DISORDERS IN PERSIA
PILLAGING IN GULF COAST DISTRICTS. FAMINE IN TABRIZ. liy Telegraph—Pr«»» Association—Copyright TEHERAN, April 11.' Owing to a thousand Tangistani tribesmen pillaging and terrorising Bus-hire, in the Persian Gulf, the cruiser .Fox, at the instance of tho Consuls, including those of France, Germany, and Russia, landed bluejackets in the town. Thereupon the Tangistani departed.
A hundred thousand persons are famishing in Tabriz, which is besieged by the Shah's troops. The garrison is ready to surrender, but fears that a massacre may follow.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6791, 13 April 1909, Page 5
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84DISORDERS IN PERSIA New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6791, 13 April 1909, Page 5
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