19 AUGUST 1911, Page 2

In the Commons on Thursday Sir Edward Grey made a,

statement on the Anglo-Turkish negotiations in the Middle East. The negotiations aim at a settlement of all points its dispute: it is proposed by Great Britain that economic equality should be guaranteed on the Baghdad Railway, and that questions of sovereignty in the Persian Gulf should be finally, answered. Several reports announce that the Russo-German negotiations on the Middle East are approaching their conclu- sion. The Matin of Tuesday says that Germany undertakes to abstain from any political action in Northern Persia, while Russia promises to link up the Persian railways with the Baghdad Railway and to keep the door open in Persia to German trade.