Professor E. G. Browne sent to the Manchester Guardian of
Wednesday an account of the present condition of Persia which he had just received from a friend at Teheran. The Russian troops are said to have evacuated Kazvin, with the exception of fifty men who remain as a "consular guard," but they still occupy Tabriz, Ardebil, and Astara. The question of the loan of £1,200,000 is not yet settled, and the American advisers have not yet arrived. "The moat hopeful feature," Professor Browne says, " is the tact, wisdom, and uprightness of the new Regent, who is entirely fulfilling the high hopes which his acceptance of this arduous post everywhere aroused." After requiring that all members of the Mejliss should adhere to one or another of the great political parties, the Regent set to work to rid the country of the terrorists. " As a result of these deportations assassinations have ceased." Professor Browne, though deploring the behaviour of the Russian troops, describes the outlook as much more favourable than a few months ago.
