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 . BRITISH AND RUSSIAN POLICIES 251 Ask the Czar of Russia whether he promised at Potsdam thatthe Anglo-Russian Convention would not be interpreted by Rus-sia as binding herself to any act inimical to Germany in thecase of hostilities between the latter country and England. By the answers to these questions, if they were truthfullygiven, the sudden onslaught on Persia last autumn by the Rus-sian radical Cabinet would be full
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 . BRITISH AND RUSSIAN POLICIES 251 Ask the Czar of Russia whether he promised at Potsdam thatthe Anglo-Russian Convention would not be interpreted by Rus-sia as binding herself to any act inimical to Germany in thecase of hostilities between the latter country and England. By the answers to these questions, if they were truthfullygiven, the sudden onslaught on Persia last autumn by the Rus-sian radical Cabinet would be fully explained. The puerility oftalking of Persia having affronted Russian Consular officers andof Persias Treasurer-general having appointed a British sub-ject to be a tax-collector at Tabriz, as the reasons for Russias ag-gressive and brutal policy in Persia, is only too apparent. Andthis, in spite of the fact that volumes would not contain the barerecord of the acts of aggression, deceit and cruelty which Rus-sian agents have committed against Persian sovereignty and theConstitutional Government since the deposition of MuhammadAli in 1909. Since when has lack of tact
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