REVOLUTION IN PERSIA
DANGEROUS MILITARY SITUATION UNCHECKED &NTI-BRITISH ; PROPAGANDA By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Delhi, May 2-t. Although no confirmation has been . received of the revolution in Persia, it i 6 known that after the fall of Baku all the Nationalist and Democratic elements in Tabriz and Teheran became bolder. The Prime Minister, at present the real ruler in Persia, is too ill to attend to his duties, with the result that anti-British propaganda goes unchecked. The military situation is dangerous. A Cossack division at Teheran openly asserts that in the event of a Bolshevik advance it will join the enemy. Tho British forces in Persia are very slender, and too far apart to be of any use. It is rumoured in Teheran 'that the Shah has no intention of returning, ami it is oxpeoted that he will remain in Mesopotamia and watch the progress df events.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. fit was reported yesterday that an Indian army Was being landed at Batum for nn advance on Baku.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 207, 27 May 1920, Page 5
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165REVOLUTION IN PERSIA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 207, 27 May 1920, Page 5
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