THE PERSIAN GULF
A WARNING FOR RUSSIA. LORD LANSDOWNE ON BRITISH POLICY. LONDON, May 6. Lord Larniugton raised the question in the Houso of Lords of Russia's growing ascendency in Persia. He added that the only object of any Russian outlet in the Gnlf was tho establishment of a naval base- threatening India and our trade in the Southern ocas. Lord Lansdowne said it was owing to British enterprise and expenditure in lives and money that the Gulf had been opened for navigation to the world. Our policy was, firstly, to protect and promote British trade without excluding the legitimate trade of others; and nex t — and he would say it without hesitation,—Great Britain would regard the establishment of a naval base or fortified port in the Gulf by any other Power as a veiy grave menace to British interests, and would certainly resist it by all the means at her disposal.- (Oheers.) He would say this in no minatory spirit, because he was not aware that any such project was afoot.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 15
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172THE PERSIAN GULF Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 15
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