PERSIAN CONSTITUTION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 7

PERSIAN CONSTITUTION.

' , PREMIER AN OXONIAN. , (BI TIIEGBAriI—FEZSS ASSOCIATION" —COPYRIGHT.) _ London, May 11. Nasir-01-Mulk,vwho has ? been commissioned ,- by the Shah of ;Persia to form a Ministry, ■ was - a contemporary, of Lord Curzon and - Sir.; . Edward Grey at Oxford University. • yvhat'nasir-el-mulk owes to BRITAIN. ' ; NMir-el-tfnlk Premier "ofrPeraa./in October,'loo7, > ,when! he' enunoiated a' ; policy-'of; ; respect ■ for-' the;' Constitution,promising" that .;; reforms -should .'icome 'after t'order/ had, been; .restored.- In 'his -opening speech; lie'.said, that -tie' Cabinet, could; riot nndertake'.imniediately ;;to -introduce reforms'either . in; the admiriis-; .traKon or: in public -works. v'Keforms wanted money and time,-neither of which tbey then possessed. : :v Thau' !prcCTamme iwas,:first . of all; :'. to establish order in the country, pnd for this ' .ttiey .-wonld 'do -their' "be6t. to' find sufficient ' .funds and men. " • .■■ -'' ; ; Niisir-el-Mulk -"did ''npt rcign ' long.He ..was placcd under arrest- in''39o7, with 'other. members>of his 'Cabinet, 'But '..the long; arm;' , -the British;- foreign- Office, .controlled- by. hie ■ jalloW'.'Varsityjman; Sir-'EdwardiGrey;: was not idle; and British.intervention secured the re- ;.: J^eVbf''Nnsir-el-Mulk.v'v j ';V'c-M-'V?//'. ' On * December 16, 1907,. tho ex-Premier -left ' Teheran for ; Reshtj/en route '-for Europe 'in : igholams''(native' ■j guards).^-,.The other Ministers left;the" Palace ■ witlv.Nasir-el-Slulk.-. The;action of'the British Foreign.Office has. pjflduced. an, excel lent, effect -..: in; raising ■ British-prestige," which-should certainly, not bo diminshed row that - is.returning from- exile to the; Premiership of ■Persia