Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-21
certain Of thessi reEsqna .aE.

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pers. Certain of Theses regions lara /
said to- be among the most fertile in
the world. producing in abundance not
only the! finest of wheat and bafleyV
but grapes, 'apricots, peaches, nectar
ines, pomegranates, figs and melons
which are unsurpassed among the
fruits Of the temperate zone. Cotton
and tobacco thrive, and roses, as well
as other flowers, gloriously deserve
the frequent association Of their
names with that of Persia.
Now Has Chance to Develop.
The day is at hand as one of the
by-produqts of the war, when Persia
has the opportunity to begin to learn
from British experts, not only how
to reclaim more desert land by build<;
I ing better aqueducts and by throwing
barrages across mountain gorges to
store the surplus of the spring fresh
cts, but how to establish closer COM
munication with the outside world
and to develop her great potential re-
sources "''' s"""S'' -
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and cooperative spirit necessary to
develop their country themselves, the
!. Persiaps have suffered from the jeal-
Gus rivalry of their neighbors, and
from q seclusion forced by nature, but
belied by their central geographical
location! in all the recent history-mak,
ing disturbances in the Near and Mid
| die East.
In spite Of her position ss a YER
table Asiatic Belgium, Persia 10
strangely cut off from world inter,
course by those same NATURAL bar
riers which so affect her climate.
u At the opening of this century not
a single highway suitable for wheeled
conveyances pierced the mountains to
the plateau A few foreign offcials'
and infrequent venturesome travellers
made their toilsome way by caravan
| over tortuous passes to the Persian
capital or to other Persian cities and
the Rersiaps themselves for the most
4 part. stayed at home. But about 1900
a government-subsidized Russian conf
pany opened post road, as a mill
1itary4c6nmerciAl venture, which
climbed from the Persian port of
EMAIL. on the Caspian sea, toethe
capital city, Teheran. '''P z
Five years ago three or 'fotir post
d carriage routes and narrow,gaNge
i railway rpnning. FIVE and aahalf miles
were the oily competitors Of the pic
'turesque but slow-moving caravan.
'I"' Teherah's Fine Location.
Il No, one knows how long there has
been a city where the present capt.
tai of Persia stands. 1t has not al
ways been called Teheran, nor. has 1t
4 always been In the same spot; but a
city has existed in the locality as far
back as Persian history reaches.
Such suitable site could hardly be
overlooked. 1t is at an altitude. Of
Ilnearly 1000 feet, at the foot Of tower
ing mountains. at the junction Of three
great Asiatic caravan Fonfes,i near
mountain passes, and beside an ample
supply Of water. Favored in these
ways, 1t has accumulated a population
of more than 100000 since the begin
ming OF the Nineteenth cehtTy5nisis =
The latitude is that Of Cape Hat
teras. The three summer months are
exceedingly hot and dry, butn IL one
wishes the luxury of summer resort
1t is at his door. .l..''e,h ans
Although occupying an ancient site
Teheran is modern city. It has
! been the capital of Persia only a lit
tie more than a century. and has beer
: an, important metropqlis fqrta rppci
J shorter time than that. n x.s,.,Yai
In journeying to Teherpn from th'
Caspian sea, so Sudden il the tran
. sitibn from desert to city that befor'
r one realizes that the jo1zsney Is "a
. an end he ] finds himself clatteri1i
: across the stone icauseway, ever tn
: moat toward the most surprising q
! gnteways.. a great multicQlored facad
I overlaid with a gay mosaic of glisten
e Ing tiles and topped. with nu'nerou
{ minarsts ornamsnted in the sam
fashion. s..
j Teheran Il one * those nunmuef0ui
Il cities between the Near and the IA
q East which calls for : modification o
i Kipllng's oft-quoted line; for her
+ East and West have mee, hat hav
, not mixea