Evening star., 1923-11-04

horns six feet three and four inches
long.
The walls of KashEar. which are
castellated and some eighteen or
thousands Of slaves employed in their
construction For it Is on record that
when one Of them died Of exhaustion
and OF hunger, as was constantly hap
penfng. his mates were not allowed to
remove the body, but were forced to
and lime SO as to form part and parcel
Of the fabric.
Sir Percy Is but dfty-six years OF
age. and though the hardships that he
has undergone and the anxieties. the
dangers which have kept all the re-
sources Of his mind and body forever
on tho alert, have entitled him to we'll
earned repose for the remainder Of his
days, yet his knowledge OF the orient,
and Of tho problems which 1t offers,
economic. religious and political. is 90
his government should no longer take
advantage Of his services. This is
largely due to the differences which
have existed since imperial considera-
authorities At whitehall and at Delhi
to withdraw from the agreements
which he had been authorized to con-
clude. In the name Of the British gov
ernment. with Persia and with other
central .ss Asian A 9rI powers. and. above an,
England had made to assure protection
to those native states and tribes which
had thrown In their lot with her.
In spite Of this. much Of the good
work which he initiated and organized
still endures. and II today Persia is
to . great extent subject to the
dominant influence Of the American
advisers Of the shah's government, and
has been saved from subsection to Rus
sian bolshevism and from Moscow con-
quest and savage terrorism. 1t IL en-
tirely due to Sir Percy Sykes, whose
fund Of stranse experiences. Of amusing
anecdote and OF hairbreadth adven-
lures IL simply inexhaustible. He Is
entitled to q most cordial welcome and
sympathetic attention during his pres
ent visit to America
Frequent references have been made
In these letters to the fact that
Emperor Paul Of Russia was. es-
pecislly toward the tragic end Of his
reign. more or less mentally unbal-
anced. In view. Of the fact that his
autocracy was not only accepted as
national law, but also as religious
belief, by his people, among whom
illiternte peasantry represented 30 per
cent Of the population, the matter
Of putting him under restraint was
quite impractical, and SO his encourage
were obliged to have recourse to the
usual method Of dealing with cases Of
insanity among the "anointed Of the
Lord" namely. assassination,
How craxy ho was. largely through
, absolutely unbridled vanity and pride,
y shown IN the letters and correspond
ence Of King Leopold Of Belgium,
just published In London BY DR.. Egon
Cort, who had access to all sorts of
archives and confidential documents In
hts work. He shows that Emperor
Paul had actually given orders to have
himself ohicially gasetted by his own
government ~ Immediately next. in
precedence TO the Holy Ghost, and as
taking the pas" Of all the national
saints Of Russia, even Of ct. Andrew
and st. Vladimir. He had, likewise,
given orders that his Various amoassa-
dors and ENJOYS abroad should at enol
notify the 9oreign sovsreiFns to whosp
they wefe accredited Of the new rank
and status that he had ofuciaiiy a.
suneA, with Q Nov TO his beiue Ac-
CordGd additional ave 9Rd featect