... the recently announced arrival of Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes in Teheran, where he is entering into a with the Persian Government with respect to his taking up the duty of instructor to the now gendarmerie, the 7imes says : Mail advices from Shiraz ...

... Turkish military advance was exercising so disastrous an influence on the situation in Teheran at that time that the Persian Government was on the eve of evacuating the capital. Since then there had been not merely a sensible alleviation but a steady ...

... financial assistance to the Persian Government in the difficult times through which it had passed. The object of Sir Percy Sykes was to organize in Southern Persia a force of military gendarmerie or police under the Persian Government, but officered by British ...

... a. LOYALTY OF NEIGHBOURING STATES. Nor must we forget our great obligations to neighbouring States. On the west the Persian Government, at one time sorely pressei by German intrigue, but throughout assured that Great Britain, their best friend in the ...

... endeavours to induce Persia to depart from her neutrality had completely broken down. The company's relations with the Persian Government continued to be of the most cordial character. The undertaking, which had been developed by British enterprise and British ...