'Volume I. MEMORANDA REGARDING PERSIA AND NORTH-WEST TRANS-FRONTIER. 1905.' [‎34v] (73/310)

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15. On the 20th July, Sir Arthur
Hardinge telegraphed that M. Naus ia(
informed him confidentially that the Amin-cs-
Sultan had had two long private interviews
■with the Shah in France, and he believes tna
he will return to Persia with liis Majesty,
and regain his old position of Grand Vizier.
16. Mr. Churchhill (H. M.’s Vice-
Consul at Resht) reported on the 7th June
that considerable sensation has been caused
both at Resht and Enzeli by the Japanese
victory over Admiral Rojdjestvensky s fleet.
17. Prince Bibesco has been appointed
by the King of Roumania Special Envoy
Extraordinary for the purpose of presenting
to the Shah the Grand Cordon of the Star
of Roumania. This compliment is a reply to
the notification to the Roumanian Court of
the Shah’s intention to present to King Charles
the Order of Timsal in Jewels.
18. As the Shah will not be able to receive
the Envoy until his return from Europe to
Tehran in the autumn, Prince Bibesco and his
party are making an unofficial tour through
out Persia, and will return to Tehran in Octo
ber.
19. Sir Arthur Bardinge has been in
formed confidentially that negotiations are in
progress for a treaty of commerce between
Persia and Roumania.
20. British Post Offices in Persia .—In
regard to the proposed postal agreement with
Persia (Memorandum for June, paragraph 11),
M. Naus professes a great desire to con
clude a postal convention with the Government
of India, and would like a representative of
the Indian Post Office to be sent to Tehran
to negotiate, or to assist Sir Arthur Ilardinge
in negotiating it.
21. An incident has occurred at Lingah
in connection with the payment of the debts
of a British Indian trader named Gordhandass.
The British Agent took possession of this
trader’s valuables with a view to a proper
distribution of the assets among the creditors.
But the Deputy Governor, a Lari, demanded
on 23rd May that the whole of the assets
should be handed to a certain Lari creditor on
the plea that he had been appointed Agent
for the rest. On the Agent refusing to agree,
his residence was besieged from 28th May to
16th June. His Majesty’s Consul at Bunder
Abbas visited Lingah during that period, and
in consequence of his report, the Deputy Gov
ernor was ordered by the Darya Begi to
apologise to Mr. Shakespear. This he has
done verbally, but Mr. Shakespear is insistino-
on receiving a written apology.
22. There seems to be no ground for the
supposition that the conduct of the Native
Agent in this case has been otherwise than