Review of reviews and world's work . ersian lil)eral forces are no match for Russia,still less if England sends a corps of her In-dian troops to aid in the work of has intimated that she might do this. The political situation is not clear. Earlyin June the Fossisclte Zeitun^, a semi-officialBerlin paper, published an outline of a tri-partite treaty between the Shah, England,and Russia, guaranteeing the rules of thefirst named and parceling the country into spheres of influence betw-een his denials of such a treaty made in Lon-don have not been convincing, and if it
Review of reviews and world's work . ersian lil)eral forces are no match for Russia,still less if England sends a corps of her In-dian troops to aid in the work of has intimated that she might do this. The political situation is not clear. Earlyin June the Fossisclte Zeitun^, a semi-officialBerlin paper, published an outline of a tri-partite treaty between the Shah, England,and Russia, guaranteeing the rules of thefirst named and parceling the country into spheres of influence betw-een his denials of such a treaty made in Lon-don have not been convincing, and if it existsit may be taken for granted that the twoPowers will keep Mohammed on the throneat all costs. No doubt some sort of popular governmentwill be installed and reforms will be made, butthe Shall will reign under tutelage of Englishand Russian residents. That is to say, if Ger-many does not interpose objections. The Kaiserhas long regarded Persia as a future appanageof his crown. Perhaps he will try his Moroc-can tactics over THE ONLY RAILROAD IN PERSIA.(Ten miles long and single track frum Teheran to the shrine of a former Shah.) 228 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEIVS. HELLENISM IN THE ^GEAN SEA AND IN ASIA MINOR. ipROM the remotest times the ^gean Sea?*• has played a preponderant role in theevolution of the Hellenic world, both in re-gard to political expansion and militar}^ powerand to the development of her intellectualactivit3\ The Greek nation owes much tothe sea, writes Mr. N. Kasasis in LHel-linisme (Paris). Tt is on the sea that the Hellenic race hasacliievcd its most glorious exploits; but theyEgean Sea has been a benefactress to all thecountries of Europe. She was the way by whichentered the civilization and culture of ancientAsia, fertilizing the young Aryan races. Theisland of Cyprus was the first halting-place ofthe maritime expansion of the Phoenicians,whence Asiatic civilization spread over the Hel-lenic regions, over the shores and islands ofAsia Minor a
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