RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 137, 5 December 1911, Page 5

RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

MR. SIIUSTER'S POSITION. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. London, December 3. Mr. Shuster angrily denies Sir Edward Grey's statement that he is annoying Russia by Anglicising the Persian services, and alleges that he has dismissed several British officials. The American Government has taken steps to ensure Mr. Shuster's protec-' tion. 1 PROCESSIONS AND ASSASSINATIONS RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY. Receive<Ls, 12.45 a.m. j Teheran, December 4. A procession of ten thousand, carrying : banners inscribed '"Death or Indepen- j dence!" visited the British, American i and French legations. Speeches were delivered, appealing to the spirit of justice and liberty.. Three prominent reactionaries were assassinated on Saturday. Sipahder's life was attempted on Sun-. day. Two thousand Russian troops ara 30 miles southward of Resht. Two hundred arrived at Kazvin. Four hundred are near Teheran, The Russians disarmed the Persian: militia at Resht, and occupied the telegraph office. The late Alaeddowleh, intermediary between Russia, Britain and Persia, persuaded Persia to comply with the fiTst ultimatum. The reply to the second asks for a renewal of the negotiationsl " ith a view to considering what is rea- 1 -onable.