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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-02
RAILROAD TIME CARDS |
Il
TO AND FROM M SCOW',
NORTHERN PACIFIC

For Lewiston: ~
No. 81 Daily Lv 1890 .. II.
No. 313 Daily Lv 1853 p. H.
For Spokane:
No. 312 Daily Lv 10:47 a. m.
No. 314 Daily Lv 3:15 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Arrow junction
for all points on Clearwater line and
at North Lapwai for all points on
Camas Prairie line to GrangeyilIe.
No. 314 connects at Spokane with
main line to all points west to the
coast and to all points east No
change from Spokane to Chicago.
R. w. NORRIS, Apent.
0.-W. r. 4 N.
For Colfax:
No. 81 Daily, Motor Lv 8:15 a. "a.
No. 83 Daily, Motor Lv 1.30 p. m.
No. IS Elk. Sun, Mixed Lv $3.50 p. m
From Colfax:
No. 80 Daily, Motor Ar 11:55 a. IA
No. "a Daily, Motor Ar 500 p. m.
No. Sc Elk. Sun, Mixed Ar 1870 p. m.
Trains No. 81 and No. 85 connect 1t
Colfax with trains for Southern Idaho
points. Salt Lake and all points east
Portland sleeper leaving Colfax
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
~. ftOOOE, AEonhv
SPOKANE 4 INLAND EMPIRE
For Spokane:
No. 65 leaves Moscow 500 a. m.
No. 81 leaves Moscow 1850 a. NJ.
No. SO leaves Moscow 1886 p. m.
From Spokane:
No. GA arrives at Moscow 1875 a. M
No. sc arrives at Moscow 1920 p. m.
No. 6S arrives at Moscow 7:10 p. M.
Connections 4
Direct connections at Spokane for
all points east and west on Great Nor
thern and Northern Pacific Rys.
No. SIS connects with w, l. & M. Al
Palouse for all points.
No. II connects at Palouse with w..
/. & M. for Potlatch
GEO. S. RICHARDSON, Agent,
" ny, |. & N. at Paiouse)
Daily except Sunday. ,,s
Nos1 Arrives from Potlatch 10:40 a. III.
No. q Arrives from Bovill 3:45 p. n.
Sunday only.
No Arrives from Potlatch 1910 a. m.
Daily except Sunday.
No. Leaves for Bovill 11:15 a. m.
No. Leaves for Potlatcb 425 p. m.
Sunday only.
No. 2T.eaves for Potlatch 1885 p. N
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Notice to Contractors

University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
Sealed proposals will be opened in the
office of C. Richardson, Architect, at
Moscow, Idaho, August 18th, 1917, for
the construction of two (2) buildings,
a Dairy Building and an Engineering
Building. Plans and Specifications
may be obtained at the Architects Of
fee at Moscow, Idaho. J30-A9
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S1.25 WILL BE GIVEN

to each of several schoolboys who APP
ply for work in delivering The Satur-
day Evening Post to customers. Only
school boys-clean, gentlemanly and
ambitious-need apply. The $1.25 is in
addition to liberal cash profits and
many other advantages. Apply to Mr..
Ross R. Sherfey, 204 Main ST, Moscow,
Idaho. S
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ALL READY FOR
BASEBALL BATTLE
BIG CROWD AND A HOT CONTEST
BETWEEN MOSCOW AND PULL
MAN CERTAIN

Mobilization is still under way for
that Pullman Moscow baseball game
tomorrow. Pullman has censored all
news so that the locals are left who'll
ly in the dark as to what they are to
go against, but the conviction grows
that the Washington squad is about
as formidable as a Russian army.
At the same time C. B. Green, w.
F. Morgareidge and R. R. Sherfey are
not the men to lie down and quit. They
will force their team into the field at
the point of the bayonet If need be
and will execute the first Moscow man
who strikes out as a warning to the
others.
Tonight there is to be another prac-
tice scrimmage from 6 o'clock to z,
and the game tomorrow will start
promptly at o'clock tomorrow.
Brigadier General Scott Ogden has
been detailed to have the battle
ground scraped, rolled and sprinkled.
Remember that the game is to be
played on the old diamond at the fair
grounds.
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Get name for your rarm. Then
have some letterheads printed at the
Star Mirror office. You will find It to
be the most profitable thing you ever
did.
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Good Stuff to Eat

