Show p REFORM IN A FAKE Russian Officials Doubtful of the Genuineness of the New National Assembly St Petersburg Aug 13 Russian officials officials dais who are in close touch with affairs in Persia are inclined to be skeptical as asto asto asto to the genuineness of the reform move movement movement movement ment in Persia or anything more than a it Turkish constitution resulting from the creation of a national assembly as an announced announced i in the dispatches from Teheran I These officials point to the fate of the I widely heralded council connell of justice which died a short two months ago and inti intimate Intimate intimate mate that as soon as either party is firm firmly firmly firmly ly in power It is apt to jettison all con constitutional constitutional constitutional restrictions of absolute power The politics polities of Mohammedan coun countries countries countries tries said the chief of the Persian de department department department to the Associated Press today tOda are a matter of personal intrigues Eith Either er side is willing to adopt any battle cry that promises success This official assured the Associated Press that no international politics are in involved involved involved In spite of the fact that one of the factions has taken refuge in the Brit British British ish sli embassy From other sources the Associated Press learns that negotiations between Great Britain and Russia with reference to Per Persia sia sitt are arc proceeding amicably All Ali Goli Khan charge of the Persian legation here takes the view 1 I that the creation of an assembly is a stop step sh l in the way wa of reform and progress progress ress rem He Ife saul said the assembly will meet as a soon as US possible He justified the ex exclusion exclusion e elusion of the peasantry from the suf stif suffrage suffrage frage on the ground that the serfs are bound to the soil solI and would represent the theland thel theland land l nd owners n the event of a popular movement against the worst features of arbitrary despotism |