PERSIAN DISORDERS.
— « NEW BRITISH NOTE. Bj Meirasli—PrcES Association-CoDyricht. (Rec. January 24, 11.45 p.m.) London, January 24. A British Note lias been dispatched in reply to tho recent Persian Note, stating that tranquillity had been restored in the southern provinces, and expressing the hope that Great Britain would acquiesce in a ten per cent, iucreaso in the Customs duties at the Persian Gulf ports. The British reply points out that tho improved conditions in Southern Persia aro due to the excessive severity of the winter. Britain, however,, will await the results of tho Persian measure before insisting on her demands for supervision by Indian officers.
■ The British Government is unable to consent to a surcharge of ten per centum on the southern import duties, since it would fall mainly on. British imports, unless Persia in return agreed that British officers should organise the gendarmerie in the south.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1034, 25 January 1911, Page 7
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