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Show RUSSIANS KILL LITTLE (MDRErf LONDON', Dec. 25. A massacre ha been going on in Hesht since Saturday, Satur-day, according to voflicial Persian tele-crams tele-crams received In London today. These state that on Sunday 500 Per- j sians were killed by the Russluns, many of them being women and children chil-dren Tho people have been exhorted ex-horted not to fight and not to give the slightest provocation, but the massacre continues. Resht is the capital of the province of Ghent Tho government house, it Is said, has been bombarded and many government officials and police have been killed Private houses have been demolished. According to other dispatches the Russians killed four unarmed Armenians Armen-ians in the Armenian quarter of Tabriz, Ta-briz, during the fighting in that city. "The people of Persia,'' says a dispatch, dis-patch, "aic stupefied at tho attitude of Russia; especially as these outrages out-rages have followed Immediately the acceptance by Persia of the Russian ' ultimatum, and when Persia has shown every deslro and disposition to con-ciliate con-ciliate Russia and establish friendly relations." Notify Shuster of Dismissal. TEHERAN. 'Dec. 25. The cabinet notified W. M6rgan Sinister, the American treasurer-general of Persia, Per-sia, today of his dismissal from that office This follows the decision of tho national council and the mlnihtry to submit to the demands contained In the Russian ultimatum. The cabinet intimated to Mr Shuster that thoy would communicate to him later their 'plans for turning over his accounts to a successor. An indignation meeting was held after' anouncement of air. ,Shuster's ' dismissal was'made, tb protest 'against I the so-called coup d'etat, but the crowds weie dispersed by the police without disorder. Further demonstrations demon-strations arc expected All the op- -j a position newspapers havo been sup- -i pressed and martial law has been pro- k claimed. : r The Russian consul, who has as- f & sumed the government of Resht, re- ; ports the town quiet at the present v; time, but looks for further outbreaks. ; jj It is reported from Shiraz, capital , fe of the province of Fars, that Per- ft sians fired on a body of Indian troops v 0 who were proceeding to meet the )- British consul, one of the Indian ' - p soldiers being killed. There has been "j considerable trouble at Shiraz, on ac- f count of the boycott instituted against J- g the Indian troops by the mellah. ! nn 1 m |