PERSIA AND THE POWERS
EX-SHAH CAUSES ANARCHY. RUSSIAN TROOPS ACTIVE. By Telegraph —Press AsiooUtion.—Copyright St. Petersburg, February 8., Serious disturbances have recurred in the province* ; of :s Mazanderan, Northern Persia. Anarchy prevails owing to the struggle between the Government 1 and the ex-Shah. Shops at Barfusch and Lari have been looted. Russian troops have been despatched to the scene. CAN BRITAIN HOLD SOUTH PERSIA 1 London, February 8. Presiding at a meeting of the Central Asian Society, Sir H. Mortimer Durand (formerly Minister to Teheran), said that he felt strongly the danger of the recent moves in Southern Persia, The extension of British responsibility rested on British bayonets, of which there was a small and not very easily enlarged supply.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14912, 10 February 1912, Page 7
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