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 With his usual quiet persistence lie pointed out the peculiar position of Ncshed in the distant province of lIholaSsan. it's vast distance from the Persian gulf. round which British in terests and influence center. and the consequently alarming position of hun dretls of traders who. in the security of British sovereignty are fighting their way upward from India from Afghanistan even from England her self
 Following up his point, he dilated oil these subjects ol the British crown he, cut of. from adequate assistance, can only turn in personal OF eonmei- cial peril to the protective power o1 the nearest consulate. Then. quietly demanding the attention of his hear CTS, he marshaleG fact after fact to demonstrate the isolation and lnAde- Olacv o1 d consulate so situated: the all but arbitrary power of Russia. who in her new occupation of Meshed lEtGs only two considerations to withhold her from open aggression the knowl- edge of EnSland as d very consider able but also a very distant. power: the knowledge of Persia as an imini- uent, but wholly impotent, factor in tue case.
 Having stated his opinions. he re- verteU to the motive of his speech his desire to put forward a strong protest against the adjournment of the house without an assurance from the govern mcnt that immediate measures would be taken to safeguard British interests in Meshed and throughout the province of Khorassan.
 The immediate outcome Of Lodef speech was all that his party had de sired. The effect on the house had been marked. and when. no satisfactory re sponse coming to his demand, he had in still more resolute and insistent terms called for division on the mo- ton for adjournment, the result had been an appreci;tble fall in the govern ment ma jjori1y.
 To Loder himself the realization that he had at last vintlicated and justified himself by individual action had pc culiar effect His position had been al- tered in one remarkable particular. Before this day he alone had known himself to be strong: now the knowl- edge was shared by others and he was human enough to be susceptible to the change.
 The first appreciation of 1t came m mediately after the excitement or the division. when Frade, singling nm ont, took his arm and pressed 1t aHec, tionately.
 My dear Chicote, he said, eve are all proud of you Then, looking up into his face he added, ill gfaVef tone. "blt keep your mind upon the future; never he blinded by the pres ent. however bright it seems.
 At the touch of his hand, at the spoh taneous approval of his first words, to ders pride thrilled, and i'll venelheh, rush of ambition his senses answered. to the praise. Then, as f'ralde Ill al unconsciousuess added his second sen tence, the hot glow of feeling suddenly chilled.
 In sweep of mtuitive reaction the meaning and the danger oi Ills falsely real position cAti1xnish21 hli