TROUBLE IN PERSIA.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph, Copyright, Teheran, February 15.
Two hundred conspirators at Reaht, mainly Caucasians, threw a bomb at the Governor and destroyed the Government buildings with hand grenades and gutted the arsenal.
The Shah’s troops are hurrying to Resht.
The Persian Nationalists have circularised the Legations, stating that they do not recognise the loans made by the Shah’s Government. The insurrection is deriving ’great snpportHfrom Persians in Constantinople, who are looking for a repetition of Turkey’s Constitution for a victory in Persia.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9373, 16 February 1909, Page 5
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87TROUBLE IN PERSIA. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9373, 16 February 1909, Page 5
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