... tatest loan, Persia is delivered hand anu foot to Russia. 3 Two of the known couditions of this loan are r that if the Persian Government d., not refund exacrtly the stipulated yearly i nstalments, tthe e Russians will control the Custom duties, and r that ...

... somre enterprising spirits profiting bv the goed understanding and iriendship which exist non' between the Russ=an and Persian Govern- mont,,will undcubteolvy,wherx the Shah pwusses by St. Petersburg, applv for sone good concessions and privileges, andl ...

... The story may be not well foupded, but improbably bau fti it the’elements of truth. . To continue the narrative. The Persian Government finding Russia pressing, paid off their little indebtedness to the bank, and expressed, with the usual politeness of ...

... short of it would be criminal—not much harm will be done. Russia stands in the place of money-lender-in-chief to-the Persian Government, Behind the Loan Bank, practically bankrupt not so long since, is the Bank of St. Petersburg, and behind that institution ...