The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-01

Il would seem tina, ahairs in the
Persian Gulf are coming 10 a head
Koweyt. about which there ~ what
looks like a serious dispute between
Grea, Britain and Turkey, II the obJec-
tive Of two different lines of railway.
One is the German line from Constan-
tinople, Of which part II already ron
structed. and which IL il intended To
carry down the valley Of the Tigris TO
bagdad. and from there. crossing the
Tigris. and the Euphrates somewhere
near Kerbela. 20 Basra, the ancient
Bassorah, to koweyt The other line,
Of which less has been heard, In a British
project, and would run from some
point on the Suez Canal To koweyt
almos, directly across Arabia. The
project, however. cannot be said to be
an entirely new one. a. there u reason
10 belisve that an far back al 1852 two
British officers Of Engineers, one the
present Commander-in-Chi in South
Africa. Lord KITCHENER, and the other
now Major Gen. CHRRMsiDE. were In
Arabia and on the Persian Gulf en-
gagged In exploring and making ohserva-
tions, political and other, OF an important
character.
The Montshk Arabs who inhabit that
mart Of Arabia have always been a
thorn In the side Of the Turkish authori-
ties. and arc nov apparently in open
revolt. II II DO true, M reported that
the Sultan has had TO send his best
General, EpHEM Pacha, and has con-
contracted thirty thousand men at Basrs
ready to advance into Nedjed.
That the British mean to dispute
the Turkish occupation OF koweyt,
n attsmpted, In manifest from the naval
preparations they are making To pre-
vent Il. There II equally little u
that they have the sympathy OF the
Arabs. Who hold the Turk In greater
detastation than the infdel. EDHRM
pacha would therefore ind himself
engaged In the double task OF trying
20 subdue q rebellious population md
20 repel q foreign invader.
The situation 10 a highly interesting
a especially In view Of the fact that
tAe Britiah Government has just author
ind the prolongation OF the railway
from Quota, on the British Indian
frontier, through northern Beluchistan
h a point on the eastern frontier OF
psuia. via Nushki. II. - has boon
stated, that point II In Seistan. part
Of the line would croes the southwestern
ansis Of Afghanistan and. unless some
arreement with the Amer has been
cs,me 70. complications may be looked
for In that quarter also; to say nothing
Of Russia
This last move OF the British In Arabia.
coming almost simultaneously with
the expulsion Of . Turkish garrison In
the territory north Of Alden by a British
force from there, appears To have
thoroughly alarmed the Sultan. be-
cause anything menacing his authority
IN Arabia. especially that part In which
Mecca h situated, would be almost
tantamount TO his overthrow ~ hhalif
of Islam. He Is probably a~aro that
IN the latter part 81 the Russo Turkish
War 81 isT7-Ts there vas an interchange
Of views on The subject OF = British
protectorate % Arabia tei~een the
heads Of an Arab revolutionary COM
,nit,ee si ConstAniinopie ard the British
Foreign ONE, which. however. at tho
time resulted in nothing The Arabs
~erc much Disconnected ~ the ISSUE,
and In iSSs some 90 thcir leading chiefs
had 10 be bnt~d into neutrality during
the British operations against ARAhi
pacha On the s1cE Canal II was In
carrying . large sum to BE- PAID 70 one