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 MEDJLIS its bombardment by the Cossack Brigade under the Russian Colonel ENTRANCE TO THE PARLIAMENT (MEDJLIS) GROUNDS. THE MEDJLIS ABOLISHED 203 their country, I finally persuaded them to do neither the onenor the other. There seemed to be no particular good in as-sassinating even their treacherous countrymen, as it would onlyhave given color to the pretensions of Kussia and England thatthe P
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 MEDJLIS its bombardment by the Cossack Brigade under the Russian Colonel ENTRANCE TO THE PARLIAMENT (MEDJLIS) GROUNDS. THE MEDJLIS ABOLISHED 203 their country, I finally persuaded them to do neither the onenor the other. There seemed to be no particular good in as-sassinating even their treacherous countrymen, as it would onlyhave given color to the pretensions of Kussia and England thatthe Persians were not capable of maintaining order. When the last representative element of the ConstitutionalGovernment, for which so many thousands had fought, suffered,and died, was wiped out in an hour without a drop of bloodbeing shed, the Persian people gave to the world an exhibitionof temperance, of moderation, of stern self-restraint the likeof which probably no other civilized country could show undersimilar trying circumstances. I have often been asked whether the Persians were reallycapable of reforming their government; whether they were notmere degenerates, and if there was any true national spiritamong them. We all know how easy it is to give forth patrioticu
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