Show PERSIA IN A SAID BAD WAY th tho c shah now under tho control of it i priestly on archy the inter internal nod af a stairs bairs of persia seem to be proceeding V steadily from bad to worse A correspondent correspond lent of the london times who declares that ho he has the highest aut authority bority for his statements writes tes the priestly caste which ila has always enjoyed nj oyed greater authority in persia than in ill countries of the sunni persuasion although humbled by the present ruling dynasty has exploited to the utmost the prevailing discontent for the furtherance 0 of its own ends and the rev revival ival of its own prestige Mal doctrines i c the belief in tho the speedy advent to the twelfth imam who is to sweep the un believers off the face of the earth have always had a strong hold upon shiite edans during the last rebii festivals the priesthood annu announced in many mosques that a mahdi and cavior unto persia had risen at samara noar near Darg bagdad dad in the person of haibi mirza hassan and that lie was predestined predestine to rulo rule over aver tho the land this ominous announcement was wa rendered still more significant by ti abo omission omis EIon of the the prayer for the shah which throughout ghou r 4 u ajai L n 1 is s t th 11 v most ancient and sacred privilege of royalty those incidents acquire allric L more gravity L that the shah acla L als hh hill 1 l self helpless to cope with the ing crisis cri is treachery is rain pant fth in the pal palace ace itself and the sah third son prince A naib N aib c cs I 1 uba anch h i Is at the same saine timo omni miniver 1 er 01 of wr wa i is 5 to be in secret sympathy with etli the malcontent leaders it is no to say that the aliah rules in little n i than name naine and as it were ou s i F k I 1 I 1 ance the power both in the capital and the provinces almost alro 1 hout hou 1 1 liis his empire has massoc out oi of his hind hand 1 into those of tile the priestly araby f who are the nia masters of chersi the the grand vizier himself sal tan has been compelled to enter int i secret negotiations lious with the ill most ost inu I 1 estial of these holy agitators gi mollym moll lun mirza has om in in the hope it is ail alleged eged of persuading hh n t that tho the deposition of tho the ebah w bould 0 all involve the occupation and possible p pr I 1 r T of t the 11 c last ecat rea v hall king U 10 ni ll 11 by the very europeans whose presence is so to every rig air lit thinking 0 linan I 1 |