RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 2

RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

" An important piece of news," write* the is aval aud Military Gazette, "ftppears m the Persian. paper ScJiems. It reports from Herat that since 1878 there has existed between Russia and Persia a treaty entitling the former, m case of ,war :,with.. England, to send troops over i Persian territory through the Atrek Valley to ;HeraV This treaty,' which wai concluded by the Russian mission to Shero, AU, afterwards supplemented- 1 ' by a further concession permitting the Russians to disembark near Astrabad and march through the Atrek. Valley towards Merv, which at that time wai m- ; dependent. - Russia, therefore, israble to. ; push. ""forward her troops m several' columns over: the territory of the Shah as well as oMhe Czar." The Persian paper Schems publishes the foUbwing ndwsrletfcer from Herlfcf — •" O.ur city resembles* military : cargpj. to whi&h divisions of troops are don-" tinually coming andgoing.y The.popuhV' tion lives m forced idleness", because the fears of a Russian.! army appearing at any moment has caused trade with Persia, Turkestan, and Bokhara to ;Cease altogether. The war is proclaimed m •every mpsqne^and* tl»e lin&mg from fthfr explain: to, tte^peopleiKat^lieV^ilU 'must pray to remain under the sway of Moslem Princes, and that, to be governed by Christians like $h£Czafc would be a misfortune. They '^emind| the people that the Czar is the enefiay of the Caliph m Constantinople, and Ms ardent wish it to ' turn the Ottoman Empire into a Christian province, frighten the people by .te^g:them|t%; if the Russians take |h.^Qi^vthey w^^m once build churgh^^d^conyentSi^^ that from Herat!C?inin^rets the vj^ljatian cross will. shiners fj^mithose^j^rv.' 1