MAKER OF ANARCHISTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 104, 29 May 1909, Page 3

MAKER OF ANARCHISTS.

SOME STORIES OF THE MONARCH OF PERSIA. Ever sinc c his accesion two years ago Mohammed AH Mirza, Shah oi Persia. King of Kings, Centre of the Universe, Shadow of Allah, the Sublime Sovereign whose Standard is the Sun and his Splendor that of the Firmament, has had a rather exciting time of it. and the latest reports show no sign that ho is likely to settle down- peacefully on the throne of his fathers". Mohammed Alt is now about thirtysix years old. He is a stout little man with a heavy, rather cruel, face. Like his father, he is sluggish and dropsical, but he has not inherited his affability though, according to a Persian newspaper, he 'is always drunk and participates in wild orgies night by night until daybreak." ' rXSTIGATEI) AX ATTACK, BY ROUGHS. When he came to the throne he gave repeated assurances that he , v „ u ld respect the new Persian Constitution, but seciv.ly In. l,a 3 been doing his best to undermine it. His Parliament demanded that certain of his corrupt favorites sTiould he dismissed.

Hie Shah and his favorites replied to this by instigating a crowd of roughs to attack the Parliament buildings.' Parliament sent two envoys to demand the punishment of these roughs, |,„t His Majesty turned them out aft or inflicting on one of them corporal chastise>nert 0 f a particularly humiliating na-

Then the supporters of (|, P Plt , T ,,v K'lit tamo up ,„ largo numbers drove i».i\ i,„ K a-,i gs ot roughs, ami encamped Wdvcs around the Parliament build-

llic Court rep , C J t0 this i, y throwing tie lnuie Alini.tcr and some otii.-T? into ~„*„ riicn the Brit',.* .Minister too U band i„ tl, n gamc „,,,, iIKhM on the pnsoners being released. be larliamentbarricaded its doors tJwl' ~° r "™/" m "S obdurate for a fe« days, the Shah climbed down .things remained in a more or le-,« "Mettled ? tate for the next two months', thca the bomb fcll-litcrallv Mohannned Ali decided to P nsv „ few tZ? Do,h, " t fr*h. He drove, through K.iera,, escorted l, v „ m , menn|lS f t(l nd surrounded by a vast bodv of n.«?«r 'l'! 0 0f over - v iwwmitimi, noweur, an attempt was made to ashnu while the carte- was ,'asj.ing through a narrow street. «bat precisely happened -•„ cv.-, vol un«Ha,n. One account declared' that wm.H t *'" • Sh ° t " '""' Illllt ""' would-be assassin was cut to pieces bv the escort. Another report said that two bombs were thrown from the roof hile he other ,truck the ground near i,. Shah, covered motor-tar killing three outriders and wounding tli? chauffeur. r

Luckily, eis Majesty had s.-v ;■;. ear ahead, as'it were to repress t .j ..„,„, liad contented himself with oeciipvin" a carnage m the rear. HcarhK* the ,ow »■ "-nttled into the nearest; house and later returned safely to the Tnlac' A pathetic incident oeciiPTid'as be •u>proached the Palace. His svm, Ahmed Mirzn. of whom hj« is vcrv fond, was laid up in bed with measles, but when one of hi, attendants tohlf bin, vhat, bad happened in the street, the Prince spnina out of and, only nhlf-drcwd. riwhcd out of doors' and fell exhausted at Ims father's feet, while the tears lamed down his checks. I TV Shah sent at once for the Hoverjior of Teheran, and prepared to receive hnn warmly with a cane. Aflflr he had hrashed b,„, thoroughly, h 0 t l,realcned lo nave him blown from, the nranwlc of n gun for not having prevented ihe l '"'"" thvow.ng, but ul&natciv he re.

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