Evening star., 1911-08-27

Pendlng the lull in the storm In NO.
rocco, the clouds have reached Persia.
where at Astrabad Mo-
EX-ShahS hammed Ali Mira, the
ra-..: dethroned shah. seeking
P"A6A' to recover his throne.
is reported TO have been acclaimed by
the people July - The same day
a dispatch from Teheran announced
that Yeprim of the Bakhtiaris was or
ganizing a force of cavalry and artillery
to oppose the advance of the eN-shah.
And on the 24th following the national
council decided that Sipahadar. the pre-
mier. should be requested to resign be-
| cause of disloyalty; that the eN-shah
should be declared an outlaw and s1""p
offered as the price 10 be PAID tor ms
head: that martial law should he pro-
claimed at Teheran.
A dispatch dated Teheran August -
announced that the ex-shah was sur :
rounded in the mountains at Savadkun.
seventy-five miles northeast or Iehefan,
and that he had lost 800 men and TWO
guns in a battle with the government
forces.
On August II Mohammed Ali Mira was
at Barfurush 100 miles north OF the
capital having taken Seminar. 40 miles
northeast. The ex-shahs lieutenant. the
Sardar Arshad Solar ed -Dowlek tthe eN-
| shah's brother), was marching 20 sup
port him.
In connection with the foregoing II
should be mentioned that the semi-offlcial
| Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung states that The
| British and Russian governments nave
| each dispatched consular ofnciai te
Urimiah for the purpose of learning the
| purpose of Turkish troops who are re-
| ported as occupying Persian territory. Ir
| such case both Russia and England would
| make joint representations at Constanti-
| nople.
| 1t is recalled that Mohammed Ali was
| crowned Shah of Persia January IL. 1901,
and was dethroned July l6. 1909. by the
national assembly. He was succeedeo
the same day by the Crown frince
Ahmed Ali Mira, minor. aZao,ui-
Mulk. head of the reigning family IA
| Jar was appointed regent
/ Mohammed Ali retired in exile to Odes-
sa where he lived on an annuity of o",-
GOO francs paid him by the Persian gov,
| ernment. From time to time we learned
| of the ex-shah's trips to Vienna, Baden
Baden. Wiesbaden and other places for
! his health Finally he was reported as
travelling in Russia with passport. un-
der the name of HALL Baghdadi. otto,
! man subject Suddenly HALL Baghdadi
| embarked at Bakou and on July Il ne
landed at Gumuch-Tepe. bound for Ye-
| heran, his former capital.
The constitutional government at Te-
heran affects to believe that the attempt
| of the ex-shah is doomed
Government to failure and consratu-
-, lates itself that the only
CoAAueAI. result will be that It viii
no longer be held to pay him the 'Uot1
i francs per annum. But 1t Is perhaps
premature to indulge in these congratula-
] tions, and the Teheran government may
| be sadly deceived II il should prove tha'
| Mohammed Ali is being supported by one
4 or more interested governments
1 The government at Teheran declares
that the ex-shah can have but few parti
sans Even if Astrabad. the tribes OF
| Azerbaidjan and Kermanchah join MN
| his forces would be insufficient. His IN
| surrectionary forces thus would be loNs
| regulars and 20,O0 rlDesmen' pddiS
| armed and equipped. -
| The government, on the contrary, uis
| poses of 10000 regulars, Jo,oo volunteer
| and artillery. In addition there are th'
| Bakhtiari who saved the constitution 1--WE
years ago. Now with these, unless graV'
| faults are committed, which are neve
impossible, even in well regulated states
| the Teheran government should nave
| reasonable hope of success.
/ At the moment of Mohammed All re
| entry on the scene there was chang'
| of ministry. The Sapahadir has been re-
| placed by Samsam-Saltaneh as premier
Montscham-es-S retains his port
/ folio as minister of foreign AFFAIRS
Moaven- ed-Douleh. finances: Mosak-ed
| Doulah, interior: Hallim-el-Mulk, pubic
instruction: ir-ed-Douleh. minister
of posts and telegraphs.
| What, asks Nj. Goblet in an article or
the return of the shah in the Correspond
| ance dOrient, will be the policy of the
| new cabinet? Will the American tinancia
councillors be given free hand? Iht
| money from the projected loan. how VII
t4I hat hn
| the POWERS, notably Russia? And NJ
| Goblet adds: 1--WE would like to be con
vinced that Russia is sincere and tina
| she will be a simple spectator as an
| nounced by the Novoie Vremia. Russ,s
| still has troops in Persia, and If th'
| truth was known England has also.
| The Batoum correspondent of the No
| vote Vremia reports an interview viii
| Ria Mansour-edD Douleh. devoted ad
herent of Mohammed-Ali, ex-shah, wht
has been summoned by the latter to 81
| to him. RiZa Mansour declares that th'
| ex-shah is not returning to Persia as {
| reactionary. but the contrary as ar
advocate of real progress and of popuial
representation. Inspired by ardent lov'
| of country, Mohammed Ali would gran
reforms. pluck up the evils of govern
ment in Persia by the roots. and expe
| the uSurpers who have delivered tn
| country over to endless calamities. I'll,
| would introduce into Persia the Russian
| bicameral systematic first chamber L
| be exclusively representative of the privi
legged estates, with the clergy represented
prominently therein.
/ A dispatch dated Paris. August Il. say:
| that LIE Matin announces that Germany
| and Russia were on ths
Renorted point of signing ar
/ agreement with refer
/ ARICCuCUJ.
many would abandon her political in
terests in the north of Persia and would
| abstain from petitioning for telegraphi'
| or railroad concessions there, etc.
| There is no need to cite the dispatch
| further, because a like cable, word fol
| word, was reported with comment:
| thereon in The Star of January u, 19l |
| referring to what was known as the
| "Russo-German Agreement as to Persia
| already signed by the contractants. Il
| is true that this dispatch is followed by
| another, dated ST. Petersburg. August u
| which declares that in approving the
Russo German agreement there is an i'm
| preston that it is an attack upon exist
| ing treaties. Perhaps the agreement oi
January Is had not been approved? The
| Noyoie Vremia, in commenting upon 1.-THE
| that Germany signed a similar treaty a,
| Algeciras, and declared that she had nc
other interests in Morocco but CONNER
| cial interests" Today. Notwithstanding
| her signature to that document, she has