... o ou t o ff • gun-runners and to prevent damage to telegraph wires. The Government were acting in agreement with the Persian Government was under the command of the Naval Commander-in-Chief. THE PARLIAMENT BILL. In a statement as to the course of business ...

... characters are more or less affected by the influence of the Bakhais, the modern Persian sect, whose powder was shot by the Persian Government in 1850. Bahaism may be described. Miss Stevens tells us, as a religious progressivism, in which the most humanitarian ...

... tlie British Parliament to th** esiatem-e a Bmuiian railway conces- Mon the North Persia have caused turj.nae to the Persian Government. It pointed out that there was old-»i;iiiding arrangement bv which Persia promised not t*» grant railway concessions ...

... t; The British Government desired to see the integrity and independence of Persia maintained, and to see a friendly Persian Government maintaining order in its kingdom. But he could riot altogether agree-with somh of the ether criticisms of his lion, ...

... in the Persian Gulf had certainly not been abandoned, for this would be a most effective way of securing order. The Persian Government was not averse from the employment of foreign officers for the purpose. lie repeated that the policy of the Government ...

... Gulf would he safeguarded. As to Mr. Dillon's fear of indixn officers in Persia, he. Sir Edward, thmight that if the Persian Government were to organise a force under British Indian officers. that would he one of the most effective ways of securing the ...

... reassuring note about the situation in Southern Persia. Thexe is an improvement in the policing of the roads, and the Persian Government, though it is unfavourabl e to the employment of British Indian officers. is ready to accept foreign officer from one ...

... altered by Government. We have certainly not abandoned the action of one Power, and that could not f-\ idea. If the Persian Government would organic that alteration until the other Treaty Power* Persian force under Britiah Indian officer*, were prepared ...

... 'tiptheT jur.d c , calcjat-d u. in.possil.le th- when I b**** *' * dld ut J 1 windfalls •» -i.- were. *''' loud cn task the Persian Government than that when forward be.ng and complete;? neka of a' heavier iba f -p,, SPfIkKP.U Tbik --aed tr be debate tnb. rof ...

... ACHIEVEMENTS. It has been assumed the presence Rushan troop* in Persia has been great hindrance damage to the Nationalist Persian Government. To go back the beginning, if bad not been for the presence of Russian troop* Tabns the Nationalist party would have ...

... quosticxn which could answer definitely He naked: *'Have finally abandoned idl'd ef Indian officers being lent to the Persian Government? answer i/» *No,' Sir Edward replieil. We certainly have not abandoned the idea. think that if live Pertain Government ...

... abstention from interference in Persian affairs, he thought, would not be practicable, and certainly it would not help the Persian Government. He believed that Government was making a genuine effort to put its house in order, and as long as it continued to do ...