La Revue de Paris, March 1, 1915 (No. 5, 1915)
article by G. Demorgny “Turkish-German Methods in Persia” (with a map of the Russian and British spheres of influence in Persia).
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An imperialist laments German successes. (Char- acteristic for a description of imperialism.) |
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Incidentally (p. 217):
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“On December 24 (1914) a bomb intended to wipe out the Russian, French, Belgian and British minis- ters exploded in Teheran, but the attempt failed and the bomb killed one of the participants in the plot organised by a German-Turkish gang”.... Author quotes his articles in the magazine Revue du monde musulman, 1913, Nos. 22 and 23 (March and June 1913) and his books: Problems of the Danube, Paris, 1911 (Larose et Tenin); The Administration of Persia, Paris, 1913 (Leroux), and Persian Financial Institutions, Paris, 1915 (Leroux). |
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The Sitchkan-il year (March 21, 1912-March 20, 1913).
1. Russian trade with Persia = 628,857,900 krans (1 kran = 0.4545 franc).
Persian exports to Russia = 69 per cent of total Persian exports.
Persian imports from Russia 58 per cent of total Persian imports (p. 205).
2. Persian imports from Britain = 25 per cent of total Persian Imports.
Persian exports to Britain 13 per cent of total Persian exports.
3. Turkey.
4. German trade with Persia = 24,316,252 krans.
5. France.
6. Italy.
((Countries listed in the order of their trade with Persia: 1-6))
Preussische Jahrbücher, 1915, No. 3 (March), article by Hans Delbrück (p. 485):
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“On behalf of his Government, the British Minister in Norway, Findley, tried to hire an assassin in order to do away with the Irishman Sir Roger Casement”. (From Delbrück’s counter-charges against Great Britain.) |
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