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 . Q a -~f 2 £ H D 2 -, fn O 2 H = w 3 H P ~ a 2 a a a -r. O tf «! ^ ft O <! H 3 o a 02 a O 3 a cj <i a 2 CM a a. w 3 ?< .& £§ 1 HO g <j - M 02 3 w O *Q 1 2 § <) o THE PEESIAN PEOPLE 245 ish Governments, however, were constantly instructing their Min-isters at Teheran to obtain this concession or to block that one,failing utterly to recognize that the days had passed in whichthe affairs, lives and interests of
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 . Q a -~f 2 £ H D 2 -, fn O 2 H = w 3 H P ~ a 2 a a a -r. O tf «! ^ ft O <! H 3 o a 02 a O 3 a cj <i a 2 CM a a. w 3 ?< .& £§ 1 HO g <j - M 02 3 w O *Q 1 2 § <) o THE PEESIAN PEOPLE 245 ish Governments, however, were constantly instructing their Min-isters at Teheran to obtain this concession or to block that one,failing utterly to recognize that the days had passed in whichthe affairs, lives and interests of twelve millions of people wereentirely in the hands of an easily intimidated and willinglybribed despot. With a popularly elected parliament in controlof railroad, mining and other concessions, the old-time facilityfor getting certain things done for the time had other words, the Medj lis was inconvenient to the secret pur-poses, whatever they may have been, of the two powers whichwere so constantly proclaiming that their interests in Persiawere in danger. s As to the Persian people themselves, it is difficult to general-ize. The great mass of the population is composed of peasantsand tribesmen, all densely ignorant. On the other hand? manythousands have bee
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