THE PERIL OF PERSIA.
ADVANCE OF THE BOLSHEVIKS. BRITAIN'S HELP WANTEDBy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received May 23, 11.40 p.m. London, May 22. Latest Caspian advices show tne tiolsheviks are breaking their promise not to advance beyond Enzeli. Additional troops landed at Ghazin, on the South Caspian coast, and seized the mteTior communications. The Reds are now apparently cncirci,.ig Reslit, to which the British retired from Enzeli. Paris, May 22. The Persian Foreign Minister, interviewed, declared Persia was entitled to exact help from Britain, though the claim was not based on any contracturial obligation. The Bolshevising of Persian was not feared, but under the Red cloak tribal marauding and brigandage was likely to find cover and produce anarchy, in which Britain's interests would be seriously threatened Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1920, Page 5
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126THE PERIL OF PERSIA. Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1920, Page 5
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