PERSIAN SITUATION
INEVITABLE SEQUEL OF WAR THE EAST SHAKEN BY PRODIGIOUS CONVULSIONS By Tologranh—Preja AMOotatton—OopyTlghl (Eec. November 1", 8.5 pim.) London, November 16. In the House of Lords Earl Curzon denied the suggestion ijhat ho had 1 personal designs' ngainst Persia's independence. The situation there was the- inevitable sequel of the war. The tranquil East was shaken by prodigious convulsions. The Government would not prolong the existing condiiHons a moment longer than necessary. The smallest knowledge of Eastern affairs taught one that the withdrawal must show that wo had no right ljp replace commotion with chaos. The highways of the East were strewn with the debris of war. "If the task of scavenging falls on us ,it will require time to discharge the duty. Peaceful and stable Persia was the corner'stone of British policy, ajid the basis of Anjlo-Persian iagreement."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 46, 18 November 1920, Page 5
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142PERSIAN SITUATION Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 46, 18 November 1920, Page 5
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