RUSSIA AND PERSIA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT). London, August 6. MR G. H. Curzon, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has stated in the House of Commons that the Persian loan was abandoned by the bank, a British institution, because they were not prepared to advance so large a sum. He had no information regarding the reported threats by Russia, but rumours had reached hitn that Russia desired to lease a port on the Persian Gulf. He could not say if the rumours were true.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 325, 9 August 1898, Page 2
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