TROUBLE IN PERSIA.
OWING TO GERMAN INTRIGUE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Receiver! June 8, 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. It is reported that Persian Democrats besieged the German Consulate at Tabriz on June 4, demanding the surrender of Persian Bolshevists who had taken refuge there. Herr Wnstrow, the Consul, refused ami turned ma-chine-guns on the crowd. The Democrats retaliated, compelling negotiations. It transpired later that Wnstrow had committed suicide. Wnstrow was expelled from Teheran during the war. He has since been persistently inciting the Bolsheviks and Turks against the British.—Reuter.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16759, 8 June 1920, Page 3
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89TROUBLE IN PERSIA. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16759, 8 June 1920, Page 3
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