THE BAGDAD RAILWAY
BRITAIN SECURES AN INTEREST,
WHAT WILL GERMANY THINK:'
[per press association—copyright.]
LONDON, May 13.
The "Daily Mail's" Constantinople cop. respondent says that a draft agreement will shortly be submitted to the Porte, transferring to Great Britain Turkey's shares in the section of railway southward of Bagdad to Bassora and Koweit, and settling questions affecting Great Britain in the Persian Gulf.
The "Telegraph" states that the Bagdad Company have secured from Turkey <i renewal of the right to construct the Gulf sections, or financial advantages facilitating the completion of the line. . There have been negotiations with the Porte since March, 1911, concerning various countries' proportionate participation but hitherto they have been resultless. It is understood that the. Anglo-Turkish agreement deals chiefly with Great Britain's special position in the Gulf.
Other accounts state that after delicate negotiations between Sir Edward Grey and Germany, the Porte has now agreed that the port of Koweit be Turkey's, sub : ject to Great Britain's imprescriptible rights. . Hence it is anticipated that the Bagdad Company will shortly complete arrangements for a big loan to finish the railway.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 May 1913, Page 5
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