BAGHDAD RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7

BAGHDAD RAILWAY.

AXGLO-TURKISR AGREEMEXT. ■ By Telegraph—Press Association I —Cd'DrrieM Cor.stantinoplo, February 9. A decree-sanctioned Anglo-Turkish Agreement, initialled by Sir Edward 0 roy (British .Secretary of ..State for Foreign. Affairs) and llakki Ikv (Turkish Ambassador) in London, is believed to refer to tlio, Baghdad..RAihvay and was foreshadowed in Sir Edward (! rev's speech on May 29 last. Sppifkiiig in the li'oii'sc- cf Commons 011 May. 23 last Sir E. Grey, dealing with, the question of tho Baghdad Railway, said (hat the negotiations we.i.& not concluded, but that it was jirtvijeit iiv' agreement to be made with Turkey Hint : the line was not to be continfieil. beyond " Basra. The Government desired that ■ there, should Iks two BvUisU directors <m the b'jiiril of management, and Werd making it cicr.r that there ought '<> bo .ii<j ptefei'oif.ttnl rates., It was.; essential that Germany should bo satisfied 'that thqtft was nothing, in the .agreement w'O' • »'nade with Turkey inconsistent with her rights under her agreement. \V.ith, re;ra?<l to tlio Persisjft Gulf tr.!e>tion ho stated that wo we're recognising: tlio , siifte'raiiity "o.f, Turkey fiver Koiye'tt, and that Turkey would agree that . .(lie Sheikh's ai.iloiior.ty should remain unimnairfd. Our arrangement with ' tho . .Sheikh was not. to be disputed. . ;