The finance committee Of the Red
Cross will sell ice cream and pop at
the Pullman-Mo Chamber of Com
merce baseball game at the fair
grounds Friday afternoon. The city
band will give a concert in the eve
ming at the corner of Washington and
Third streets, and the committee has
arranged for ice cream and cake booths
on the federal grounds in front of the
postoffice.
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If ytu have talent as asalesman,
sell your services to best advantage
through classified advertising.
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If it is a desirable apartment, and
the price is right, classified advertis-
ing will bring the desirable tenant.
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TODAl'S Market QUOTATIONS

The following market quotations arr
the prices paid to the producer by the
dealer and are changed daily, thus CIV
ing the public the accurate quotations
In all classes of grain, produce and
meats. The quotations on grain and
hay are received from the Mark p.
Miller Milling cOmDany:
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WEATHER. FORECAST

LEWISTON-Fafr tonight and .
Friday. .
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Mrs Robert Warner left yesterday
afternoon for Spokane where she will
make a brief visit in the home of her
brother, w. C. Uren and from there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
Declares LuSitania
Would Be Af1Oat if
T. Were President
Senator Harding Brings APP
plause from Galleries with
Retort to MARITIME

Washington, Feb. 26.-Tn the midst
Of debate on the revenue bill to-day
Senator MARITIME, Democrat, in
terrupted Senator Harding, Republican,
to ask him what he thought the con-
dtion of the United States would be
if Theodore Roosevelt were President.
"If Theodore Roosevelt had been
President" replied Senator Harding,
"the Lusitania would never have been
sunk"
The galleries broke into applause
while Senator Robinson. in the chair,
raped for order and warned that a
repetition would mean that they would
be cleared.
THAT is merely the Senator's
opinion" rejoined Senator MARITIME.
f'And | have a very striking convic-
ton" rejoined Senator Harding, that
we would be living under guarantees
of peace to-day, rather than trembling
on the verge of war"
"In my opinion" returned Senator
MARITIME. "if Theodore Roosevelt had
been President, this country would
have been long ago in the abyss Of
war;
Senator Harding concluded the inter
change with the observation that
Colonel Roosevelt had been President
seven years without war and by media
ton between Russia and Japan brought
about peace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
War Correspondent in List
Of Americans on Laconia

Floyd P. Gibbons, one Of the sur
vivors of the Laconia, was on his way
TO London as war correspondent for
"The Chicago Tribune" Mr. Gibbons
came to New York when diplomatic re
lations with Germany were broken off,
intending to sail on the first boat of
the American Line to leave port. When
these vessels failed to leave he booked
passage on the Cunard liner.
Mrs. Frank f. Harris, another sur
vivor. is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel
Frank f. Harris, o. the United States
Coast Artillery, commandant at Fort
du Point, at Delaware City, few miles
below Philadelphia, on the Delaware
River. She was on her way to visit
relatives in England.
Arthur T. Kirby, who is a native of
cambridge, n. Y. left the employ
of the casein works in that place two
weeks ago to sail for England as a
representative Of New York firm. He
is twenty-five years old
Miss Phyllis Barker, another passen-
ger, came here three months ago with
her brother, Reginald Ashley Barker,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
Dutch Still Angry
AT Sinkings, but
Hesitate at War
Noisy Protest Is Lacking, but
Measures of Reprisal Are
Discussed

