NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WE have dealt elsewhere with the Persian crisis, and will only say here that the latest telegrams state that the Shah is for the present pursuing his policy with apparent success, though this by no means proves that the Nationalist forces will not later rally against him. Meantime a telegram in Friday's Times from its St. Petersburg correspondent declares that Russian policy continues entirely faithful to the Agreement with Britain, "and is inspired exclusively, by the wish to safeguard the interests of all concerned without resorting to the perils of armed intervention.", We have no doubt whatever that this represents the attitude of the Russian Government. We must remember, however, that it will take a little time to get the agents, both Russian and British, on the spot to accommodate themselves to the new policy. In diplomacy new departures may come quickly at the centre, but they are slow in travelling to the circumference.
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