ANGLO-PERSIAN RELATIONS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160797, 3 November 1920, Page 5

ANGLO-PERSIAN RELATIONS

HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. Received November 3, 8 a.m. DELHI, November 2. An attempt was made on the 31st tc produce an anti-British demonstration in the Teheran bazaars owing to the British demand for removal of the Russian Cossack officers, but failed. A few shots were fired, one man being wounded. Starosselsky left for Eh rope on tbe thirteenth and other Russian officers will follow. '"The departure of these powerful and determined opponents of Anglo-Pcrsian friendship is) expected to smooth the' course of the Anglo-Persian agreement.