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 . combination of Powers that has any aggressive 1 tendencyagainst the other. Germany recognizes that Northern Persia is a Russian sphereof influence, and that Russia can claim all the railway conces-sions granted by the Persian Government in that region. Byway of supporting Russian policy in Northern, Persia, Germancapital will be provided to assist in the construction of a railwayfrom Teheran to Khanikin, on the Turco-Pers


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 . combination of Powers that has any aggressive 1 tendencyagainst the other. Germany recognizes that Northern Persia is a Russian sphereof influence, and that Russia can claim all the railway conces-sions granted by the Persian Government in that region. Byway of supporting Russian policy in Northern, Persia, Germancapital will be provided to assist in the construction of a railwayfrom Teheran to Khanikin, on the Turco-Persian frontier. Thisline will thus be financed partly by German and partly by Rus-sian capital, but will remain under the control of the Russianconcessionaires. Russia recognizes Germanys commercial interests in NorthernPersia, and guarantees the maintenance of the open doorpolicy in that sphere of Russian political influence. Russia recognizes Germanys rights, granted by concession, inthe Bagdad Railway, and undertakes to give diplomatic supportto the completion of that enterprise. i The ambiguity contained, in the qualification aggressive is approveddiplomatic FPHR\IM KHAN (WITH FUR-COLLARED OVERCOAT), AMIR MUJAHID (LEANING^^ ON CANE) AND MR. SHUSTER. Inspecting the Nationalist forces about to be dispatched against Muhammad Ali.


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