RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA.
SECURING AN IMPORTANT HARBOUR. CALCUTTA, Thursday. Tho ‘‘Times of India" newspaper, uublishod in tins city, declares that Russia has secured the right to eventually occupy Bandar Abbas, the seaport on the Persian Gulf at the most northerly point of tho Straits of Ormuz, and the objective point of the railway to tho gulf. [Bandar Abbas is seven hundred miles from Kushk; tho most.southerly terminus as yet of the Trans-Caspian railway, and to roach the Persian Gulf tho lino wifi traverse a portion of the Shah’s territory. Our cablegrams recently informed us that Russia -was pushing forward the construction of the railway, which was regarded in well-informed circles as a military line. By way of neutralising this piece of Russian aggression. Great Britain lately acquired the island of Kishra, almost opposite to Bandar Abbas, the port taken by Russia.]'
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3726, 28 April 1899, Page 6
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