London, Dec. 1.
At question time, in the House of Uommons, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign or indirect, of the action of Rassia might take a very serious form in Persia. Russia bad given assurances regarding the provisional character of the steps she was taking.
AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION, Sir Edward Grey affirmed that he had no reflexion to make on the energy or good intentions of Mr. Morgan Shuster, American Tres surer-General to Persia, but his persistence in appointing British loffitcials to posts in North Persia 1g8 impossible in the pre-It made it urgent to find solution at Teheran to avert the recurrence of incidents calcu-Lated to disturb the Anglo-Rassiao Agreement, which both parties earnestly desired to retain uni paired. The Government was gi ing serious attention to the matter as to how a solution could hest be secured, and was holding a consaltation with Russia.—Reuter.
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