The situation in Persia has not sensibly altered during the
past week, but Friday's Times contained a telegram from its special correspondent at Tabriz announcing the arrival in the suburbs of Ain-ed-Dowleh, the new Governor, with twelve hundred of the Government troops. In the view of the corre- spondent, the anti-Royalist defences are quite strong enough to resist any attempt to seize the town by a coup de main. As the bazaars in Tabriz are domed and resemble tunnels, be compares the street-fighting to a struggle in the maze of the London tubes, in which the newcomers would obviously be at a disadvantage. So far the new Governor seems inclined to be conciliatory, and may well find it advisable to make a virtue of necessity. The Turco-Persian frontier dispute, it may be added, seems likely to be settled by the concessions of the Turkish Government, the new Grand Vizier having promised to withdraw the Imperial troops from the positions on the frontier which are incontestably Persian, and to effect an equitable settlement of the disputed points. It remains to be seen whether the new Turkish rulers will prove as prompt in fulfilling their pledges to other countries ae they have been in • removing their pre-
