Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-04-22 | Page 7 | Shah Arranges for Armistice

SHAH ARRANGES FOR ARMISTIC i I Hope for Starving People of I II I Tabriz Persia Sixty Men Killed in Sortie I Persia April 51 The nation nationalists nationalists I lists leat sixty men killed and wounded in the sortie from front this city yesterday esterday in which H II C Baskerville an American school hool teacher lost his life The armistice arranged by b the shah for the purpose of bringing in pro provisions provisions visions Is not regarded reg rde with enthusiasm here as the absence of transportation makes provisioning the town very dif diC TUbs TitUs April 21 General who commanded the th Russian punitive dLton to in 1908 has beon bean Dated to lead the proposed Russian ex ox expedition expedition Into Persia This expedition has been organized at the suggestion of Great Britain for the th relief of foreign foreigners for ers era at Tabriz Its departure however has been postponed on account of the armistice granted by the shah The vanguard consisting of ot the Third battalion of Caucasian riflemen is now camping near on the frontier in instant readiness to march marchI I Teheran April 21 The shah today tod declined to r receive the thc British and Rus Rue Russian sian alan diplomatic representatives giving illness as an excuse Washington April 21 Supplementing former official notification to the P Pern Per Persian r rn sian n government that it will wilt be held re ro responsible I for the safety fet of ot the lives lIes and property of M o Americans In that country the Ute state department has lies Instructed ted John B Jackson the American minis minister minister ter at Teheran to join his diplomatic colleagues in an earnest representation to the shah The department has received dis dispatches dispatches patches from religious organizations setting forth their fears of harm to the missions and imploring n assistance I