THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rcc. March 23, 10.30 p.m.) London, March 23. In the House of Lords, Lord Curzon initiated a detailed debate on the question of the Bagdad Railway. Lord Moriey, for the Government, declared that if Turkey's settlement was acceptable, the, Government would be willing, upon conditions, to use its influence with the Sheikh of Koweit to permit the terminus of the railway to he made at ICoweit, and to withdraw its objection to the increase of the Turkish Customs. ■ . Britain was sincerely desirous of a settlement, but adhered to the position as defined by Lord Lansdowne in 1903. '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1084, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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105THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1084, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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