RUSSIA IN PERSIA.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10958, 26 December 1911, Page 4

RUSSIA IN PERSIA.

AMERICAN ADVISER TURNED DOWN.

fBY ELECTRIC T EI. EG RATH —COPYRIGHT.]

(Pee Pr.Fss Association.} Teheran. Jk-ceiiiebr Si. 'in- Govt rnmi lit has inform'-d the provincial authorities or the lermtnation of the touiiict with Russia, and in-strti'-Jnj; them to stop hostilities. Mr- Sinister, financial adviser to the Persian Government, has been dismissed. Received December 2-5, at 0.5 p.m. Teheran, December 21. The Russians have occupied all the Government offices at Tabriz. The artillery demolished many private buildings and 50 Persians were -killed. Operations continue. . St. Petersburg, December 2-i. Messages state that Persians fired on the Russians from rnof-W-t Tabriz and the bodies of some Russians were horribly mutilated.

[The Treasurer-General of l\ e ™=V<* n r Morcan Sbuster), who is an American, Sa party to' seize "the property ot Shua-es-btdtaueh, dirother of 's* «- Shah, in default of --payment of taxes. The Officials of the Russian Conrofcrte; claimim- that the property 'ad been mortgaged to tlie Russian Bank threatened to fire on the P?|%' J^- v -*£ tered .the property. Mr Shorter next Lv notified the Russian Minister at the capital of his intentions, and sent IUU "endarmes. under the command of an \merican military officer. t<> se*c the propertv. On this occasion the Russian Y?ce-Consul (M Petcrhof) contested : himself with making a prot«t «f»"« ! the seizure. Russia -notified Persia.that .unless-die apologised for the ranlt to the Vice-Consul she would occupy tlie <»n the borders of the Caspian Sea Upon receipt of the note the Regent and bis Cabinet resigned, but the Mejliss (Aational Council) met, and passed a vote of confidence in Mr Sinister. The provinces of Ghilan and Mazanderan, which Russia threatened to occupy, are situated on the shores of the Caspian Sea. the former adjoining Russian. Turkestan. According to the new edition of tlie -Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ghilan was an independent khanate until lo6j, when it became Persian. In 1.23 the reigning Shah, whose capital[was .in the hands; of the Afghans, ceded; Ghilan to Peter the Great, together .with Mazanderan and other provinces, on condition that lie drove the invaders out of lersia. It remained in Russian hands until 1734, when thev were compelled to evacuate it. The trade of both Mazanderan and Ghilan is principally with Russia. Ghilan exports cattle and rice; Mazanderan caviare, fruit, and raw cotton. Both provinces export valuable timber. Ghilan has valuable fisheries, which are leased to a Russian firm.] _^_^^_^_____