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Show The Persian Shah In a recent lecture delivered in New York, by Mr. Forbes, the famous war correspondent of the London News, the Shah of Persia was thus spoken of: The shabbiest miscreant that ever imposed on the European pulpit, the gaudiest fraud in this century of gaudy frauds, was the Shah of Persia. He was sent to Europe as an advertisement to assist in raising money. He was well treated in ST. Petersburg, given a cold welcome in Berlin, because he spat upon the Emperor Augustus' dress, and he was raved about in England. He had diamond, pearl, ruby, amethyst, and emerald coats, and the gems were all shams quietly made in Paris a year before his arrival. He offered rewards for mystical gems lost from his horses' tails. He and his ??? befouled Buckingham Palace so that it is hardly wholesome yet. He patronized the Princess of Wales and Czarina of Russia, keeping them waiting in Covent Garden. Visiting a Manchester cotton-mill, five hundred girls sang a hymn of welcome, and he wanted to buy of the proprietor all his female live stock. His saloon carriage traveled free on most railroads, but when payment was demanded on one, the Shah was found short of money, and he paid in jewels, afterwards found bogus. He defrauded London and Paris jewellers, and ?80-?00 were expended in welcoming him in England. |
