Persian Ruler Grants Demands
of Constitutionalists.
ADHERES TO CONSTITUTION
Agrees to Punish Leaders in the Riots
and Also to Dissolve the Court
Clique—Will Try to Work in Har­
mony With Parliament.
Teheran, Persia, Dec. 23.—The shah
has yielded in the struggle between
him and parliament. He has signed
find sealed a declaration on the Koran
accepting the demands of the Consti
tutionalists, which include the punish
ment of the leaders in the riots and
the dissolution of the court clique. This
declaration he sent to the assembly as
a mark of his determination to adhere
to the constitution.
The shah gave an audience to the
British and Russian ministers. He
solemnly assured thefc, that h« did
not intend to abolish the constitutional
regime, but would strive to work in
eo-operation with the parliament.
For the past week there have been
many disturbances in Teheran aad
other Persian cities, the lack of co
operation between the shah and the
parliament leading to the issuance by
the parliament of a manifesto on Dec.
17 in which it was set forth that the
shah was violating his covenant with
the people and asking that the rights
of the Persian people be not permit
ted to be trodden under foot.
Prior to this the shah had caused
the arrest of the premier and several
of the cabinet ministers, who later
were released. The parliament then
went into permanent session and de
manded an explanation of the shah,
negotiations being carried on until the
settlement was reached.
