Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
Line on Lake Urmia Sets the New
War Talk Going.
EMR's AUTHORITY DISCOUNTED
st. Petersburg Still Believes that the
Shah is Powerful.
ASYLUM IS NOW ovERCROwDED
Great Indignation f. the Result of
bad Conditions in LunRtic
RefuEe-Neyv Deal for
EmiErnnts.

BY GEORGE FRASER.

T.aHi
BY GEORGE FRASER.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 21.-(Special
Dispatch to The Bee 1.-The advent of Ger
many into the Persian tangle has COM
plicated a situation which was already full
of danger, and it is not at all improbable
that an international quarrel similar to
that which almost embrolled Europe over
Morocco may develop.
! The German entrance is in the shape OF
concession to a German company to run
steamers on Lake Urmia. The circum-
stances surrounding the alleged concession
make it appear more in the nature of a
political than commercial move.
! a concession to navigate Lake Urmia has
been long looked upon by Russia as the
pra ctical corollary to its roads, telegraphs
and commercial interests But when II
endeavored to secure it formally it found
claim to the ownership was put forward
by Emir Kuli Mira who asserts that he
received II from the Shah Nasr Eddin
Russian agents entered into negotiations
with that prince but discovered that he
lacked title deed-good, bad or indit-
ferent
Regarded Specifically.
Persian as well Russian jurisconsults
regard any concession based upon the I'M
supported word of Emlr Kul Mira with
benignant scepticism and maintain that
all the rights are still vested In the Per-
sian crown. kuli Mira however eager
to transform his imaginary rights into cur
rent coin, got together a Persian company
OF which he himself is a member, and gave
it concession, well knowing that Russla's
demand was then being considered by
the Teheran cabinet. No Persian company
] would SDend money IN a wnrthIesv conco,s-
sion of this kind. but two German subjects
loom large as life in the background
1t Is unlikely that Russia will acknowl.
edge Kull MirZa's claim to bestow upon
others rights which he himself does not
legally possess Prince Kuli is alleged to
have ordered steamer from Hamburg
where the soul of the Persian company re.
sides. Supposing that that company incurs
financial obligations towards German sub.
jects which 1t is unable to carry out
trouble may result. If political power
falls into the minister who absorbed all
the money subscribed for the purpose of
founding National Bank of Persia dur
ing the first Persian Parliament, and is a
candidate for a ministerial post today,
complications may ensue more readily than
before the designations Of the Spiahdar
and Sirdar Azad.
Anyhow until the ministerial crisis is
over and the cabinet is firmly constituted,
diplomacy is paralyzed. There is nobody
in Teheran with whom to discuss the mat
ter,
Trouble in Asylum.
Great Indignation has been caused by
revelations regarding the Novo Znamensky
lunatic asylum. The male and female de-
partments are Qvercrowded. The patients
fight each other from morning to night,
and perfect pandemonum exists MANY
OF the lunatic have attempted to commit
suicide by jumping over bannisters or
leaping through windows. When the COM
mission OF the municipality visited the
asylum they were attacked by lunatics and
compelled to retreat, while inmates saw
egely fell upon the superintendent. who
was rescued by the attendants In the
attendants quarters 100 children, many
suffering from measles, were congregated,
The Russian minister OF commerce has
elaborated a new project in regard to emil
grafton, whereby emigrants to countries
outside Europe can only leave Russian
ports on Russian steamers The steamship
companies are prohibited from taking pas
sengers whose expenses are paid wholly or
In part by any foreign government or
foreign colonization society which is not
legally authorized In Russia All emigra-
lion agents must be Russian subjects The
most severe penalties, including long terms
OF imprisonment, are enacted for the
spreading OF false reports concerning the
advantage of emigration from Russia.
friend Of the dalai lama, now sojourn-
ing here, announces visit Of the dalai
lama to Russia, and in particular to 81.
Petersburg within the next two months
Grand Duchess Takes Vows,
cd
who is a daughter of Princess Alice OF
, England and grand duchess of Hesse. yes
terday took formal VOWS OF devotion to the
service Of God and ones nelghbors. The
Community of Saints, Martha and Mary.
Sisters of Mercy, which she founded, and
Of which she is now Mother Superior, num-
: bers forty-fve members. including Princess
Obolensky and other aristocrats
The interpretations committee of the
Duma has unanimously approved OF the
Interpolation concerning the shooting OF
little girl OF in Yaroslav prison The
child was accompanying her mother
peasant woman. who was lodged in the
jail. Hearing the tramp OF convcts the
child approached the cell window. and
warder below fired at her The bullet
fortunately struck one OF the window bars.
but the child received a deep wound on the
head from an iron splinter
Instructions have been sent TO M. Koros-
tOyetz, Russian minister at Peking, to
inform the Chinese government that unless
the question Of navigation on the Sungari
Is settled with Russia by the end OF June
this country will, after that date, ignore
the regulations arbitrarily imposed by
China, and the customs dues will be de-
posted in the Russo-Chinese bank, Russia
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