The Archive · 1908

The Shah and King Edward

A German telegram from Teheran states that the Shah has complained to King Edward that the British Legation is granting asylum to refugees.

the action of the Legation an King Edward replied defending pointing out that numerous execu tions bad taken place without any trial.

The Foreign Office declares that it is quite correct that King Edward and the Shah have exchanged telegrams, but it is not 1.5 able to give the text of the messages.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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