TRANS-PERSIAN RAILWAY.
FRIENDSHIP WITH VRUSSIAv
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.)
LONDON, , July 16. Lord Ourzon elicited from Lord Morley.and Lord Crewe that Britain's attitude Avculd be non-committal, towards the Trans-Persian railway, and the' Government would be free tp ; oppose '.or secure such modification" m the nlfcimate plans as would appear. least detrimental to India's interests. -. : '•■■•'
Lord Ourzon expressed himself as unconvinced.
The Chronicle denounces the projected clearing away of India's strategic position, and says that a costly pawn ought not to ■*. biEr* jeopardised because Russia is just .now . our good frieitfL. The likeliest 1 way' to end the friendship is to make over-tempting the prospects of .a. Russian forward movement; ;.' The Daily, News is equally emphatic.;.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12817, 17 July 1912, Page 5
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