GREAT BRITAIN AND TURKEY.
! MOKE TROUBLE IN THE PERSIAN I GULP. I RUSSIA'S SUPERIOR MAN-OF-WAR By Telegraph—l’resa Association—Copyright London, Doc. 21. Mohacoukh, Shiek of Koweyt, has been i summoned to Constantinople to make I obeisance to the Sultan. The Sultan’s I emissary was not allowed to land a*. | Koweyt. liurasohiJ, Ameer of Xejd, at • | Turkey’s instigation, iias collected an 1 army. Mobaronkh iias appealed for Bri tish protection and offered to abdicate iu • favor of his son.
The British cruiser Pomone and gunboat Red hire as t are at Koweyt, also the Russian cruiser Varyag. The splendid appearance of the latter created a great impression. The commander of tho Varya# visited the Sultan at Muscat. Russian doctors inquired regarding the healthiness of Ormuz and lvissm. The Times insists on the necessity of drastic steps to enforce the status quo in the Persian Gulf, or if opposed sweeping j away the Sultan under Turkey’s shadowj ing suzerainty.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 297, 23 December 1901, Page 2
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