DELAYED CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 11 January 1912, Page 8

DELAYED CABLES.

PERSIA OCCUPIED. » RUSSIAN TROOPS IN POSSESSION. i] RESULTS OF RECENT SIGHTING. ; CONSULATE FLAGS CUT DO^N. > , Tabriz, December 30. Practically al : the members of the ■ Constitutional Party have disappeared. , /;,'. ;re■ .wtre no casualtiea'among thej ■ ree- out foreign population, althougi m- ■■ p- of them suffered from want of > food. The American flag flying over the Oon- ! sulate was cut down, but the Consulate s didi not buffer any damage. [ The'estimated'total loss of thei ißussians as about 200 man. /It is said that the report of the atrocil .ties having been committed on both sides > is unfounded. , j^ M i OCCUPATION OP TABRIZ. FLIGHT OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL. St. Petersburg, December 30. Dispatches from Tabriz announce the official Russian position, on December 26, after the flight of the Deputy Gov-ernor-General to the British Consulate. The Government property has been' sealed, and is .being guarded 1 by a de-' tachment 'of the Rifle Brigade. ' London, December 30.' The Russian occupation of Tabriz is now complete. It is expected that business will be resumed to-morrow. A CALMER OUTLOOK. PUOTSHING THE DISORDERLY ELEMENT. AN APOLOGY TO GREAT BRITAIN. ; i London, December 30. There is a calmer feeling in Persia, ! following on the recent conflicts. , 3 apology has been forthcoming for, 1 the outrage on the British Consul, ' whose safety is assured. l The telegraph lines to Tabriz have ' been restored, and delayed despatches 1 show that the Russians were in a des- , perate plight on Sunday last, and were ' eagerly awaiting reinforcements. C St. Petersburg, December 30. 8 ■The Russian Government does.not con- ' template the dispatch of more troops I to Persia. ;< An attack recently made on Russian troops by Persians at ißiesht is consider- = ed by the military authorities as of minor importance. I The military commanders have been,. ' ordered bv headquarters to. co-operate with the Persian authorities in the 1 pun. ishment of the disorderly element which! was responsible for the attacks on thai Russian troops.

PROTECTING BRITISH INTERESTS

DISPATCH OF INDIAN TROOPS. London, December 30. The British Government haw decided to increase the number of Indian troops employed in South Persia in order to afford protection to the Consulate and |the trade route*. j This action is considered necessary, : but it is not the intention of the Govj ernment to proceed any further.in this direction. The Foreign Office will issue (a statement making it plain that tho action of the British Government does not foreshadow the occupation of any territority in Persia or interference in Persian authority other than what is ' necessary to protect British interests. 1 DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS CAMPBELL. ASSISTANT FOREIGN UNDER- " SECRETARY. I London, Januar* 4. 1 Sir Francis Alexander Campbeui As- ' sistant-Under-Secretary of Stajtel for \ Foreign Affairs since 1902, diet on .Thursday. '■ <--\ [ BUSSO-AMERICAN TREATYj [\ MR. ROOSEVELT« ' ! , New York, January 4. 1 Mr. Roosevelt, in an artjgljJ in the current number of the Out||fflk agrees with the action of Congresß^f^Sbrogatfng the treaty "with China. Still, he thinks the question should have been submitted Ito the i"Haguia ' I Conference , in order to get an terpre- ' j tation, thus allowing Russia a chance to " withdraw without the loss of, her sdf- '. respect.