The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-31

ANDRUSS|A !.
FRIGHTENED.
THE COMBINATION. OF GERMANY
AND TURKEY HAS PUT FEAR
INTO THE GREAT POWERS
THAT WERE EAGER FOR GAIN
WILLY mot E.DIIV|DE PERSIA
Their Plans Have Been Frustrated
Persian Territory Is Gradually slip.
ping to the, ottoman's Power. q

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s TEHERAN. Dec. S1.-The impres-
sion here is that Germany and Tur-
key, combined, have frightened Eng.
land and Russia out Of dividing Persia
between them-just at present, d.
least.
In northern Persia, Russia has not,
indeed, relinquished anything that it
held. 1t maintains. garrisons wner-
ever 1t had them and the Cars off,
GERS continue to interfere in Persian
affairs as much as ever. 1t has stop.
ped the reinforcement OF garrisons,
however and several detachments Of
troops which recently crossed the
frontier from the Caucasus, evident
ly intending to march still farther to
the southWard, have been recalled. IA
s. In the south, England has shown
every sign ot indesisicn and anxiety.
~ las landed marines from Its war.
ships in the Persian Cult and called
them aboard again, taken the aggres.
sive in several skirmishes on shore
and then backed out Of them, and
shown no inclination to make good its
ultimatum to take possession of the
southern roads unless the Persian
government put stop. to the, disor-
ders which the: English thmeselves
were stirring up. Il
II is no doubt natural that England
should be more cautious than Russia.
The latter is able to get into North.
ern Persia by land marches, while the
English would have to bring their
forces long distances by water.
No one imagines that the London
ard St. Petersburg governments haye
fiEaay abandoned their designs
against the Shah's country, but 1t
looks very much as it they had recon:
sidered their decision that the time
was ripe for an immediate grab. In
some respects, Turkish aggression
seems more urgent danger. The
Ottoman troops are gradually getting
possession of more and more Persian
territory in the vicinity Of their own
frontier. The Turkish movement was
undertaken ostenslbly in defense OF
Persia against Russia but 1t is strong.
ly doubted here whether 1t will sur.
render anything that 1t gets securely
into It's hands.
CoNSTANTINoPLE, Dec. S1.-of.
fetal denials to the contrary not%ith.
standing, the Young Turkish govern.
ment is in very precarious situa.
ton. The progressive element, OF
which the Young Turks are the head,
Is so enormously outnumbered by the
reactionaries that it feels its only
hope Is to act with the utmose sever.
fty at the first sign OF popular discon,
tent anywhere in the country. BY
this method it has succeeded in hold.
ing Its own thus far but 1t has stirred
up such an amount of hostility that
1t is in danger now of being over
whelned at any moment.
The outbreak Of the adminlstra-
tion's enemies in Parliament a few
days ago, in connection with the un.
doubtedly accurate showing they
made Of the cruelties the troops have
practiced in dlsaffected sections Of
the country apparently brought mat.
ters to a head. There are mutterlngs
Of rebellion from every direction at
present,
To make matters worse there is
serious question concerning the 10y.
atty Of War Minister chefket Pasha to
the Young Turkish cause. chefkot
was never a member of the y oung
Turkish group. He was enough Of a
to oppose Abdul Hamid's
misgoyerment, and accordingly, took
command OF the troops who marched
upon constantihople at the time oi
the last etioaars uprising, and the
Young Turks accepted his services
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