The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . e of the opinion that he should either come back to thecapital or resign. In the meantime I had been attending the sessions of theCabinet, in an endeavor to get the ministers to realize theseriousness of the situation and cease demanding impossiblesums of money. The loudest in his complaints and dire pre-dictions of impending disaster was His Excellency Amir Azam,now rejoicing in the title and dignity of Acting Minister o
The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . e of the opinion that he should either come back to thecapital or resign. In the meantime I had been attending the sessions of theCabinet, in an endeavor to get the ministers to realize theseriousness of the situation and cease demanding impossiblesums of money. The loudest in his complaints and dire pre-dictions of impending disaster was His Excellency Amir Azam,now rejoicing in the title and dignity of Acting Minister ofWar. The Amir Azam was a man whose general reputationwould warrant a long sentence in any workhouse. I had anagent look into some of the financial transactions of the WarOffice and particularly the private bank balances of the ActingMinister. When, therefore, in a council of the ministersof June 19, at which I was present, he proclaimed that ageneral rising of the Army of Teheran would take placethe following day, if a mere 42,000 tumans was not at onceforthcoming for their pay and rations, I politely asked himwhat disposition had been made of the similar sum which I. AMIR AZAM (IN LEFT CENTER WITH SWORD), VICE-MINISTER OF WAR With his personal staff. REORGANIZATION 65 had given him for another months arrears only ten days be-fore. Gone, said his Excellency; all disbursed to thepoor, starving troops of the army. Have you none of thatmoney left ? I said. Not a kran remains in the war-chest,he replied. I thought it convenient at this point to pull outa private memorandum which I had brought with me, show-ing that His Excellency had deposited the last months payand several other sums for military purposes, in all 83,000tumans, with a native banker, with whom it rested at thatmoment while the predicted rising of the troops was beingstaged by the Amirs gallant officers of the line. Reading the dates and amounts of the deposits from myprivate memorandum, I asked him whether they wer
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