The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-01
Russia has demanded the remov'

0I MOIE0N oNuStcI al AuS
agent Of the Persian government
While every informed person IN n
reading world knows the demand IS
made because the American with ms
plain common sense was too mucn
for the medal bedecked advisers OF
the car. it Is interesting to note some
Of the reasons given for the demano
by the Russian press.
The Novoye verunga said that Per-
MA as a state had long ceased to ex>
t4st-probably since the expulsion OF
the shah, in regard to whom Russia
promised that he should be kept out
of Persia. It went On to say that the
Persian people no longer form a ma
,tion. but only disorganized ethno'
graphical material: that their terri
tory is only preserved from being
.eeized by a third party by the authors
(N Of England and Russia: that the
Persian government disappeared In
stantly upon the presentation at
.Heheran Of the Russian note-the
note demanding an apology to some
third rate consular oflcer in h serv-
ice Of that country: and that in its
place appeared an American adven-
turer in a peajacket and a paper col
lar" who, without the support Of
.bayonets and ironclads. at once
showed himself to be more powerful
than the entire Persian government.
1t followed all this by saying that It
would be high time for Mr.. Shuster to
pack his trunks and make himself
scarse as soon as the first sound Of
the bugle was heard at Kazvin calling
A. n--~- kA~~~n $~ ANyovtNr rr0Vy.
.ers. Our Russian friends are always
strong on prayer and praise. but de-
:plorably weak in common honesty.
We do not know about the pea
Jacket and paper collar. Morgan
Sinister may be addicted to these ar
ticles Of dress. although the proba-
.bility is that he is not. In any case
the severity of the St. Petersburg
newspaper is due to the fac that he
does not wear a padded uniform. with
n hot Of medals strung across his
breast. That a mar should be much
of a man in civilian dress is not COM
pretended in the land Of the Cos
sacks. Those who know Morgan
Shuster say that he is over six feet
tall. and broad In proportion, so that
he needs no padded uniform! while
his head is built on these fine proper
tions which prevail In Uncle Sans
land. and which have brought out
1000 Of the cars troops, with more
just around the corner. in an effort to
Gust him from his task Of placing the
financial system Of Persia on an hon.
est foundation.
MI. Shuster worked in Cuba under
the then Secretary Root. and in the
Philippine islands with President Taft
when the latter was encouragement
of those islands. and 1t was President
Taft himself who. in response to a
request from the Persian government
for an honest N capable man. rec
commended him for service in Persia.
This official %genealogy does not go
quite to the important points of the
peajacket and the paper collar. but
It does illuminate the Russian notion
OF what constitutes an ''adventurer."
The truth Is that a man who does not
sneeze when Russia takes snuff is not
At to live in Persia, or in any other
territory where Russia has power.
This is the Russian idea. and official
England thus far has made out that
she thinks so. too. Commercial Eng
land. however, is of a different opin-
lon-the Manchester chamber Of COM
merce having issued an earnest plea
for Mr.. Shuster to be allowed to con-
finue and finish his work.