... The spending of the loan should be entrusted to an official of great administrative ability, and for this purpose the Persian Government should be given the widest area of choice abroad. It is insintained in somo quarters that Persia needs rigid autocracy ...

... striking article, “The Times’’ deals with the Persian question. It says: Nearly two years have passed since informed the Persian Government that, unless took speedy measures keep the trade routes of Southern Persia open, we should have to take the matter in ...