'erms. to Iran - The Anglo-Ritssiafi terms_ to Iran have
not yet been published we write, but persistent rumour has credited them with a plorable weakness. NOt the -least important compensation us for the full-diesi military campaign which Iran's corn- icitY with Germany CoinPelled us to conduct, should be e capture and internment of the German agents and -Arab fugeei-.there, and. the. closing-of -the German Legation. The gat-ion staff ought, of course, to be returned to Germany, lowing the proper courtesy in such cases ; but no continuance the Legation should be tolerated. Outside its staff there the thousands of German agents, whose machinations pre- cipitated our move—all trained propagandists or propagandist- technicians. There are also the most dangerous anti-British Arabs in the East, including the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem and the ex-dictator of Iraq. It would seem a gross folly if these enemies were ignored and given passage to resume their machinations elsewhere. Fortunately what appears to be a reliable statement that the German delegation will be dealt with as it should be is now forthcoming. Again, it is important that we should have the right, not merely to use, but to occupy militarily the Gulf- to-Caspian railway. This is the shortest avenue to Central Russia that remains open, and for assuring the defence of the Baku oilfields it is quite vital. We ought not to wait till it is sabotaged before guarding it.
