London vii Bombay, September 2.
The papers generally welcome the announcement of the Anglo-Russian Agreement, as further tending to secure the peace of the world, though in nowise implying an entente like the Anglo-I'rench one, "The Standard" learns from St. Petersburg that the former spheres of respective activity of the two countries in Persia are abolished by the Agreement, Russia making concessions whereby—Northern Persia is opened to British commercial enterprises, while Great Britain makes similar concessions in Southern Persia.—Reuter.
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