The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

l|B|l|D QUlKEs
IT GERMAN NAME
snUsrEn sArs TeRsscx OPTICS
ss-Ix CoNsrANr AND PAL
svISo DREAD.
TRUCKLES TO CAR
RUSSIAN HEAR II NOW ABSOLUTE
LY DOMINANT IN PERSIA
AND MoNARD - HIS
AGENT.
TRUcKLEs TO CAR

NEW YORK. Feb. s---"England's
knees shake with fear every time che
contemp!a;es the expanding power and
sse supposed designs OF Germany.
said MIR. Morgan Shusier on his arri-
val today aboard the North German
Lloyd liner George Washington Mr.,
shuster had come directly from Lon
don on his return homo from Teheran.
where since last July he Rad been
fighting, with his back to the wall to
make good" as he put it, asains.
the combined power Of Russia and
Great Britain In his position as treas
urer-generai OF Persia.
The young American. typical In ply
slQue and viewpoint Of the men in
the United States. who arc In The fore
from, OF affairs. discussed his exper-
fences and trials In Persia with the
utmost freedom. His mission to the
capital OF the ancient empire was not
4 diplomatic one. He had been en-
pipyed by the Persia authorities TO
jeave his home al Washington for the
gigantic task OF undermining the 1000
year old revenue system OF Persia.
He entered upon the undertaking with
characteristics American energy and
directness. He did his work SO well
that he soon fell afoui OF both Rus
Sia and Great Britain. He discovered
at the outset that these two powers
snugly felt that any revision of the
age-old Persian system az taxation and
expenditure must be made only In
accordance with their natured pur-
pose ultimately TO partition Persia be-
tween themselves. ''in tho interest Of
civilization and the Cross." He says
that from the inception OF his work
he encountered at every turn the conf
ntned opposition OF St Petersburg and
London. MIR. Shuster finally had to
yield to this influence and resign.
Accompanied 10y Mrs. Shuster and
their two little daughters aged ! and
s, Mr.. Shuster went from the Hobo
kan pier to the Pennsylvania rail-
road station. where their family en-
harked for their old home in WASH
.rgton.
Russia Establishes Agent.
Without Englands support" de-
ciared Mr.. Shuster. Russia could not
have bulidozed its way through the
Persian tangie and sunplanted me with
the plant Belgian. Monard, who o.
nothing less than a secret agent OF
ths Cars government. While In Per-
sia realized as never before the
historical state upon which Great Bril-
tain In bordering because Of the pat
sying dread in the foreign office, under
SIR Edward Gray's administration. that
Germany will make some sudden move
on the chesshoard Of European poll.
lic8 that will put Britain far amane
the tailenders In the game. Sir Ed
ward il playing along heiplessly ano
<ss{x xxYft In, Persia Lest
England lose "a point that would dis
rupf her hopeful policy in the Fan
East Rnssia's tactics toward me and
my work were SO coarse and brutal
that l probably could have enlisted
the active support OF the world had II
not heen for Englanda secret aid ol
Russia"
THE upshot OF il all u.s." added
Mr.. Shuster. that Persia Is now more
Mt the mercy Of the Cars determined
and headiong policy Of ruthless .g'
erosion than before the Anglo Rus
sian alliance there was exposed BY
the sheer force Of circumstances
Is Physically Fit
Mr.. Shuster's keen eyes AMI heuN2
laws that click out the emphasis ol
his words hespeak the moral ant
physical courage he displayed al
through the trying days OF tho latfel
part Of his service at Teheran. ifi'
frame is knit as closely as an attn
lete trained for championship con-
test Although for weeks subjected
10 the gravest dangers. no moved
about the streets OF the Persian cap.
itaI as though no menace turked. His
muscular development seems to pro-
claim his confident belief that had he
been attacked by enemies with piud-
Reons or guns he could have van