... his dictum? What of the agreement in Persia between the Government there and the British oil interests? Did not the Persian Government for a time take whatever benefit it could under an agreement which it accepted only unwillingly, and did it not at the ...

... saying it! A midnight threat recalled WHEN he announced to the British Commons last week tnat negotiations with the Persian Government on the oil crisis had broken down because, as he said, there were threats and dictation that made all negotiation impossible ...

... has a student body of 48. The Law and Christmas Cults In Persia. TEHERAN (Persia). During the Christmas season the Persian government made an exception of the rule of monopoly of commerce which demands that for all meruhandise imported there shall be ...

... thirsty days. And here and there beside the camel files ride the men of Nayib Hussein, protecting the pilgrims. The Persian Government has entrusted the road on them. For it and all that fare thereon I can only repeat my pious wish for Hassan, May God ...

... PERSIAN CHIEF EXECUTED. A Tabruz message reports the execution, by order of the Persian Government, of Hamed Kulik Khan, one of the most powerful chieftains of the Shahgeons, who made himself notorious b 3• his incursions on the Caucasion frontier. MR ...

... Secret History of To-day. Teheran, March 6.—The Persian government is greatly disturbed by the apparent in, capacity of the British government to 1 1 with the diaorders in England and has noti- I fled the government that the Caspian liea squadron will ...

... continues the Persian re. ply, are more coinformable with a desire to remove differences and to come to an agreement. The Persian Government therefore begs to submit ita refusal of the demands of the Imperial Anglian Government, but is reedy to enter into ...

... Mr. Acland said His Majesty's Government were informed of the terms of Russia's ultimatum before it was sent. to the Persian Government, but as the events which occasioned its despatch primarily concerned the Russian Government. the matter was not one ...

... Pctenburg. By it Germany undertakes not to seek a concession in Northern Persia, and Russia agrees to apply to the Persian Government for railway concessions, including one fur a line between Teheran and Kasvin. ...

... nevertheless suffer the Sarhad flame to continue to display their gratitude for a service rendered a high official of the Persian Government many years ago. At the time, it is said, a pious Parsee, who had come to trade at Sarhad, was the happy means of saving ...

... intrigues to the British the Russian Legations, twig they were ignored by them. According to information received by the Persian Government, and communicated to the two Legations, liohammed Ali haa latterly been more active than ever in his intrigues ag-unst ...

... disorder en the trade routes in Southern Persia led my Government reluctantly to address strong representations to the Persian Government, who have since given attention to the subject. Some improvement has lately been shown in the condition of the routes ...