Eureka Reporter | 1908-08-14 | Page 4 | Shah Prisoner of Tribesmen

SHUH OF virtually in the hands of fighting men summoned ned to teheran to protect the throne when shah Is unable to comply with the r extravagant demands for mon money ey the tribesmen Thre threaten afen to pillage the town st petersburg special dispatches received here from teheran give a tragic comic description of the post tion of the shah of persia who Is vir dually a prisoner in the hands of wild tribesmen summoned to teheran to protect the throne against the revola zionists but who have become I 1 greater menace to the monarch than his other foes the tribesmen are ex trava gant in their demands tor for money which the shah Is unable to grant and they threaten to destroy the palace and pillage teheran the secured from the russian bank recently as a loan on the crown jewels of persia already is exhausted general s cossacks are unable to make any headway against the tribes men who have refused to permit the shah to leave the camp at bade tor for Salta nabad where the harem Is now staying famine is reported to be imminent in southern persia and this promises to bring about a crisis in political affairs in the autumn