Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-14

mtthIfNG.
dihcuItleS. WAS giyen immunity.
Pitching his voice in that quietly
masterful o n that beyond all others
compels attention, he took up his sub
aect and dealt with it with dispassion-
ate force. With great skill he touched
on the steady southwark advance of
Russia into Persian territory from the
distant days when, by a curious irony
OF fate, Russian and British enterprise
combined to make entry into the coun-
try under the sanction of the grand
duke of Moscovy to the present hour,
when this great power of R~ussia-long
since alienated by interests and desires
from her former co-operator-had tax
en- q step which in the eyes of every
thinking man must possess a deep sig
nifcance.
With his usual quiet persistence he
pointed OIL the peculiar position of
Meshed in the distant province of
khorassan, it's vast distance from the
Persian gulf. round which British in
terests and influence center. and the
consequently alarming position of hun
dreds of traders who, in the security
their way upward from India, from
Afghanistan. eve from England her.
self.
Following up his point, he dilated on
these subjects of the British crown
who, cut off from adequate assistance,
non Of11u t11ry, i'm nnrcnno1 ~ N,,,
cial peril to the protective power of
the nearest consulate. Then, quietly
demanding the attention of his hear
ers, he marshaleG fact after fact to
demonstrate the isolation and made
quacy of a consulate so situated; the
all but arbitrary power of Russia, who
in her new occupation of Meshed had
only two considerations to withhold
her from open aggression-the knowl-
edge Of England a. a very consider
able, but also a very distant, power;
the knowledge of Persia as an immi-
nent, but wholly impotent, factor in
the case.
Having stated his opinions, he re-
verified to the motive of his s%peech-his
desire to put forward a strong protest
against the adjournment of the house
without an assurance from the govern
ment that immediate measures would
be taken to safeguard British interests
in Meshed and throughout the province
of Khorassan.
The immediate outcome of Loder's
speech was all that his party had de-
sired. The effect on the house had been
marked, and when, no satisfactory re-
Spouse coming to his demand, he had
in still more resolute and insistent
terms called for a division on the mo-
ton for adjournment, the result had
been an appreciate fall in the govern
ment majority.
To Loder himself the realization that
he had at last vindicated and justified
himself by individual action had a 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 it came i'm
mediately after the excitement of the
division, when Fraide, singing him
out, took his arm and pressed it affec-
tionately.
my dear Chilcote," he said, I'VE are
all proud of your Then, looking up
into his face, he added, in a graver
tone, but keep your mind upon the
future; never be blinded by the pres
ent, however bright it seems"
At the touch of his hand, at the spon
taneous approval Of his first words. 10.
der's pride thrilled, and in 81 vehement
rush of ambition his senses answered
to the praise. Then, as Fraide in all
Inconsistencies, added his second sen.
tence, the hot glow of feeling suddenly
chilled.
In a sweep of intuitive reaction
the meaning and the danger Of his
falsely real position extinguished his
excitement and turned his triumph
cold. With an involuntary gesture he
withdrew his arm.
you're very good, sir" he said. "And
you're very right. We should for.