Evening star., 1941-08-27
Iran Reported
Asking Allies
For Peace
Promise to ExpeI
All Germans Is
Declared Made
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TEHERAN, Iran, Aug. 26 de-
layed) The British and Soviet
Ministers, after an audience with
the Shah, have transmitted to
their governments an Iranian
plea that the war cease and a
guarantee that virtually all Ger
mans would be expelled from the
country within a week, it was re-
ported reliably today.
A few Germans in indispensable
technical posts" would be kept for a
while until substitutes could be
trained to take their places, under
the reported offer.
Gn London informed neutral
diplomatic sources predicted the
collapse Of Iranian resistance
within the next three days. A
British dispatch from Simla,
India, headquarters of the Brit
ish command, reported that
Trans small navy had been vir-
tually wiped out)
Bombing Of Towns Charged.
Premier Ali Mansur in q 10-min-
ute address before Parliament
charged that the Russians were
bombing open, undefended towns
in Azerbaijan Province along the
Russian frontier. He told the legis.
lators that the Soviet Army was
driving toward Tabriz, Trans second
largest city, 60 miles south of the
border, with great number OF
troops" (The Russians say they
have taken TaorizD
British forces, he said, attacked
the ports of Bandar Shahpur ano
Khorramshahr in Southwestern Iran
and took by surprise our ships and
damaged them"
Their aircraft" the small, mild
hammered Premier continued, have
thrown bombs at the city of Ahwaz
Tin the heart of the oil fields about
IS miles northeast of Bandar Shah
pur). Their motorized units moved
from Iraq toward Kermanshah.
wherever the transgresSing
armies encountered the Iranian
Army, there naturally were clashes
and fighting"
Abandon Oil Works Defended.
The major Iranian force was sta
toned, as the attack came, in the
districts around Abadan to defend
one of the worlds richest oil fields
which the British operate. (The
British now claim to be in complete
control of these fields after some
fighting)
Strong Iranian garrisons also were
stationed along the Baluchistar
frontier on the east.
Germans in Iran appeared grave
ly anxious lest their evacuation o
Iran through Turkey be prevented
Scores were at the Turkish Lega
ton seeking courier visas to trave
through Turkey. A German diplo
mat started Sunday for Turkey, wa,
unable to cross the frontier and re
turned.
About 300 men, women and chill
dren with German passports began
collecting today at the German sum
mer estate of Sherman, outside tn
capital, preparing tents and othe
facilities for self-made internment
Trial Blackout in Teheran.
A trial blackout was held IL
Teheran for about two hours las
night. Bakery shops had NOR
business than they could handle to
day, but otherwise there was littl
excitement in evidence. Briton
ventured outside their legation com
pound.
The Premier's speech has been tn
only official war news. Otherwise
peacetime items filled the from
pages of the Teheran press.
Neutral eyewitness reports toll
Of Russian bombs shattering adob
buildings of villages around Tabrii
killing civilians. 1t was believes
certain that no such attacks woul
he directed against Teheran