The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-25
TREATY DIVIDED
 INTO THREE HEADS
Anglo Russian Convention Seals With Persia, Afghanistan
 and Thibet.
INTEGRITY OF ALL
 TO BE RESPECTED
Russia, However, is to Act Through Great Britain in Relations With
 Afghanistan.

St. Petersburg, Sept 24-It is ex- pected that the Anglo Russian eonven- ton, the ratifcatons of which were echanged yesterday, will be gazetted officially September 26.
 The agreement is divided into three heads, namely, Persia, Afghanistan and Thibet Concerning Persia Great Britain undertakes not to seek for her self or support in the interests of her own subjects or those of a third pow CT, political or commercial concessions northward of a line connecting Kas- rishirio Ispahan, Yezd and .Khakhi to the junction of the Persian, Russian and Afghanistan frontiers, and not to oppose, requests for concessions in this region, having the support of the Rus sian government. Russia gives a corr responding undertaking concerning the region south of a line extending from the Afghan frontier to Gazik Birjad Herman and Bender Abbas. The re- gions between the lines mentioned Is thrown open to concessionaries of either power.
 The remainder of that portion of the convention which refers to Persia deals with financial conditions and guarantees It is provided that in the event of irregularities in the redemp- tion of, or the payment of interest on, the loans with the Banque Descompte ct de Prets and the Imperial bank prior to the signature of the eonven- ton, Russia and Great Britain shall take control of tho sources of revenue, l each country guaranteeing a regular service of loans In it's territory
 | Dealing with Afghanistan Great Brit. l ain undertakes in no way to encourage l Afghanistan to take measures threaten | country as outside of her sphere of in ! fuenea and agrees to act. in all her 1 political relations with Afghanistan, through the intermediary of the British government. Great Britain undertakes neither to annex nor occupy any part | ternal administration of the country, Both Great Britain and Russia recog- nize the principle of equality in the l treatment of commercial interests, and | 1t Is agreed that should the develop ments of commerce. point to the neces- I agents, the two governments will come | 10 an agreement concerning the meas ures to be taken.ssal
 Concerning Ththet, it is agreed that the territorial integrity of this country shall be respected. and that both Great
 Britain and Russia shall abstain from l intervention in the internal administra- tion of Thibet treating with her only through the Chinnscs experiment.. This however. does not exclude direct rela tions between the commercial agents O ! Great Britain and the Thibetan author.
 itles, as provided for in the Anglo
 Thbetan convention of 1904. Neithei Great Britain nor Russia shall be al
 lowed to send representatives to Lhassa but the Buddhist subjects of both pow
 CTS may enter into direct relations, oI
 strictly religious grounds, with tn
 Dalai-Lama, of other representatives Q tBuddhaism in Thibet. No railway road
 telegraph or mining concession or othe
 rights are to be sought in Thibet b,
 either country,