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Show DO AIRIC1 BREAKS RUSSIANS POWER LONDON, Saturday, July 22. W Morgan Shuster, the American who j recently took the post of treasurer general of the Persian government, has already had opportunities to learn much of politics and business under a weak Oriental government, pulled and pushed about by the Intrigues and threats of European diplomats. His first troubles have been with one of the most powerful chiefs of the administration and with the Russian and Belgian interests, which combined to break his power. Reports to London from agents of British houses In Teheran givo an interesting in-teresting story of the collapse of the stand the Russian minister, M. Poklcv-ski, Poklcv-ski, and the Belgian director general of customs. M. Mornard. backed by the BeUIan charge d'affaires, made against Mr Shuster and tho national council. The council passed a law on June June 13 investing the treasurer general gen-eral with the control of all revenues and the sole power to sign checks on government funds. M Mornard previously had drawn checks on the customs funds. He refused re-fused to recognize the new law and claimed that he still had that power Checks which he signed were refused by the Imperial banlc of Persia, an (English Corporation handling large part of the government funds. These checks were for salaries of customs employes. Mr. Shuster Issued duDli-catos, duDli-catos, "which tho bank honored This brought matters to a crisis. The Belgian legation announced to the Persian government that it would lH not permit the Belgian employes of IH the customs, who form a large propor- 1H tion of the force, to serve under Mr Shuster if the law were to be carried lift out. The Russian minister went fur- lift ther and declared emphatically that ill he would introduce Russians to ad- ill minister the customs before he would H submit to Mr. Shuster's single-handed l control. ill Several foreign obligations. Including Jft the interest on foreign loans, a mor- til tization, the payment of the Cossack 1H brigade and the pension of Ihe do- ifl posed shah, were a charge on the cu- II toms of tho north. The Russian .inil lift Belgian diplomats took the stand that HI these interests were imperiled by Mr. flfl Shuster's administration, and also dr ill nled the power of the national conn"'! mM to pass such a Inw as that of Juno 1C J Mr Shuster thereupon gave writtei ! notice to the Imperial bank and the ! Russian bank that no disbursement- would bo made from the customs r ! ceipts until all Hens upon them had -JUH been paid, and invited them (o send -s?tjl representatives at any time to exam- SIt! ing the books and accounting method- ' I of the treasury. if J All the banks suoported Mr. Sluts- ,l ter, and tho council, which has sun- fl ported him enthusiastically since his IlJI arrival, stood by him also. KU The cabinet was frightened for a uf. time by the Russian minister's threat lifl and wavered for some time. After a 9 week's argument the treasurer gen- ftKH eral prevailed upon the minister of I JH foreign affairs to call upon Mr. Mor- 1 H nard to comply with the law 1 ,H Then the opposition collapsed. Tn '. the presence of the cabinet and of Mr. I : Shuster. the Belgian director general of customs gave a formal undertaking Bit to accept the law and he and Mr. jM H Shuster parted on good terms. It was l jl understood in Teheran that before Mr 1 n I Shuster left Washington the Russian . 5U ambassador there assured him that I LB Russia would not oppose his financial ill reforms. G fjl |