The force would not march further than Kazvin unless compelled
to do so by events, and the commander would be expressly instructed that the exclusive object of the expedition was the protection of foreigners. On Monday morning the representatives of the Legations returned to Teheran bearing eight demands from the advancing Nationalists. The general sense of them is that the Cabinet is to be dismissed, the new Government is to be chosen by the anjurnans, which would be supreme in power, and all Russian troops are to leave the country. The British and Russian Legations were not in a position, of course, to answer these demands, but it is not thought that they could discover in them any basis of negotiations for recommending to the Shah. Consequently it is supposed that the hostile troops may attempt to advance further at any moment, unless, of course, they are checked by fear of the Russian force which is concentrating at Enzeli. But the future is quite uncertain, and by no means reassuring.
