No small significance attached to the telegram: publish to-day subject of recent questions i in the House of Commons on the subject of Persia. But before dealing with the statement of the attitude of Great Britain towards the demands which russia has recently made in defence of the interests of her nationals in Persia it is necessary to trace the steps which have led up to the present delicate situation, both from the point of of Great Britain and of Russia. Six Brith Commercial Mission through ears ago, in his Report of the
Persia, Mr. Newcomen advocated the partition of the country into two spheres of influence, Russian in the North, British in the Soath and Esst, with the native dynasty in control of the intermediate suggestion was cai the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907. In the British sphere, including about a fourth of the area of Persia, in itself about seven times the area of Great Britain, action has been frequently necessary for the suppression of gun-ranning not only on the coast of the Gulf, but also in the interior. The reform of Persia, by the Persian Government itself, in respect of trade facilities and the general|Rnssia and the introduction of
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