London, Feb. 26.-News dispatches
from Holland TO the newspapers mere
emphasize the continued Indignation
aroused among the Dutch by the recent
destruction of their ships by German
submarines. The dispatches say tnat
there is "a complete absence OF NOISY
nrotest. amounting to sense OF
solemnity." All reports agree that noun
ing which has happened hitherto IN Ihe
war has provoked such intense feenng.
An Amsterdam dispatch 10 ne
Times" says: Everybody IS ASKING
what the government will do. Inc po,,
sition is one of extreme difflculty ana
is engaging the most anxious attention
of the government. Il IS generally ac-
cepted that a few days will elapse be-
fore the administration course OF &C
ton is made public. IL is not thought,
however, that this new invasion OF
Dutch rights will lead TO war, the
Dutch people themselves being anxious
20 avoid il, while the rapidity OF Ger
man efforts TO mollify the outraged
sensibilities of Holland indicates that
Germany also is anxious TO avoid 1ur-
their complications.
shipping interests are extremely
concerned, and talk Of the stoppage OF
all Dutch shipping is general. 1t IS
suggested here that one way OF bring
ing Germany TO sense Of her mis-
deeds would be TO seal the Dutch from
tier so that Holland could be utilized
no longer as a purveyor of foodstufs
for Germany. The expulsion of thou
sands of German spies and an embargo
on the scanty resources OF grain would
also be wholesome measures. The
Dutch, however, are a long suffering
people where Germany is concerned,
and extremely cautious"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
PORTUGUESE SINK U-BOAT
Two Torpedo Craft Thwart Attempt to
Cut Cable at st. Vincent

Boston. Feb. 26.-The sinking by
shelfre of German submarine in the
harbor of st. Vincent, Cape de Verde
Islands, by two Portuguese torpedo
borts on January /, was described here
by Arthur J. Jeffs, of New York. for
merly third engineer on the British
steamer Eddie. JefFs arrived to-day on
the Norwegian steamer Fagerness. He
said the submarine was attempting to
cut the cable to England.
One shot apparently pierced the sub
marines hull, Jeffs said, and prevented
her from submerging. The undersea
craft then manpuvred 70 launch tor
pedo, but two torpedo boats caught the
submarine between. them. The U-boat.
her hull riddled, sank suddenly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
Ships Sunk or Seized
Total 4,99S,50O Tons,
Germany Asserts
U-BOatS' Toll in January Alone
Put at 22S Vessels of
439,500 Tons

Berlin. Feb. 26 Cby wireless to Say
shipping aggregating
4.99S.5GO tons belonging to Entente
and neutral nations has been destroyed
or condemned as prizes by the Central
Powers since the beginning of the war,
it was officially announced to-day. Ap.
parently this total covers only period
to the end of January, 1917, as no fig
ures for February are given. The OFF,
cial statement reads:
During January last 40 merchant
ships Of hostile powers, with total of
$4,000 gross tons, were destroyed as
result of the war measures of tn, Cen
trail Powers. OF them 81 vessels, with
an aggregate of 245,500 gross tons, were
British. Besides these. So neutral mer-
chant ships, totalling l03,500 gross
tons, were sunk on account of carrying
contraband for the enemy. The total
loss in shipping for the month was 229
vessels. of 439, 800 gross tons.
Since, the beginning of the war
1857 500 gross tons of hostile merchant
shipping has been destroyed. OF this
3,3i4.5O0 was British.
an addition, the sea forces of the
Central Powers have sunk or con-
demned as prizes 459 neutral vessels, of
GAL, 900 gross tonnage"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
British Admiralty Gave
CAPTAIN Sealed Instruc-
tions on His Course
MANY NEW WORKERS
AMONG HER CREW
No Munitions or EXplo-
sives in Cargo Valued
at $500, 900

