... Great Britain and The Earl of Crewe, in reply, said the negotiations on the question had been broken off because the Persian Government had not seen their way to comply with the conditions upon which the Russian and British Governments were prepared to ...

... That Persian Loan. There is nothing very surprising about the announcement that the Persian Government have refused to accept the Anglo-Russian offer of a loan On the part of any other than an Oriental country such a refusal might well create astonishment; ...