Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1911 — BRITAIN TO TRY TO CURB RUSSIA [ARTICLE]

BRITAIN TO TRY TO CURB RUSSIA

English Opinion Does Not €up> port Muscovite Policy. MAY DECIDE TO CALL A HALT Persian Government Doing Utmost to Placate British for Attack on Ttjeir Consul, Mr. Smart, Who Is ’ Safe After All. London, Dec. 29.—England, which is equally interested with the government of the Czar in Persia, is not receiving with approbation the Russian semi-official statement regarding the proposed punishment of certain Persians. Opinion here tends to the belief that the time has arrived when pressure be made to induce Russia to modify her intentions. There is much dissatisfaction here over the Russian attitude, and ev«a_ihe Westminster Gazette, which is a supporter of the government, advocates calling a halt on Russian methods'. It suggests that the wounding of Mr. Smart, the British consul, gives Great Britain the opportunity to persuade Russia to take a more lenient course.

BRITISH CONSUL ATTACKED Anti-English Feeling Strong in Southern Part of Persie. Teheran, Dec. 29.--The government is doing its utmost to placate-Great Britain tor the attack on Mr. Smart, the British consul, and his escort of Indian sowars near Kazerun. The Persian authorities are afraid that the incident may lead to the military oc- ] cupation by Great Britain of that part of the country and has assured England that the guilty parties will be punished. Mr. Smart, who witnessed the fight in which two Indian soldiers were killed, has been convoyed safely to Shiras, the capital of the province of Fars. The attack on the escort is ascribed partly to the anti-British feeling, which is due to England’s support of Russia, and partly to the action of the British Indian troops marching across 1 the country without having given anyj previous notice of their intention to. the authorities. There is the strong-; est knd of anti-British feeling in the Pfr Persia where the at-' and the English consulate guards will probably be in-* creased. England May Send Troops. Calcutta, Dec. 29. here that the government Is about to send a regiment of cavalry and a bat? tery to south Persia. This report cannot be confirmed, but there is much irritation because of the attack on Indian troops near Kaxerun and talk about an insult to the British prestige.