FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 144, 15 July 1909, Page 2

FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

NATIONALISTS RMUi THE > OAPU'AL. SlßhjvT-FjUHXINU I'KWJKEDIfIIi. Uf uiule.—Press Association.—l/opyrigat TeUerau, July 1». The Nationalists have eiaereu leuer-' an, uuu sucet ngutiug is proceeding. iuc .luali is cxpecteu iu muse permisaiuii iu uii- loieigu legation uvso.wl.il to ciiui iue central square. ine .\aaonalists entered by three gau» u* u o clock in the .uoruuig. iacioi» are keeping order. .u.uij soldiers anu some Cossacks desc. nu iu luc .Nationalists. mo arc resisting any iuruicr autuuee. uie -\auoualists have occupied Par-ii.uin.-iiL ouildiugs, also tilt no use «' Baau-eiuowleh, me cluef of the Palace clique, whom tho Shah agreed on Deceiiiuer 'it to banish. They were encouraged by the populace. a private telegram states that the Europeans are in no danger. ENTRY OF THeIJaTIONALISTS. AN ENTHUSIIASTIC WELCOME, Reeeived July 14, 8.35 p.m. Teheran, July 11 Twelve were killed in defending the nortueru gate at Teheran against the entry of .the Nationalists, who were anerwarda welcomed enthusiastically. The Nationalists enrolled and armed 300U of the population. The Nationalist leader declares that his tollowers are loyal to the Shah, and only come to re-establish the constitution. , .. ,it,.,flfci.j BOTH SIDES ON THE DEFENSIVE. FIGHTING PROCEEDING IN iaß STREETS. /

RUSSIAN TROOPS IN READINESS. RUPTURE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. Received July 14, 0.50 p.m. Teheran, duly 14. Persian Cossacks concentrated a brig- , ade at headquarters; around which they posted guns. Both sides profess to be on the de- '■> l fensive, but considerable Bring is proceeding down the side streets,. ' The Russian flag was hoisted at the , residence of the Russian Consul Ij The entire northern portion of the city is in the hands of the Nationalists. There arc 800 Russian troops at Shajsvan, able, if summoned, to enter Tehett an in three days. . The Shah's failure to send envoys be- 1 '" fore sunset on Monday, empowered to ' a negotiate an arrangement, led to a rup- , ture of the pourparlers. \ The Shah is now at Sultanabad.