26 AUGUST 1911, Page 2

Under the Agreement, Germany undertakes not to seek con- cessions

for railways, roads, navigation, or telegraphs, and not to support applications for such concessions to others, in Persian territory north of a line drawn from Kasri-Shirin on the western frontier to the Afghan border along the parallel of Gazik. Russia undertakes to apply to the Persian Govern- ment for railway concessions, including one for a railway from Teheran to Khanikin, and when this concession is obtained the building of the line must be begun not later than two years after the completion of the Sadidje-Khanikin railway and concluded in four years. She reserves to herself the right to choose the route of the line, while taking into account the wishes of Germany.