REVOLT IN PERSIA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 5

REVOLT IN PERSIA.

: - BOMBS THROWN. : •; GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS DESTROYED. SUPPORT FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. fDI TELEGU4PB—riIESS ASSOOIATiOH— COriB^dm.) .': (Rec. February 15, 10.15 p.m.) ■':■/■ :•'."": ;:.,;' Teheran, February 15. ■ Two hundred conspirators at Resht, mainly Caucasians, .threw a bbmb'at tho Governor, destroyed-'tho;* Government Buildings, with hand grenades, and giitted'the arsenal. "The Shah's troops, are hurrying to Resht. -.'• Persian Nationalists havo'. circularised.' the Legations stating : tbat they, will not recogniso the loans. niado to the. Shah's Government. ': The., insurrection is. deriving great' support' from Persians in Constantinople, who are looking to a repetition in Persia of the recent Turkish'constitutional victory, y. :■ '.-■.' -.: , . ■

:;. VFIGHTjNG ATJSPAHAN. ':■■■■'■/;: Tho Persian, correspondent of. the London "Times,"., writing on .January 4,'- states:— . ' : Ispahan is gaining ;an importance second only to that, of'.Tabriz.; The following is an Recount of what has taken:place. After:the bombardment, of the . llejliss, the Shah; appointed Ikbal ed Dowleh, a notorious member of : the Court ..clique, as Governor, ..with, full powers to deal severely, with the malcontents. The Governor left iat tne end of July with" two regiments, of .foot, soldiers, who looted all the. way. to Ispahan, and it has since been aspertainedihat: theirextortions amounted to; upwards, of The more the people groaned the more were, the Governor's powers increased, until recently the priests, obeying the orders; of the Nejef:. TTle'tna,: preached constitutional' dootrines, and recommended the non-payment of. /taxes to the Shah's Government. The bazaars were dosed, and . the people approached tho British Consulate.: Refuge Being there refused, hundreds, flocked to . the. Eussian Consulate, the rest massing,in the; central mosque. ; Bagh Shah ordered'.a , bombardment,of the; mosijue last .Friday, and i the bombardment and fighting began on Saturday, several being killed' on both;sides.;. The soldiers. 1 soon:left off fighting, , : and indulged-in wholesale looting for ■-. the'rest of; the day.. The.Bakhtiaris, who recentlydehounced the." Shah,, espoused: the Constitution, and sided with' the.oitizen's..against the .Gover--nor, who;:.noticing, signs : of danger, sought- re-" fugeat: the British Cousulate,' with his whole 'staff.: The'numbers of the Bakhtiaris,..meanwhile, .hourly: increased. ' They, killed, many, soldiers,, pursued'the rest, I ,.the majority, of whom. have since joined the Governor .at the Consulate; The Governor's palace was entirely. footed l "and. Destroyed to-day. :'Zargham-es-Sul-taneli, son of the chief of the Bakhtiaris, was deolared' Governor , :until the'; arrival ;of Sam6em;:the ohief,' at. the bead of a thousand horse-, men: to-night. ; r :: ■.•:?: .''■• i- ; : ;;.:; : .- ,\ Ain-ed-Dowleh:has seized;27,ooo'tomans,'the' of'thb Imperial Bank, this being the ■third illegal-seziure.within .two months., ,:V ■.■:'

:■' V -V-\.;; : - - ■■'•'■ .-•■;;■' ;V'.'-"'-. V .-, January :5.,';. ■ ■Samsem'-es-Sultaneh,. ohief of the Bakhtiaris; :hhs arrived and: occupied Ispahan. The Shah's .soldiery have 'entirely -, dispersed. ; ; . The , town isquieter, andthe behaviour of the Bakhtiaris ■is excellent...-. The ; Shah refused.-to recognise: .the■', Governorship of Samsep, ;and offered-.lhe' position -to two local dignitaries,.-'who; naturally ■;'.declined in .the present circumstances. It is, feared, that , '.the reckless ; .methods .of .'tho Government-will create grave complications in .Central■ PereiaV .':;'.' -.•.'.'•■■. : ■'/,'. i : ■ ;;' ; - : '.Tho rumours of a. Russian, loan to Persia,' are .'traceable i to'the movements of a Persian -qffioial; , ' ' ! Ala-Til-Mulk',\whp arrived in St. PetersbUrg'bn.December. 15,'ostensibly in.order-.to present the. Shah's oondolences.to the.Tear on the-death of. the" Grand Duke Alexis, nnd. who., after: an: audience at•Tsarskoye.'Selo, left oh: December 3J : for Berlin or'.yienna. It is' not improbable that ■hei is .-'entrusted'with a. secret mission; to raisemoney in one :.o"r ! other. ofNfhose- capitals;' Hβ certainly.:,received no 'money, here., .',:« : -.»...