The 5000 ton Cunarder Tacoma, sunk
sunday night off Southern Ireland, car
IA ,wenty-six Americans. six Of them
.mo,o her seventy-fve cabin passen-
.,,s and twenty in the crew, when she
,..sed quarantine shortly after sun
Use on Sunday morning Of February
- hound for Liverpool. The last
Io.ument taken aboard by Captain w.
n Irvine before leaving New York was
racket of sealed orders from inc
p,i,isb Admiralty giving the course the
ta.o,;a was to take TO pass through
-" safety lanes established by British
s1arsbips in the barred zone. o..
The large Cunarder was armed WIN
Ae-inch naval gun mounted alt,
sbicb has an effective range OF seven
lies The fact that she was tor
rsdoed AT 10 p. m. without warning IN
gcates that she did not have an OPP
nortunity TO get her gun in action
List of the Americans
The six American passengers were:
The Rev. Joseph Wareing, New YORK
City. n., Nv
Arthur j. Kirby, BalnDIluBe' ~
Mrs. F. f. Harris, Fort Dupont, Del.
Flovd P. Gibbons, Chicago.
MIS-. Mary f. Hoy, Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chicago.
Mr.. Gibbons was going abroad Tor
aTbe Chicago Tribune" as war corre-
snondent in Britain and France.
The Rev. Joseph Wareing, although
registered from New York City, was
said TO be from Norfolk, Va. and was
going to England to conduct war re-
lief in connection with the recreation
camps established by the Y. NJ. Z. A.
Mrs. f. T.. Harris is the wife OF Lieu.
tenant Colonel Harris, commandant oil
Fort Dupont, Delaware, and sailed 10
visit relatives in England.
Mrs. Mary Z. Hoy, accompanied oy
her daughter, Elizabeth, steamed 1oI
England to do war nursing IN the Varl-
ous convalescent nursing homes IN the
environs of London.
New Workers in Crew
The Americans in the crew, most of
them from this city, were:
u. Adamson, fireman, % Chatham
Square; l. Bowman, sailor, $50 West
lSlst Street; D. Brazil, sailor, $50 west
l3lst Street; T. Cleveland, fireman, 20
South Street; b. Carter, fireman, 3Oi
West Sixty-ninth Street; F. Copper,
fireman. al Gold Street, Brooklyn; l.
Donnel, fireman. Is Park Row; A.
DIVER. fireman. pos East Thirty-third
Street: J. Johnson, fireman, 1S Park
Row; j. Lewr. sailor, 231 West Sixty
eighth Street; c. Messberg, fireman.
lS Park Rorw; B. Redner, trimmer, 90
West Sixty-frst Street; J. Sampines,
oiler. care OF Cunard Line Pier; r.
Smith, fireman. care of Cunard Line
Pier; II. Shepherd, fireman, l8 Park
Row; II. Smith, sailor, Louisville, KY;
J. Williams, trimmer, II West 134th
Street; W. Wrong, sailor, sos West
't'-o S-~~ot Baltimore; Ii. Young,
fireman. Is Park Row.
Cargo Valued at s3.5oo,ooo
Officials Of the Cunard Line stated
that the cargo carried by the Laconia
contained no explosives or munitions,
but was valued. conservatively, at
tS,50O.oOO. Although it was impossible
10 obtain a complete manifest, since the
State Department has refused TO allow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
ARGENTINA NOT SEEKING
TO MEDIATE IN EUROPE
Report of Negotiations with Other
Latin-American Republics Is Denied

Buenos Ayres, Feb. ga high Of
fetal of the Chancellery characterlzes
as unfounded a statement published by
ola Nacion" that Argentina had be-
gun negotiations with other Latin
American republics with a view TO
bringing about peace in Europe through
mediation.
This authority expressed the belief
that it was merely a fanciful deduction
from recent meetings of representa-
tives of South American republics for
an exchange of views to protect their
economic and moral interests. The Ar
gentine President wanted to know the
opinion of the South American repub-
lies respecting the problems of the
present war and the situation created
by the rupture of diplomatic relations
between the United States and Ger
many.
Argentina, said the official, of course,
wishes for peace for reasons of human
ity, but she is far from asserting that
her attitude may actually bring about a
cessation of hostilities,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
American Oil Ship
Arrives, Reporting
Attack by U-Boat
Galena, Bound for France, Fired
On by Submarine and Saved
by British DestroyerS

