Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 5 | Russia Again Faces Turkey

I RUSSIA AGAIN FACES Activity of the Sultans SoP diers in Persia May Cause Another Terrible War CZAR SENDS MEN PATRIOTIC SPEECHES MADE IN INTHE INTHE INTHE THE DUMA St St Petersburg Feb 8 The Russo Turkish relations have entered upon pon a menacing phase Alarmed at the un U Unchecked checked Turkish penetration pen at raton of Persia and ami aO mobilization in Armenia the tho Rus flue Russian Russian sian government has decided 10 o exe execute execute cute a formidable military mitry demonstration tion tian in reply on the fron tron frontier frontier tier ter dispatching there a compact exp of select troops from cen central central trl Russia Rusia with wih full ful war equipment and it I is acting with wih uncommon rapid rapidity rapidIty ity fy with wih a view to overawing the Turks by a decisive exhibition of ot force I Plans Drawn UD IUD The war office has drawn up plans of f the expedition and submitted them hurriedly for legislative enactment to the duma Friday The committee on or national defense assembled in virtually a closed session A representative of the war office briefly and impressively outlined the Turkish preparations on which Russia is fully informed and asked for an open credit for the maintenance of an army of men He met the possible possible possible ble argument of economy by saying that Russia RUb ia had expended blood and treas treasure treasure treasure ure in Manchuria in vain owing to the initial backwardness in armament armament The empires prestige in the middle feast east he said is now also in the balance and Russia must be prepared to defend it I I All Al Are Arc Patriots M leader of the party part in a speech said sid that the major majority majority majority ity in the duma uma were Russian patriots and willing to part with wih their last lat shirt to defend the fatherland The commit committee tee in a high pitch of patriotism passed the appropriation unanimously At the same session the war office ob obtained obtained tamed sanction sancton for a furt further i item Iem of to create floating batteries along the Baltic coast which h owing to the weakness of the navy Is at the mer mercy mercy mercy cy of Germany German