M. Sassonoff, Russian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has been interviewed by the " Temps", which reports that the statement that Russia had made formal demands regarding the Dardanelles is pure fiction. There have only been conversations arising from the i fear that the laying of mines by Turkey might binder commerce.
Sassonoff laid emphasis on the fact that Russia was not seeking any territorial sggrandisement in Persia,—Reuter.
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