... of the capitulations conferring on foreigners resident in Persia the privilege of extra-territorial jurisdiction the Persian Government had renounced its commercial treaties with the various •European Powers and the United States. These treaties came to ...

... completion, Major (i. Woods Humphery, general manager of Imperial Airways, has gone to Teheran to discuss with the Persian Government a portion of the section of this air line which lies «long the shores of the Persian Gulf. Equipment for this section ...

... IND PERSIA TARIFF TREATY SIGNED. Py Our Affairs It was given out In London last night tnat long negotiations with the Persian Government have resulted in the signing of a tariff treaty by which Great britain acquires most-favoured-nation treatment. and ...

... Commons yesterday that the Persian Government had introduced a new Customs tariff. British trade with Persia now carried on under a tariff agreed upon In 19 - ..11, which nas not due for revision until IWO. The Persian Government have, however, approached ...

... 163,000 kilos of Persian opium over and above the official figures had been exported and imported, and urged that the Persian Government should be asked for explanations. M. Brenier next turned to the opium situation in China and advocated the control of ...

... undertake the building of southern portion. This proposed of German and American is dependent upon the ratification by the Persian Government of the subletting by the German group. The United States firm, it is stated, would have the co-operation of British ...

... . nine days from London to Calcutta. One of the chief obstacles at the . , moment is the unexplained refusal of the Persian Government to permit a landing in its territory. Once the regular Indian service is established, we shall have to push on to Australia: ...

... derelopment of reserves and aux'. hary . forces. . . - dvfl aviation development had been held up by the refusal of tile Persian Government to allow the Imperial Airways to operate along the Persian Gulf and so prevented the extension of the service from Basra ...

... national aspirations. TTiursday, March I, 191?. SIR AUSTEN TO PERSIA Islands Overrun by Persian Troops CLAIM DENIED 11' Persian Government';, pen* test against the recognition, in tiic Treaty of Jcddah. of the sove- reignty of the King of the Hvdjaz over ...

... relations with Persia. It is now three mouths rir.ee tlie British Minister in Teheran presented certain demands the Persian Government, which that Government rejected, holdin;; that them involved an an justifiable attempt to interfere the internal affairs ...

... proceeding in other portions of the 500,000 square miles covered by the concession which the company holds from the Persian Government. The succeeding chapters deal with how the oil is found, refined, and distributed; of how science has been invoked to ...

... endeavouring to find an amicable way out the situation. One report has it that the revolt has been caused bv attempts of the Persian Government collect land-taxes formerly paid to the local Sheikh o: uhammarah. This Sheikh, who formerly exerciser semi-sovereign ...