... nevertheless, it has been made, and that is the central and dominant fact. At the same time it is 8 misfortune that the Persian Government, either seriously or in a moment of irrita- tion, has threatened to cast the whole problem.of the Perso-Afghan frontier ...

... from the Government of the Shah at regarding the delimitation of the frontier between Persia and Afghanis- tan. The Persian Government protests that it has been unjustifiably deprived of territory by virtue of the new line of de- marcation laid down by ...

... prise conceived on these lines would, of course, be facilifated by the new arrange- ment between the Russian and the Persian Governments, for the northern half of the Shah’s dominions might be converted into a point d’appwi for movements, now that, by the ...

... occupation of the strategically important and well-watered posts of Ladis Dusab and Mirdschiwa. It is said that the Persian Government is about to recall their present Commissioner at Mirdschiwa as prejudicial to Persian interests. It is also re- ported ...