REVOLUTION IN PERSIA.

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1908, Page 3

REVOLUTION IN PERSIA.

FIGHTINCJN TEHERAN. A FRIGHTFUL MASSACRE. SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS.

TEHERAN, June 24. ihe revolutionaries lost 300 but die -ri S l £ tro °Ps were insignificant. h,,n£ c 1 •* Ex l )re 'ss states that eight hundred citizens were massacred. Ihe Daily Mail states that the bombardment destroyed Parliament. House ana an adjacent mosque, where five S a i° rS cfu c ta ¥ lng refu 8" c wh °se arrest the Shah ordered. f -?m?lw e *fe I)romine , nit Nationalists, inuuding the members of Parliament and the chief priests, were arrested. Much looting took place Teheran .telegrams received at Berlin state that street fighting continued a l., < if y f D / f the armed- revolutionaries ...u that defenceless cwi2en s , even wo-n-y •*:•;] children were sshot by the solcUrs and many were mutilated and tortured. Eighteen reform leaders were arrested and being loaded with chains were taken before the Shah, wjio ordered tneir immediate execution HWP 01 " - to yesterday's development, the Persian Parliament presented an ultimatum to the Shah, and relations between them were broken off. The anan has now ordered martial law in 1 eneran.wi?Ur^ ff y e&t f«Jay f s fighting bombs alTo&s 1 !' kllh^,- veral . soldiers Parliament Building and many bouses, m .the vicinity were sacked by the soldiers. ' The Indo-European telegraph station was under fke, bullets flying all round. Une of the native staff was wounded It is reported that the foreign • residents are m no danger. A number or editors took refuge in the British ■Legation. . The British and Russian representatives requested the Shah to take immediate stens to restore order. Their Governments would hold him responsible for any unfortunate incidents occurring. The Shah assured them that everything would be done to prevent further disturbances. TJ, r , TEHER AN, June 25. ihe Cossacks captured 85 Persian Nationalist leaders and wo were hanged -V. the Royal camp. The Shah has 'Promised to spare the lives of the rest. Troops have been, stationed to. watch the approach to the British Legation, and ordered to shoot fugitives seeking a sanctuary .there.