... Teheran has handed to the Persian Government in reference to the latter's claim of sovereignty over the island of Bahrein in the Persian Gulf. The British Note deals in detail with the contentions put forward by the Persian Government and recalls that Britain ...

... Minister, has been appointed Foreign Minister and Hassan Khan Moshar-ul-Mulk has been appointed Finance Minister. The Persian Government has officially recognised Nadir Shah as King cf Afghanistan.—Reuter. NEW LAW COURTS OF KARACHI. Opened by Governor. ...

... UNREST AMONG PERSIAN TRIBE. Troops Concentritimg. Teheran, May 24. In consequence of unrest among the Qashqai tribe the Persian Government has been engaged in negotiations with them. The latter. however, are showing signs of adopting an uncompromising attitude ...

... miles per hour, three large transport machines—two Vickers Victorias and one Handley Page Hinaidi—by consent of the Persian Government. There was also in India one additional Vickers Victoria, which had arrived on December 17 at Karachi, having carried ...

... THE CIVIL; & MILITARY GAZETTE. BRITISH SYMPATHY. He was confident that the Persian Government, who had had ample evidence during the past few years of the friendly attitude of Great Britain, realised that, in their present difficulties with their dissatisfied ...

... unprovoked attempt on his independence by a foreign Government. A SURPRISING REFERENCE, The Note expresses surprise that the Persian Government hould have referred in the correspond nce to Article io of the Covenant of th 3 League of Nations, under which the members ...

... that the Soviet cannot remain indifferent to attempts to infringe the integrity of Afghanistan. He has requested the Persian Government to take measures against the designs of irresponsible circles in Persian.—Reuter. ...

... left to-day on his tour of the Near and Middle East. One of the objects df his trip, he said, was to discuss with the Persian Government the modernisation of the Persian educational system. Sir Denison will return home before Easter. He said his idea was ...

... authorities concerned as Persia's representative, to sign the original text of the Geneva Protocol on behalf of the Persian Government. A Bushire message says the Shiraz Road is now open and telegraphic communication has been restored. — R cuter. CHANGES ...

... SUGAR AND COTTON. Expert's Hopeful View. Teheran, July 20. The Czeeho-Slovakian expert who 'vas called in to advise the Persian Government, has reported very favcurably on the possibilities of the cultivation of sugar beet in Northern Persia. He is of the ...

... signatory to the Kellogg Pact, should intervene with a view to help ing to bring about a peaceful end of the dispute. The Persian Government has replied that, since Persia has no diplomatic relations with China and, moreover, since the dispute is already nearing ...

... of Merit in the same manner and under the same rules as for Indian officers and other ranks of the Indian army. The Persian Government have discontinued anti-cholera quarantine regulations, but will apply antiplague quarantine measures at Persian ports ...