Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-02-05
ENGLAND AND PERSIA.

one ofthose cunning and reckless tricks
Of Anglo-Asiatic diplomacy, by virtue O
which England has extended her posses
slons on that continent So soon as the
Company casts greedy look on any OIL
tie independent soverelgns, or on any
region whose political and commercial
resources or whose gold and Jewels are
valued, the victims is accused Of having
violated this or that ideal or actual con-
| yenlion, tsansgressed an imaginary
| promise or restriction, committed some
fabulous outrage, and then war is de-
| cIared and the eternity Of wrong, she
| perennial force Of the fable Of the wolf
and the lamb, is again incarnadned in
national history.
For many years England has coveted
a position in the Persian Gulf, and above
all the possession Of the island Of Karey
situated in the northern part of those
waters. The celebrated Sir John Nal
com, several times Embassador 10 Persia
expatiated on the value Of that island to
England, and affirmed that it could be
made one Of her most fiourishing estab~
lishments in Asia, being in the neigh
borhood Of Busbeer, Bender Beg, Bas-
sora, Gren Barbera and Etkatif, Ac-
cordingiy. the island and Busheer are
already in the possession Of England.
Sir John considered it central point
for The commerce Of Turkey, Arabia
and Persia. The climate is excellent,
aud it contains al! The facilities for be-
coming a fiourlshing spot. i he Embas-
sador more than thirty-hve years ago
submitted his observations to I.oFs Mimic,
then General, and both sought
10 carry out The scheme, Sir John, in
fact, received The island, aud had al
ready set out, when he received orders
10 relurn 10 Calcutta, and Sir Hartford
Jones was ser. On ;; ,i,iioiotnatic seissioD
a'o .,e's'' During he 'i1ss ssss t.of
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thief. IntTca 81 aIaEt pital fPersiaaa
English nltlnencesIs ses,ye tow !; Tor, NOS
counting Russiarintrign ssihsre France
occupies a nronlin az asra sading end OIL
the three. dllibus.erss Persia may most
dread the British. Az the present fnio.i
'nent an embassy fran Psrssafis on sllesii
way to or has salready reached PATS =
and there very likely she Persian com.
plicaticn will be thessuhjeet at dlpiout ii
g disputes, France, indeed Il
different 1.-THE cupationso f The isliiaid
II the Persiiyn Gnl The Question Il
rendered yer Inaro knot.y byathe fact /
hat 3salsrance discntotnba some Buried, I
parchment w which fAareg has d READY /,
,eenstWsce scsde DIE by the Psrsiafll3li i
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81 Il ln terms su tiicienl 70 constitute some
1gl1ts, or Justify pre!tensions. from, tlle
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II ist 4 recent answer to Jan Joar,at dssii
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