... general public. In a rilous march of a thousand miles Sir E‘Zrcy succeeded in re - establishing the authority of the Persian Government and filying the flags of the Allies in a number of important towns. Sir Percy Sykes is fift{ ears of age, and his ac ...

... Prime Minister that Russian troops have occupied Bijar, Sinus, Hamadan, Kangaver, and Dowletabad, and has invited the Persian Government to retake possession of these towns, which have been evacuated by the enemy troops.—Reuier. ...

... Persian Premier that Russian troops have occupied Bidjar, Senneh, Hamad an, Kangavcr, and Douletabad, and has invited the Persian Government to retake p oasession these towns, which have been evacuated by the enemy troops.—Reuter. , ...

... the Middle East. Since then the Indian Government has shown praiseworthy energy, with the result that there is now a Persian Government, which, Lord Curzon says, is as satisfactory as we could expect, and the country is being pacified. The main factor ...

... March 7, 1917 gendarmerie, the nucleus of which, under Swedish officers, broke like a rope of sand in the hands of the Persian Government last year. Its numbers have been doubled and will ere long be trebled by recruiting amongst the Baktiari tribes men ...