GTRIVING desperately till the last to retain his position, Shah Riza Khan Pahlevi has been forced from the Throne by the Surging demand of his own people, who had been brought to the Point of revolt by the tyranny of the last 16 years. Only the still lingering fear of a ruthless despot, whose secret police were as efficiently organized as the Gestapo, prevented them from rising against him during the last.two weeks.
By Monday only one quarter remained from where he could expect help—senior officers of the army whose positions endow them with rich pickings. "The remainder of the army, consisting of conscripted peasants and underpaid young officers, is as hostile to him as the rest of the population.
it is believed that Riza Khan gambled to the last minute on the hope that the army would help him 19 quell the popular uprising, and that the British and Russians would not intervene. It is reported that the
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