| Show SHEIK OF FRIENDS great nation in hie lis welfare the ah elk of kubea Is too shrewd not to understand the sudden in the welfare of bis his ragged little c can ian displayed by three great na gathins nat luna thins russia Ilu asia with the philadelphia built harlac in his harbor bids him that colllns hig his friend not tort vort great britain rises with a cruiser and a gunboat to remark im your old original chum you know while turkey with germany peeping over her ph shoulder tearfully recalls to le tle sheik bis his nominal vassal vassals hilp kowett at the bead head of the persian gulf ii 1 the terin terminus laux of the proposed german railroad which the sultana boott turkey hag has authorized this line Is I 1 to run from the opposite constantinople stantin ople through isaid hassar iconia Ea Eak lacher deregil adana tell and bagdad to kowett with branches to aleppo and ond Cha the route Is I 1 very crooked taps many rich points and arld Is moe mo e than 1500 mlle long meanwhile hussla plans a line of miles from the north to the same point across the wastes of cen aral persia britain Is concerned about the approaches of india and france francis for trade reasons Is urging on russia the occupies the extreme eastern tip up of turkey in asia asla according to the maps but as he has refused to let the sultans special mission land in his harbor it Is evident that ha h does not purpose to let a little thine thing hice royalty stand in the way oc ot the shrewdest bargain bo bp can make for hia his influence ce new york world |
