The St. Petersbur g correspondent of the Times said in the
issue of last Saturday that the Persian Regent, on his return to his country, has not found a promising situation, though it is not much worse than usual. M. Mornard, the Belgian Treasurer-General, who succeeded Mr- Shuster, has gradually been gaining the confidence of British residents and has unquestionably introduced reforms both in the provinces and at Teheran. Unfortunately Russian enthusiasm in his favour is ebbing away, as his reforms are beginning to gain for him the support of others. The Teheran corre- spondent of the Times, -in articles published. on Tuesday and Wednesday, takes a more hopeful view. He says that trade, in spite of all the disturbances, has been steadily improving, and that the succession of small loans from Britain and Russia have not after all been poured into a sieve. It is essential, however, that a carefully thought-out scheme of
helping Persia financially should be substituted for the present incoherent and inadequate methods.
