THE PERSIAN UPHEAVAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 161, 29 June 1908, Page 2

THE PERSIAN UPHEAVAL.

Teheran, J vine 27. The Shah's aunt committed mircidi after witnessing the destruction of her palace. It is reported that the total deaths at Teheran number about 200. Harmony was restored after tho re* formers had been hanged. NJSW PARLIAMENT TO BE CONVENED. INCIDENT AT BIUTJSU LEGATION. Received 28th, 4.1(5 p.m. Teheran, June 27.

The Shall has promised to convene a new Parliament in three months, ami will not withdraw the concessions already accorded. He is proclaiming an amnesty. CoSsaeks surrounded the British Legation at Tdieran, because the members or Parliament for Tabriz had taken refuge there. The Legation protested against the insult, and demandid the removal of the Coaßacks. ,A THEATRICAL RULER. The struggle in Persia is a confusion and a medley, with almost 110 clearly, defined issues. Writes the Teheran correspondent of the London Times:—"To an impartial observer the whole development of the Persian situation prcsentß itself as a tragi-comedy, at once entertaining, exciting, nonsensical, and ludicrous. It is a dramatic piece that belongs to no particular school of literature but partakes of the qualities of all. It has its hamlets, its Tony Lumpkins, and its Sherlock Holmes, but the acting is weak and the characters require more life and movement. Against its Uellcicncies in these respects may be set the rnniilit.-ir witli wliifti t.hf Rpenp ifl chsintr-

ed. almost every day, brings us something new, something which we did uot expect." The correspondent goes on to tell of a '"Council of Conciliation" convened by the Shah, which half-a-dozen member? of the Persian Parliament attended. He writes:—"At this Council his Majesty pulled a miniature Koran out of his waistcoat pocket, and, almost with tears in his eyes, swore by everything dear to him, and by that Koran whicli! was the dearest of all. that lie loved his subjects as liia children, and went on to 'throw honor on the head' of his listeners to such an extent tliat all the Deputies present were brought to believe in lvis Majesty's sincerity. They returned to the Mejliss and informed their friends of the striking change in the .Sovereign'a disposition. 'Ulad tidings, comrudesl' they cried; 'his Majesty is at last oonverted.' it was in a voice trembling with emotion that the president declared at the sitting of the House that there was no more anxiety as to the fate of the country. One "member, on the strength of this news, cried at the top of his voice, 'Let us make merry for the rest of the week'; but the sceptical laughed up their sleeves, as if to Say, 'Wait for the next act, my emotional friends.'" The "next act" has now arrived.