PERSIA AND TURKEY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 78, 28 September 1907, Page 7

PERSIA AND TURKEY.

PATRIOTIC PRINCES AND OFFICIALS. Dy Telegraph. — Press Association.— Copyright. (Received September 28, 8.20 .a.m.) TEHERAN, 27th September. Princes, Governors, and high officials at Tehercn, the Persian capital, raised £400,000 to maintain a force sufficient to expel Turkish troops from Persian territory. For some time the Turks have occupied a position far in front of the contested line. The -Persians 'tried to eject them. The Porto declared that orders had been given to the troops not to advance, biit said nothing about tho return of those already across the frontier. According to Persian accounts, tho J Persian Government, in order to pun- ] ish the Bcgzadegsns of Dashto and other unruly Persian tribes, who were guilty of acts "of murder and brigandage, and were accused of tho murder of an American missionary, organised a small camp near the village of Tuli, in Persian tsrritory. Thoso of the Begzadegans who were guilty of murder were to be punished, those who were not guilty were to bo released. The accused fled into Turkish tcriitory. Meanwhile the Begzadegan3 who had remained in Persia received letters from Turkish military officials in Turkey, saying that tho Turkish Government would protect them, that troops and guns would bo sent, and that they should not surrender themselves to tho Persian authorities. On tho morning of Ist August four tapoors of troops/ and about 5000 Turkish tribesmen and others from Turkish territory, suddenly suwounded tho Persian camp and. began' to fire. The commander of tho Persian camp sent Dr. Baba Khan, tho camp doctor, to t the officer in comx. mand or the Turkish troops asking the reason for their invasion of " Persian territory and sudden attack on the Persian Government camp. Tho Turkish officer's reply was that ho "had orders) either to massacro the whole camp or else to force it away from its position. The commander of tho Persian camp asked for sufficient time to communicato with the Imperial PoriGan Government and to ask for instructions. Tho Turkish officer, howover, stated that ho could add nothing to what ho had already said, and before threa hours had expired he again began to fire at tho Porsian camp. The Persians, who had no instructions tb engage in a battle or to mako defence retired. Tho Turkish troops advanced, bombarded and destroyed the village of Movancl>, which is inhabited by Christians, and massacred eighteen men and sixty women and children, 'all of whom were Christ* lans, and plundered all their property and carried away ten young women. They also plundered and took women prisoners from the villages of Koukia, Baupunov, and Skiekho Lormerari, all three of which aro the property of vario\is Persian personages. From tho vil- . lagc of Saattou they carried oft" all sheep und cattle, and besieged that village for a whole night with a viow to massacring tile inhabitants. also plundered the village of Tazarlou, which is tho pi-opeity of Mossadcgh-os-fcaltaneh, a Persian dignitary.