THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.
BRITISH RAILWAY PROJECT IN SOUTHERN PERSIA.
A reply from the Persian Government to an application for permission to construct a British railway in Southern Persia has been received in Londonl. Under the rescript of 1888 the Persian Government agreed to give Great Britain a concession in the south by way of compensation for a railway option granted to Russia in the north of Persia.
Sir Edward Grey, in the discussion on the Bagdad Ralway, informed tho House of Commons that his Majesty’s Government could seek in the smith of Persia, railways that would provide alternative routes to the Bagdad Railway and the Russian branch line from, Khanikin, on the Turco-Persian frontier, to Teheran, the capital of Persia. Application was accordingly made to construct a British railway from Kharmooseh, on the Persian Gulf, to Khoramabad, in the province of Luristan. This railway would be within the neutral zone under the Anglo-Russian convention, and would open up all important trade routes from India and the Persian Gulf to the south and centre of Persia.
The reply of the Persian Government is not conclusive and leaves open the door for. further negotiations.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3243, 13 June 1911, Page 2
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192THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3243, 13 June 1911, Page 2
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