... FINANCIAL TROUBLES. Sir George Scott-Robertson asked the Foreign Secretary whether sum of £42,000, belonging to the Persian Government and set aside by them for the payment of police and gendarmerie, had been impounded by the Russian Authorities. Sir ...

... Sir J. D. Rees asked whether the British Minister Teheran wa- a party to the warning given the Russian Minister to the Persian Government that if it concluded any special agreement with Germany and Turkey the Anglo- Russian undertaking maintain the integrity ...

... reference to Persian railways, the noble Viscount quoted the explicit assurances given to His Majesty's Government by the Persian Government, and confirmed in 1900, with refer- ence to raitway construction, and said His Government could not conceal from themselves ...

... situation was such that the Persian Government was the eve of evacuating the capital. Ilte Russian forces were disorganised their efforts. Many towns in the country had passed out of *the control of the Persian Government, and lawlessness reigned supreme ...

... months they wore to employ British officers, who would bo lent by the Indian Government to bo in the service of the Persian Government to organise the Persian force with tbo object of restoring and maintaining order. ...

... Russian Troops near Teheran. They believed that it was the genuine desire the present Persian Government to restore order as far as they could throughout the country, and in order to assist them to do that Russian troops in considerable numbers had been ...

... war. (Hear, hear.) Without the existence of such a force as the Persian Rifles for police purposes. the safety of the Persian Government. would be imperilled. and the sole desire of the British Government was to render it an effective unit in the military ...

... could expect was possible under the circumstances. The Russian Government and His Majesty’s Government wished assist the Persian Government with small advances sufficient, they hoped, to enable it make progress towards the restoration of order, and give it ...

... Colonel Wedgwood asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty’s Government had received and had refused the request of the Persian Government to lay its claim before the Peace Conference, and, if so, on what ground was this opposition based. Mr. Harmsworth: ...

... position of the Swedish Government clear with regaid to tnis matter. These Swedish soldiers had taken service under the Persian Government. of them wore under a certain degree of control their own Government, being, P r sume d, possession of pensions. Over ...

... jioliticol object intomled, which was to strengthen the agitations in Persia and weaken the cordial agreement between the Persian Government and the Allies. ...

... Foreign Affaire has resigned. i - Tersras, Friday. | Sir E. Grey has telegraphed instructions urgently advising the Persian Government to comply with Russian demands. The Mejliss, in public si ting, has confirmed its refusal to accept the Russian ultimatum ...