Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-03
SATURDAY. FEaRUAY 3, 1912.
ENGLAND, RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

eNel AND, RUSSIA AND PERSIA.
The remarkable reception gwen N
london 10 " Morgan Shuster mas
Sa.ions International significance, n
floating that fIng;and's policy in
,g,.ament Wit, he Russian program
:. Persia lacks hear+y lome support
indeed IS confronted with Mill
ant opposition suggesting the posi-
,;I;tr Of changes in the European
alignment. Nj. Shuster's work in
:oars;a was. Of course. primarily ior
oa-s;a as a nation. an autonomous
state. He could not recognize mort
zages claimed BY Two great powers
vnic,, Persia itself did not aesnow,.
.dge. mortgages written in ,erns OF
'spheras IT influence By virtue Of
which England aud Russia pra-empted
respectively: the southern and north
arm parts Of The si,ah's and az heirs
prospective. He did his work az treas
lvar general conscientioualy and. it
8 not disputed, successfully He
,ronghr order out Of financial chaos
which mad long prevailed and put Per
sia on its feet on business basis
That ne failed to show diplomatic
5liaNhty in dealing With the Russian
and British representatives may or
may not have bean fault, Il is at
East now recognized that even though
he had shown the highest tact in
handling tha delicate situation which
arose under hts jurisdiction ne could
rot long hara postponed Russian
foreclosure. inasn.urh AZ there was no
disposition at London to stay r.ae hand
"-arhed OUT from s. Petersburg to
commits as grave a crime against a
la.D!ess nation as vas ever perpe.
rated
The Washington Srar says the DEM
ylstratio., AT London in honor 81 NJ.
Shustar is a direct and it wo'l]d scent
4 popular criticism Of the British gov
a-n7ne1its policy in aligning itself
With Russia in eastern affairs. Many
fsr-seeing Engiishnian believe it to
be a grave mistake from the MOST
selfish point Of view, for England to
play at partners with Russia in any
program east OF the Bosphogrls. There
Is nothing to be gained. for example.
ii allowing Russia TO press its from
rier half way down through Persia for
rh-s sake Of claim upon the sonthern
nalf Of that country. The net effect
q A partition OF Persia will be to sub
s-stutA a British prctectorate over the
southern section and R'lssia44 pos
session Of the northern for strictly
Aeitral buffer state better serving the
British purposes II, safeguarding the
frontier Of India Fly this transaction.
4, rs prospective effects England
arihgs itself into dangerous contact
casiway through Persia with the pow
~ rhieh it recognizes as aspiring, FOR
generations, to reach the Indian ocean.
CcHpIed with the British iadixaa-
ION at the dfsasteful alliance with
Russia is an outraged sense that Eng
and has rot PLAYED the game in
Persia. Had Sir Edward Grey mari
tested opposition TO the RTssfa, atti-
tude toward Sinister he would ia
7oubtedfy have been stfII at work At
7eAeran building up rational organ
ization through a SIRE financial sys-
tesa England would have stood be-
gore the world as The friend Of an IN
Justly n,enaeed nation. There is 40
~liStle Enelandfsn' in this feeling
Witch now shows itself 30 emphatic.
ally IN the Sanitation Of VI. Sinister
IA London. On the contrary. it 4
the biggest Of English spirit. ard II is
likely 70 have an effect ultimately. II
hot at once. in forcing an amend
nseat q the British foreign policy ard
= freak OF what most Eaglishnnen Of
today befieve 70 be AZ unhoIy alliance
With Russia.