Show SHAH OF PERSIA FINALLY DIES Picturesque Ruler in the Far East Who Was a Frequent iI VisitOr r to Eur EurOpe pe pei i STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY RU RUSIAN SIAN PR PRESTIGE SOMEWHAT WEAKENED I London Jan Daily DaB Mails cor nt at Teheran in u a telegram sent seni lest night at 1150 o sa sayi s The shuh of Persia died this evening though no public ot of the th will b be made mado until tomorrow Wednesday Vc It was evident ty Monday that the end was rapidly approaching and an w en of the tho palace also begun began an tlona for mourning Soon after uter tim tha doors the th Imron haren were TiIs was the sign that all was over The liTho news of t the e shahs death t f I Ii r Ir i J fJ f ij I t tI I f t tI I I 1 1 I 1 Ii ii e if j f fi ii I Ji i l r I I 1 ti f a ft t i l ItI I lift I it rIf I II 1 f Mft r t tI I t iI 1 I I I t t i tl I II I II ff r n ij I II I It tt lf 1 It II III l fi W fi i J I I 11 if iI II b t f t t 11 I Irr tI if 1 i 1 C t 1 I 1 IlI a 1 t t JI i if lJ i I b ii Nil i r r 44 fifi L Ie I r ii t t rj l I IThe The Shah of Persia th loreign te late luh this but the public it J s tIU of his I t b ad Picturesque Character l dath ot or tho shah removes n a pie pic ruler who was well Veil known to all Europe owing to his visits particularly to 4 where ho took cou cures res at and enjoyed c the of life lite DurIng the visit of oC 1005 19 15 the shah and hIs suite made madea II a dazzling appearance ou on the and in the music halls of Paris The They were as s national and given ghen givena a truly nub welcome while popular on wee w marked owing to shahs and lavish charity At that tuna time be looked old and feeble his face faca I WitS was pale and flAbby and aud hud had a waxen I pallor Struggle in Europe The shahs comes at a time when Rn governments are aro engaged in Iii a to their position in P n struggle is due to the tho geo position ur of Persia as a buffer burrer h between tw en the possessions of In Ind d n l Ru southern stretchIng the Persian gulf Still factor hIlS ha recently b been en by br German Germanys s commercial and railway activity ulon along the thc Persian gulf TM The shah WM was strongly and andus andas us as a result Russian has hus been pre at A cossack tinder m pr Ru Russian officers forms form th Principal force of the Persian capital and 1 oit to tie tle Per slait makes the tho country dependent on Russia 1 I I Russian Hold Relaxed quite recently the struggle over P Persian W was H confined mainly tp and Great BritaIn the latter seek selik Job to restore her former The W Wr l iO o Ru Russia ia that hold 01 ott h policy polk to join interests with Ru RussIa instead of an tag her As AR n a r result an ian tJan understanding bas baa recently been no ne I anti and the Ule announcement of Its it I terms erms is consi considered Imminent B By this agreement GreAt Britain and Russia Russi will conso their theil rivalry over P and unite In a 11 joint policy whereby by each safeguards its Ita in interests ter At th the same time Germany has been ex cx exten ten tending her hel influence in Persia German physicians attended the shah during hI big last Illness Ulness the establishment of a Ger German man mall bank gives the first to the Russian and British banks Gorman German enterprises enterprise are being established anti and the G German of n a Bagdad railway promises to gio a new route to India |