The Morning herald., 1875-10-21

him-and he knew it WAS men, not gem
that were the creators. On his return
Teheran, his capital. how the crookedne
OF its streets, their filth, want OF irainag
the agiiness Of the best nf its mosques, bui
as they are, Of common brick, the wre;che
liscipline, and still more wretchei clo;l
ing am equipments Of his army, the 70,
erty OF lis people, mus. have caused bite
tears Of disappointment. when he con
pared all this weakness, ugliness and poy
erty, with Europe. At once he deter
mined upon a wide sweeping reform. Fol
Iuna.ely for Persia, TIE principal minister
Mira Hussein, Was liberal, well-edu
Gated man, who passed many years il
Paris as Persian Ambassador, and tina
the plan to carry out the kinsly pole,
Of reform. was left to him.
Having been clothed with ex!raordinar,
powers, the Grand Tizicr Mira has under
'aEen a thorough reform in the army. HI
anpointad French officer, General
:,ui!er, to the chief commasd; General
Antrcu:ns, an Italian, military instructor
and an Ir.s,lman, who served in the Papal
and French service, Colonel Blake, to the
iolms.iun Of corps Of s:aff officers. The
whole army, which was wretchedl, clad,
has been provided with proper uniforms,
and preparations are making to equip it
with needle-guns and mitrailleuscs. An
efficient military force is necessary for the
repulsion and chastisemcnt Of the Turco-
man horaes, whose predatory incursions
have deropulated towns, desolated proyin-
ces, and carried thousands of Persians into
captivity. The rayages Of the Mangols
were hardy more destructive to the coun-
try. The frontiers ence secured against
these nomadic marauders, peaceful pursuits
may again flourish in tke deserted sites Of
former prosperity. The first elenent of
xell-being is the security Of life and prop
srty, and this seems likely now to be OBJ
aimed by this ly-af1licted country.
The population o! Persia has steadily
declined under the influence of bad gov
famines, wars and natural con-
to about 100000, and of this
aore than one-third is nomadic.
The Persians of our dsy,are the descend
nts of that mighty people, whose arm:e
onquered to further India, to the centre of
.sia, swept over al! Asia Minor, AMI were
My stopped at Marathon and Platea, from
rushing to death, the arts, sciences, and
allure, Of Greece the nursing mother of
ls civilization We enjoy. In the later
naes it Was the Parthian branch, Of the
'ersians, who resisted the legions of
Come, defeated Crassus, and carried the
,agle, hi;hsrto the type Of conquest, into
aptivity beyond the Euphrates. Under
he dynasty Of the Sapors, Immediately
receding the riseot Mohomidanism; Per
ia wa. again the first power in the world,
ompelling the Roman Emperor Justinian
. accept most disg-acefu! peace about
|. D. $50.
One hundred years after, upon the plains
Naharand, Persia fell-never unless
::.h sudden flicker, to blaze with this
lory Of Natioual conquest. Upon the
isastrous field, 100000 PerSians were
nitlen by the scimers Of the Arab Mo-
omc'ans-who imp sed upon item
lie yoke and the religion oi the conque-er
Guided by these mile-stones in her his
Try. We are led to speculate upon her a,ai!.
y to profit by great national reform.
First what are her resources? When
'er irrigation has beea introduced, or
ther not permitted to fall into disuse, fer
lity abounds; the Persian ambassador at ;
ondon, in 1861, presented to a committee t
English manufacturers a statement
owing that the Southern provinces of {
ersia could supply all Europe with COT ,
n:-and parenthetically we suggest, that ,
hen Russia perfects the scheme she is E
w laboring at, to establish regular lines &
steamships upon the Caspian, and up t
e Nolga-ccnnecting with her railway t
mmunications into Western Europe
merican cotton will be rare commodity q
st Of the Rhine. We will merely men.
IN the other products of Persia. Carpet, q
*, barley, oats, wheat, said to be the best ,
the world; wine, that Of Shiraz, having {
worldwide reputation. Sugar, gums ,
fron, madder, opium, indigo, henna, as I
fatida, tobacco. In fruits and yeyeta- {
es Persia is pre-eminent. This is land |
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