The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . The Persian peasants, laboring-classes and small property-owners are not intractable in thematter of paying their dues to the Government, but the peculiarcondition in that country demanded that the Governmentshould be able to show the necessary force with, which to exactthe taxes before it could hope to receive them on the mere de-mand of civilian officials. After a number of talks with. Ma-jor Stokes I became convinced t
The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . The Persian peasants, laboring-classes and small property-owners are not intractable in thematter of paying their dues to the Government, but the peculiarcondition in that country demanded that the Governmentshould be able to show the necessary force with, which to exactthe taxes before it could hope to receive them on the mere de-mand of civilian officials. After a number of talks with. Ma-jor Stokes I became convinced that he was an ideal man to un-dertake the work of organizing and of instructing, alongtechnical lines, the officers and men who should compose thisforce; and finding that he was loath to leave Persia, in whosefuture prospects and regeneration he was sincerely interested,I made the proposal to him, informally, that he should acceptthe post of chief of this future gendarmerie organization, undermy own direct supervision and orders. I thereupon wrote toSir George Barclay, British Minister, stating that, upon thetermination of Major Stokes services as military attache to.
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