... itself unimportant, resulted in agreement that English ships should be stationed in the Gulf to perform duty which the Persian Government was unable to carry out for itself. The British Navy often referred to -as doing police duty the seas. Here a case where ...

... advantageous terms, but. admittedly, the financial hold of Eussia and the terms coupled with her loan—viz., that the Persian Government should borrow of no one else—constitute a difficult feature in the situation. It is an interesting fact that one the ...

... with an address, enclosed in a silver-gilt casket, acknowledging the protection to the company's line accorded by the Persian Government. At noon, his Mili•-sty held a reception of the Diplomatic Corps in London and of British Ministers and permanent officials ...