Cossacks Wreak Terrible
Vengeance on Helpless Persians anC
Laugh at Piteous Pleas For Mercy.
After a seVenty-two-hour carnival Of
slaughter in Resht, capital OF the
Persian province Of Ghilan, in which
1900 Persians, men, women and chill
dren, were slain by Russian Cossacks,
the soldiers continued their gruesome
work by sending detachments Of troops
to shoot down the refugees who were
1eeing from the city.
Inside Resht the massacre still went
on. Details Of the massacre were re-
ceived by a courier who travelled the
| $50 miles of country between Resht
and the capital on horseback.
The messenger brought a plea for
aid from the governor of Ghilan. He
declared that Russians were killing
defenseless men, women and children
and that savage Cossacks swept
through the streets of Masula and Ar
dabil as well as in Resht.
The Russians started the slaughter
by shooting down a dozen Persians
who had assembled in front of a pro-
clamation upon a public building
Infamed by the sight of blood, the /
savage Cossacks went through the |
streets shooting at every person in
sight Foot soldiers invaded the dwell.
ings and stores of peaceful citizens,
driving Aem into the streets in ter.
ror where they fell victims to the in
sane rage of the Cossacks.
Little children were slain before the
eyes of their parents. Aged men and
women were torn limb from limb,
while their relatives and friends beg
ged piteuOusly for mercy. The Rus
slams only laughed at the pleas
A deputation of citizens appealed to
the governor to save their women from !
the barbarities which the Russians
we're inficting. They were counseled =
70 take no aggressive part against the =
INVADERS and to do nothing that would .
enrage still further the Russian
roops.
Persian Cossacks were idle in their
while the streets fairly ran
With blood. In the most thickly popu- =
ated district of the city the cutters !"
we're piled high with bodies, many Of y
hem hacked to bits and about half Of y,
hem headless. u
Russian Cossacks, with their uni -
1rms dripping with blood. galloped -
trough the streets to check the flight III
families trying to get away from U
le city of horror re
Those Of the citizens who attempted
} defend themselves were subjected i'l
the greatest indignities. Some OF
lem were drawn and quartered 9th Al.
s were decapitated and their heads
aced on pixies before public build.
gs with warnings written in Russian -.
lowing all Persians what they might -
pect If they attempted to hinder the ~ ~
lssian invaders -,
Russian artillery has been placed ~,
front Of all the public buildings in -.
,sht. The Russians threatened to ''''
courge the city with grape and can -,
err if they were thwarted by the ~.
ople or by the Persian soldiers in 80
eir looting Of the city. ~
70 show that they were in earnest D''
: Russian artillerymen fired several
leysdihtO the buildings. rddling @
walls with shells. ai,' an'
{ is related that sixteen-year-old p','
went before a Russian colonel of ..
airy to seek protection for her par. III
81 After being insulted by the Rus. i''
she was turned loose to a
de OF drunken soldiers, who fell UIl
m her, literally tearing her into
res. Ma,
he cabinet notified W Morgan
lster, the American treasurer gen. A
of Persia, Of his dismissal from Cha
office. This followed the decision Yor
he mejliss national assembly, and Chr
ministry to submit to the demands phoi
tanned in the Russian ultimatum. NJ
he cabinet intimated to Mr.. Sbus- tel
that it would communicate to him Utal
? its plans for the turning over Of resp
accounts to his successor. on e
is reported from Shiraz, capital Of and
province Of FAIRS. that Persians they
on a body of Indian troops who Duri
proceeding to meet the British kent
iul, one of the Indian soldiers be- phor
killed There has been consider dim
trouble at Shiraz on account OF %,
boycott instituted against, the In 81
troops by the Mollahs. ~ Dlot