South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-04
PERSIA AFFECTED
BY WAR TROUBLES
Outlaws in East Coast Are
Defeated by Troops;
Leader Captured.

Leader Captured.
If Is not surpr ing that Khora-
n. ,he wild east o. Persia, should
be aHec,ed by bandi-ry because re-
mote aa % f. from the western front.
.1e world war profoundly disturbed
.- peculiar government and social
stem" says a bulletin from the
.atloual Georra phic society con-
.r1lrE dispatches telling OF the
urrerdar ~ Knor1san lrarrection
s,s and tho death OF their outlaw
ader
.Khorasan is world famous amons
.urCIsFeurs OF rugs carpets and
...as beyond that fact 10 many 10 is
Lax name. Yet this least known
PersIas FIVE great provinces SUI
f.red from the alliance Of Great
Britain and Russia. it sustained a
severe shock when Russia fel. un-
Ger Soviet sway. and it experienced
some o. the most Grass forms Of
German intrigue.
Rulers PrOtcan Politicians.
Through long distance poIu-
cal lens the sta-esruanVhip Of the
governors Of Kahn khorasan sub
prcv.nca and rur-makinE center
Commands hieh admiration. Their
succession was hered Itarv. but their
lire held sway neither by right o.
blood nor ancient tribal choice They
ruled by force of leadership
First Of al they had 20 please a
y opulace many Of whom were NOT
more than generation or two re-
moved from nomadism. They had
not only 90 be ward politicians bat
international diplomats.
Their problem was % play Rus
sia. which reached out 90 their
northern borders through Turkestan
against Great Britain whose innu-
ence touched their eastern boundary
through Afghanisan And even
before 1914 the insidious activities
OF Germany had 20 be taken int
account. In addition an eye had @
be kept on Teheran.
DcpOsc Ruler.
For a time. but for a time only
during the world war, Amir Shou
kat al Mulk was deposed and MI
successor rode into Birjand kiss.ns
che Koran, suspended across the
roadway at the gates OF the city. ant
thousands Of his followers did like
" Use.
The occidental observer might b.
particularly impressed with the ~
giene OF that ceremony. and he usu
ally is distraught when he finds tina
etiquette demands he accept from
hos. a cigaret which that host ha
lighted in his own mouth.
IF a number OF guests are pres
ent the host is likely 20 insert on
for each guest. applying one light q
all and getting all started with on
prOdigicus puff Annoying 10 tn
other extreme. however. is the metz
culous care Of the servant who al
.ats must stop 10 cleanse his hand
ERE answering the summons o
= mployer.
ON Main Camel line
irfaud lay on the main trad
route Of the camel and mule born
commerce between Russia and In
dia. Before Russia broke dowI
economically thousands OF tons o.
wool were sent there from Khora
san. along with shawls and rugs
md much of this ultimately reach
ed NarseiIles. The animal trans
ports brought from India yarn an,
dyes. raw material for Carpet-mall
ing. and also coffee, tea and spices
Both the disturbances in India an,
the chaos OF Russia have hampere
Khorasan
The name. Khcrasan. is APT
meaning land Of the SUM-. Former
Is 70 applied 20 a larger region. tn
province OF that name, nearly a
large as California, now clearly De
limited. IS furrowed by mountain
ridges. the Aslatic end OF a system
that binds eastern Europe. physical
Is to central Asia.
The E1burz range. which rises q
northwestern Persia 20 form tn
Persian Olympus, MoInt Demavend
divides the country into two ciimaG
zones. since on its northern side 3
the Caspian basin. below sea leve
and on its southern a plateau whic
averages some 1000 feet above tn
sea.
Great Salt Desert.
The most nOtew Orthy physlca
feature OF KhoraSan IS the Grea
Kavir. a saline desert. considered b
some 10 be the bed OF a sea lon
since dried up, and by others 10 b
ethe saline rivulets trickung into /
from the enclosing clrclets O
mountains The salt deserts and tn
mountains OF KhoraSan help keep
isolated. the fertile valleys produc
cotton. cereals. fruits and tobacco.
"Birjand, now capital Of the sub
province Of Kahn. IS one OF the chic
carpet and rug making Centers O
all Persia. IL has only about Is 90
people. hut all about Birjand prop
or are little villages where men I'll
the sou with the aid OF oxen an,
women weave
THE best Of the Kahn carpets ar
produced NO Darakhsh about 81
miles northeast 81 Birjand A wo
man Of this region who canno
weave becomes an economic nabn
i.v. This condition. and the use O
opium are held responsible for tn
considerable number or beEgar wo
men 90 be seen az Biriand."
Nothing But the Truth.
Judee-A few minutes ago yot
sv.re that YOU were only sparrini
with the Drqf-tfFf and that was VIVA