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PUZZLED PERSIANS.

DELHI, March 22. After drawing all the recent American advance, the Persian Government is now endeavouring not to disburse it, having discovered that the loan is mixed up with a concession to the Standard Oil Company in the northern oil fields, and that there are conflicting interests between the Standard Oil and AngloPersian Companies. The Government laboured under the impression that it was an unconditional separate loan, and now it is unwilling to accept the advance, which it is trying to repay, but with little hope of success. In consequence, a Cabinet crisis is apparently imminent.

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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 9

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PUZZLED PERSIANS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 9

PUZZLED PERSIANS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 9