BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
A STRONG HINT TO RUSSIA, By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. Received 0.40 a.m., May 7. LONDON, May (i. Lord Lamington raised the question jn the House of Lords of Russia’s growing ascendancy in Persia. lie added that the only object of any Russian outlet io the Gulf was- the establishment, of a naval base, threatening India and the trade of the Southern SeaLord Lansdowne said it was owing fo British enterprise and expenditure of lives and money that the Gulf had been open to navigation lo the world. Our policy was, firstly, to protect and promote British trade, without excluding the legitimate trade of others, and next, and he would say it without hesitation, Great Britain would regard the establishment. of a naval base or fortified port in the Gulf by any other Power as a very grave menace to British interests. They would certainly resist it by all the power at their disposal. (Cheers.) He would say this in no minatory spirit, because lie was not aware of any such project afoot.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 884, 7 May 1903, Page 2
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175BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 884, 7 May 1903, Page 2
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