MENACE AGAINST PERSIA.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 184, 5 August 1920, Page 5

MENACE AGAINST PERSIA.

EUROPEANS LEAVING TABRIZ

* BRITISH IN GOOD POSITION.

[Press Association.] "Ausf and N,Z. Cable Association. (Received Aug. 4, 11.15 p.m.) DELHI, Aug. 4. Advices from Teheran state that owing to the Tartar Bolsheviks' occupation of Nekhelevan, Europeans are preparing to evacuate Tabriz. Although the province of Mazau«lauan is practically clear of the enemy, the Bolsheviks threaten Teheran on the Resht-Kazvin road.

The British troops are now in an * -excellent defensive position protecting Kazvin.