The bic American bark Galena, when
arrived yesterday morning from Rouen'
France, reported that she had been
fired upon by a German submarine on
her outward voyage on November ~
and was saved from destruction by the
appearance of two British destroyerss.
The Galena's officers said that she
sailed from New York on November l
with a cargo of oil for France. when
about twenty miles off Havre, a suo,
marine appeared off her starooard
quarter and fired two shells. The Ia
lena headed up into the wind, and re-
manned in stays" while boat was
being lowered with two officers to take
the Ships papers to the submarine tor
examination. The firing, however, mao
attracted the destroyers. which pore
down on the Galena at full speed. As
soon as the submarine saw them IL
Immediately submerged and was not
aeon again. The return voyage, Deguti
on January 90, was made without incl
dent.
Other vessels which arrived yester-
dav from ports situated within the pro-
Libited area were the Norwegian steam
er Falkland. from Manchester, and the
British freighter Manxman, from Genoa
and Italian ports.
The British steamer Escaut sailed TOT
an unnamed port in Europe: E.,
At the Office of the Anchor Line IL
was announced that the Tuscanla, when
sailed from New York on February 10
with eighteen passengers, had arrived
safely at Glasgow. Two other liners,
the White Star liner Lapland, which
sailed February 10 with 81 passengers,
including % Americans. was also re-
ported safe in port, as was the Espagne'
of the French Line. which sailed the
day previous with ia passengers IN
Guiding 81 Americans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
YarroWdale Captives
Free, Cables Willard,
But u. S. Wants Facts
Lansing Asks Whereabouts of
Men and Reason for Delay
in Liberation

Washington, Feb. 26.-Ambassador
Willard, at Madrid, cabled to-day that
the Spanish Foreign Office had notified
him that seventy-two American sailors
taken into Germany on the prize ship
Yarrowdale had been released by Ger
many on February Is.
No details were given as to the pres
ent whereabouts of the men or the long
delay in hearing from Berlin on the
many requests Tor their release.
The Yarrowdale prisoners, out of
whose detention mas grown one of the
most serious collateral issues between
the United States and Germany, twice
before were reported released. and Off
cials were not satisfied with to-day's
cryptic announcement. An effort i'm
mediately was made to clear up the
details.
Ambassador Wizards dispatch was
sent from Madrid late yesterday. The
State Department was at q loss to ex-
plain the ten days delay between the
time of the reported release and the
ambassadors notification.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
British See Help
For Allied Cause
In Wilson Speech
Believe Ii Means u. S. in War or
Withdrawal of U-BOat
Policy

London, Feb. 26.-The text of Presi-
dent Wilson's speech before Congress to-
day on the arming of American mer-
chantmen arrived here too late for pub
LEGATION in the evening papers, so the
general public is not aware of his reply
TO the German campaign of terrorism
on the seas.
The Presidents address is bound to
mark a highly important point in the
war. II is considered here to mean the
bringing of the United States into the
war or the Withdrawal of the German
submarine policy. Either means much
to the Allies at the present stage Of the
war.
Germanys efforts to make the seas
another Belgium has drawn a protest
from America which will help the En-
tente cause in many ways and prove a
boomerang for the Kaiser and his peo-
ple
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
DENMARK EXPELLED WOOD.
HELD AS POTTER IN SPAIN
Supposed German, Posing as American,
Caught Working Near HarbOr

