Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-27

or the country, potentially not incon- |
siderable. are as undevelopcd as its
primitive methods OF trade and indus
try. Equally wretchcd are it's means
OF communication; IT has no railways.
scarcely any roads worth speaking OF.
only one barely navigable river. the
karun, and no harbors. but open road
StcadS.
To Supply Expert Advisers.
The new Anglo Persian agreement
lays down the nature and extent OF
for by Persia 10 start putting her
house in order. The British govern
ment agrees TO supply. in consultation
with the Persian government, expert
advisers for the several departments
of the Persian administration. and.
after inquiry by joint commission
tions and equipment wanted for the
formation OF a uniform fop,c to estab-
lish and preserve order in the coun-
try and on it's frontiers.
ITO finance the above reforms the
British government offers to provide
or arrange substantial loan to the
Persian government on security to be
determined by mutual consultation,
and TO supply meanwhile on account
such funds as may be necessary to
initiate them. in the economic sphere
the British government declares its
readiness to cooperate with the Per-
sian government in the promotion of
railway construction and other forms
pointment forthwith of joint COM
mit,ec OF experts for the examination
and revision OF the existing customs
tariff.
Can any impartial judge deny that
in view OF the relative position of the
two contracting parties apd in the
,Eai Persian n Featiosss as e Shole as
well as Of the new situation created
by the war. the Anglo-Persan agree
ambie reiterates in the most categorl-
cal manner the undertakings repeat
eddy given by the British government
in the past to respect absolutely the
is not only an open, but generous,
covenant which does honor to both
signatories7
''when it comes to be laid before
the League of Nations, as Britain and
Persia (both original members. OF the
lcague) have pledged themselves to
scrut;nized. but the more closely they
are scrutinized. the more they will
e ef BY Lord hee curso that tRe srt
in Persia TO Angiicze or indianize or
the the Contrary Contrary ali they want to do is
to give Persia the expert assistance
and the financial aid which will en-
tunes as an independent and still liv-
ing nation
IRE Pis"''y G ese rf ss.;o nrs. ss
world in regard both to the specific
pr Wis and the
1t preserves the dignity and independ-
ence Of Persia whilst .affording her
for her moral Regeneration and ma
protects also legitimate British in
Of Britain in India, and also now in
Mesopotamia, through which lies one
the w 6eh tade ROUTES into Persia
shrines specially sacred to the Per
The ties which unite Persia and
as Persia is n Mohammedan state that
n 6mlk oso large in the eyes Of the Co.,
tue. not only of a common creed. but
of n language and literature and
civilization. inherited to a great es-
In its broader implications the agree
ment makes for peace in Asia which.
If it be primarily British interest,
stake today than any other Western
power, is also an interest more clearly
than ever common to the whole world
has shaken the whole world to its
foundations.
British and Persia believe and con-
tend. in substance and in spirit. to
the PRINCIPLES laid down in the pre-
of nations. by which the high con-
tracing parties undertake to pro
mote International cooperation and to
achieve international peace and secur-
ity if it gives effect TO prescription
OF open, just and honorable relations
between nations and affords an ex-
ample of the maintenance OF Justice
and sscrupulous respect for all
treaty obligations in the dealings
OF organized people with one an
other Britain can lesitimately claim |
not only TO have given AN incontro-
vertible proof OF her sincerity as one |
Of the founders of the league. but TO |
nave AFFORDED the first practical en-
that in the league lies the chief hone !
or salvation for THE future OF the |