The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-25
FLANE u r
AND COMMENT ON PERSONS AND THINGS IN THE OLD
WORLD.

influence" Germany on the other hand.
! dolng her utmost TO thwart both Of
mem, allied with Turkey. whose influ-
enNe over the Mohammedan shah natu-
rally must be very great. According TO
RUSSIAN newspapers. the Kaiser had sent
o~tficers 10 Persia secretly to enlist the
country FOR participation in the war on
ne side OF the central empires through
ms connivance OF Enver Bey. the Turk
Ism minister OF war.
] Russia's hankering after Persian dates
from the days OF Peter the Great. As ono
step further toward India. and the COM
troi OF the worlds commerce. IL was
not until 1859, when the last tribes Of
nc caucasus were conquered by Russia.
that the Car began 70 make any head
Way IN Persia. Nasr-ed-Din was then
upon tht throne. caring nothing how ne
cnslnvCd has subjects as long a. sufu-
cicut Russian gold was PAID him. An
Arrangements was made with him giving
tht russians control Of the Caspian sea
shul .u moving their lines Of Influence
10 the Persian Gulf. ou the way Co India.
me hussial:s found themselves forcstaIl-
2 "a by the British. who had proI.rf.d A
treaty with the shah. iu 1903. stipuIa-
tlng that he was not 20 permit any Euro
Ptah force 10 pass through hfs domiu-
l'us t"NaIds INDIA In 1881 Britain ac-
CURED from the shah the right OF stop
pms ana searching in Persian waters an
nati'e vessels suspected Of being en-
EaEed iu the African slave trade "a priv
neEe which the British navy extended 10
ai shipping Boz the Persian GuIf suspect
~ oi designs upon British trade in In
In 1892 Britain aud Russia were In
rlNArl over lsrsia. aud when the Shah
lahtti hfltaiu merchants the tobacco
monopoly Russia demanded JOS retoca-
uon. Nssr-ed-uin obsdientIv did 30.
Whcreupuu Britain demanded comp.rsa-
ION ne shah borrowed S4.sUu.UIufrum
tht Bank OF Persia. an English corpora
ion. go ns to pay that compensation.
hfltain ihhirF uf security the customs
rec,iptH Of Che Persian Gulr ports The
20 see thuf neither capita nor interest
on tnaf mortgage should be- met. the
e.bt nus ih.retore. accumulated await
ne ~. .lahi" moment f.. foreclosure
In 1900 Russia forced upun th. shan
!pan OF some thirteen million dollars.
lahlnE a. guarantee aI th. customs
.ilH or the CuuutIf except those
pledged to britain 0u the persiaI euIf
ahd trfluE tU force britain Co accent
rom Persia the payment of her debt.
ln 1909. when shah Mohammed Hu VS.
driven from the country and bic Young
son the present shah. succeeded him. ne
lllf Iersian debt amounted to $4,000
.N'. -FOUR fffhe ~ which was ued 10
Russia from which the rrraisns hrd teT
~ bcneft thouEh heavily tated % pay
The interest.
In 1907. Britain feeling The arreurf.r.
Z hurHia in Persia aErrcd d. divide
lne country into spheres of Influence.
Lne from the IurkiuE boundary Co the
AlEhan frontier was drawn across Per
Fia north Of lspahan. and thr fsr-ff0r.
north ~ tlla line was handed over Of.
ituHaln Another lIur south Df TaHerar
extended from Che Afghan -buurlHu, DO
hHnder AhbHf. un the wet. an OF ne
leffltort bf.HH tNIH line fn Ihr rrraIan
our hcius acquired az influence Ev
Great hrltaiu Ih. two powers then
announced tn Che world tha frrt IaI
guaranteed The inferufV and Iufrr.rf-
rnce ~ Persia although they had M.
alutinF Persia
ln The meantime the MORGAN gfuaf.r
episode stopped both Russia and HrfI..n
If.m lurINnr NIrInI. Aggression and CO.
a result the Crar r0trrumrnf vas r..
..mlttinE ln Its efforts tu have tHIr
American f~lnaurIHI rafHruor removed
30 sooner had thIa been a-re0mrIaI.f
Whe1 ODE itrtuErnd rrrae declared chat
the DraIau cuuaufu. 0 would o. atra.
sAIrd iLr schools closed except those
favored by Russia and every FOREIGNER
hostile o. the tlar removed from North
frn Persia This Do was admitted would
not suit England Hut uuvuIna-atreef
they know could NOT help facIf In view
81 the Germs. danger
People talk Of the Sublime Porte rpt
not ne TURKS This phrase like fho
sweet MIfUrn. "fhr Golden Horn" nnH
ofhrre which sound oriental. are NOT
really Hu. huf European fn Ita ORIGIN DO
D. uuvcrsuHed hy che Tuka fhemaefvaa a.
r. fnonNm for ore ottoman government
W hirh nffIra ifa0f Officially .Uubru.|
met .reuilc" tGlorIoua government. /