... Governments as to the line of demarcation. The Porte wishes to have the matter investigated by a joint commission, but the Persian Government insists that the Turkish troops shall be withdrawn from the territory in dispute before an investigation begins. ...

... Moscow. The extension from Djulfa via Fai to Tabriz was mapped out some years ago, but the formal concession from the Persian Government does not yet appear to have been secured. Russian officials do not, however, anticipate any difficulty in this matter ...

... St. Petersburg, Aug. 25 (Retder). —The following telegram of yesterday’s date has been received here from Teheran The Persian Government is negotiating for the purchase of two gunboats, with a view to putting a stop to the operations of smugglers in the ...

... suspected of planning the occupation of certain strategically important and well-watered posts. It is said that the Persian Government are about to recall their present commissioner at one of these places, Mirdschiwa, as prejudicial to Persian interests ...

... though it is pretty certain that the delay that has taken place has been wholly dufe to the obstruction and apathy of the Persian Government. Col. McMahon has had much experience of the ways of Oriental States where missions and commissions and the like are ...

... boundary to which my predecessor referred in his reply to the hon, member on March 3, 1903, has been settled with the Persian Government without demarcation. Up to the end of 1904-1905 the expenditure on the mission had amounted to about 26 lacs, and about ...

... and the Persian Gulf still remains one of the possible storm centres of the world. It is generally believed that the Persian Government resents any interference in Bushire affairs, and the exact standing of the Turkish Government with regard to Koweit ...