Copenhagen, Feb. 26.-According to
the "Berlingske Tdende," the alleged
American, Harry Wood, arrested at
Cartagena, Spain, in connection with
the discovery of a pro-German plot,
also figured in a conspiracy in Den
mark during the first year of the war.
Woods departure from Denmark,
says the newspaper, was by police re-
quest. Wood, who lived at a Copen-
hagen hotel, passed for an American
and cultivated an American appearance,
but he spoke German better than he
did English.
His departure from Denmark fol-
lowed visit iie Ped to Esbjerg and a
boat trip thence e. Nance Island, just
off the coast at he German frontier
with On individual who obtained en-
ployment on the Esbjerg harbor works
The Esbjerg police, according to the
newspaper account, surprised the two
men in operations at night outside the
Esbjerg harbor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
SWEDEN WILL GET MAIL
british SEIZED AT HALIFAX
Chest Taken from Frederik VIII to TO
Forward on Allied Steamer

Washington, Feb. 26.-What threat
ened to become an issue between
Sweden and Great Britain has been ad-
justed through the undertaking OF the
British authorities at Halifax to Tor,
ward on a British steamer the chest oil
mail addressed to the Swedish govern
ment and taken from the steamship
Frederik VIII, on which Count Won
Bernstorff is a passenger. The HALIFAX
authorities acted on the suggestion oil
the British Embassy here
The Danish Legation sent four bags
NJ mail on the Frederik VIII, and the
State Department more than fifty, the
British Embassy being duly notified.
The Swedish Legation, without giving
such notice, sent an army chest IN the
custody of merchant as ordinary bag
gage. The seals were broken between
Washington and New York, where the
matter was resealed, but only with the
seal of the Swedish Consul General.
This does not carry immunity from
search.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27

m9nifests to be published, it was
learned that the principal items were;
$500 tons structural steel.
1000 boxes and bars of silver.
$4,000 bushels wheat.
2S43 bales cotton.
800 tons provisions principally boxes
OF meat.
l.4OS boxes fruit (apples and or
anges for British hospitals).
200 tons iron plates (for shipbuild-
ing purposes).
80 tons sundries machinery etc.
5,400 sacks mail.
The Laconia carried 1900 sacks OF
mail which had been transferred from
the American liner st. Louis, when
officials of the American Line declined
to sail the ST. Louis unarmed. II was
impossible for the Laconia to take all
of the five thousand bags, so she car
ried principally the diplomatic CORE
spondence from the State Department
and registered mails.
Sister Ship Was Sunk
A sister vessel, the Franconia, was
sunk October 5, 1916. in~the Mediter-
.ranean off Malta while in the service
of the British government. Both lin
ers were reqQisitioned by the Brush
government wo months after the out
break Of the war and placed IN gov
eminent service.
The Lacona served as troop trans
port. first between Southampton and
Havre. and afterward between South
ampton, the Dardanelles, Egypt and
Salonica. 1t was only within the last
four months that she was restored to
the Cunard Line to be used as a pas
senger and feright vessel in the trans
atlantic trade. 5000.
The Laconia, which was built in 1912
at Newcastle, was 625 feet long and
She had beam Of 70 feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27

who is staying at "a East Sixty-second
Street. She was on her way nome
when the ship was torpedoed.
Mrs. Henry G. Boston, although now
a British subject, formerly was Miss
Olive Farwell, of Chicago. She and
her husband, who is expected to JOIN
the British forces upon his arrival in
England. sailed on the Ryndam, and
when that vessel turned back took pas
sage on the Laconia. They reside at
Bossby Hills, near Liverpool.
The Rev. Joseph f. Wareing, until
two weeks ago assistant pastor of a
Catholic church in Baltimore, another
passenger, was on his way to Liver
pool to visit his sister, nun. He was
born in England, but was citizen of
the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
PERSIA SAFE, SAYS BALF0UR

London, Feb pa. J. Balfour, Sec.
rotary for Foreign Affairs, was asked
in the House of Commons to-day
whether a new agreement had been
made between Great Britain and Rus
STA regarding the spheres of influence
in Persia and superseding the Anglo
Russian convention Of 1907.
Mr.. Balfour and the latter conven-
ton still was in force and that no ar
rangement to modify its character
would in any way affect that integrity
and independence of the Persian En-
pre-.