THE PERSIAN TROUBLE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12657, 10 January 1912, Page 9

THE PERSIAN TROUBLE.

LONDON, January 2. The conditions m Persia are quieter, and PeMa has 1 apologised for the outrage on the British Consul, whose safety, is assured, -' * . In Calcutta it is thought that the precise action to be taken will be decided upon to-morrow after consultation with the Home Government. A despatch to the Times from Teheran says that the British and Russian Legations pre supporting the appointment of M. Morbard, the Belgian Director of Customs, for the Treasurer-Generalship of Persia. Consul Smart is suffering from a slight flesh wound m the thigh./ He has arrived at Teheran. The Persian Government is apprehensive that Great Britain will consider herself justified, in sending a punitive expedition against Persia's capital, which may lead to a prolonged and possibly a permanent occupation of Southern Persia. - The telegraph lines to Tabriz have been restored, and delayed despatches show that the Russians were m a desperate plight on Sunday last, and were eagerly awaiting reinforcements. The Russian troops m Persia liave received orders to hang all Persians who participate m any attack on the soldiers of the Czar. The campaign on which tine Russians lia-ve entered looks like a war of extermination.