BERLIN, Monday – The next curious observe appeared in a Berlin newspaper: “Russian officers who maintain senior positions of their nation are stated to be now on a secret mission in England, the place they’ve been negotiating for the previous month with European Union officers.” British Civil Service.” Their alleged intention was to acquire data, maps and plans referring to English concessions in Persia and Arabia.
“After leaving London, they are going to go to Paris so as to contract a big mortgage there, and to acquire the assist of France. Russia intends to construct a large railway line by means of Russia, Turkestan, Persia and Arabia to the Purple Sea. On the finish of the Purple Sea a Moscow naval station will probably be established, and An settlement had already been concluded and signed with the federal government of the Shah of Persia.
— New York Herald, European Version, December 21, 1898
