... and during the early steps of the war Persia was in sympathy with the Central Powers. The position was critical. he Persian Government was weak and hostile, and at any moment Persia might have become a hostile theatre of war. Meantime, we were advancing ...

... LORD CURZON'S CLAIN. Reviewing Britain's Persian policy last night, Lord Curzon claimed that the ratification bi t the Persian Government of the 1919 Anglo-Persian Agreement was the sole possible guarantee of the continuance of Persia. He insisted that ...