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'Russia, India and the Persian Gulf' [2r] (3/46)
The record is made up of 1 volume (21 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The Prime Minister has just defended “ Mr. Brodrick’s
Army ” Scheme on the ground that it is justified by the
needs of the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
of India. The Duke
of Devonshire put forward these and other justifications,
all of which Lord Rosebery rejected. On the 23rd inst.,
at the East India Association, in a speech based on the
following paper, I endeavoured to explain the conditions
of this problem, and to show what Lord George Hamilton
and Lord Curzon have in the last few years clone, and
what they are doing. Next clay the Morning Post, in
a leading article, said, “ it was not on the strategical
aspects of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, which have recently been
illustrated by Captain Mahan, so much as on the treatment
of Persia in the scheme of British policy that Mr. Rees
and those who like Mr. Lynch agree with him, were
yesterday laying stress/’ That, indeed, is the chief purpose
of this paper, which, however, also treats of the present
Viceroy’s policy on the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
. On the
25th inst., the Times, in a leader, urged that the Middle
Eastern Question must be treated as part of the general
national problem, and reported Lord Curzon s speech in
his Council of the 25th to the effect “that the freedom of
Persia and Afghanistan, among other Eastern Kingdoms,
was vital to the welfare of India, that he knew at present
of no acute or menacing question, but advised his hearers
not to sleep happy under the delusion that trouble would
never come.” I wenty centuries ago the Romans realized
the close proximity of India better than we do to-day,
“ Quantum enim est quodab ultimis litombus Hispanice usque
at Indos jacet ? panc 1 ss 1 m0rum dierum spatium. In the
belief that this is a favourable opportunity for inducing
folks in England to abandon their attitude of indifference
and uninterest towards affairs in the East, which, in fact,
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An article on the western frontiers of the Indian Empire by Sir John David Rees. The article deals with the threat posed by Russia from northern Persia and Afghanistan and discusses the measures that should be taken to defend and strengthen the British Empire in India.
At the front of the volume (folio 2) is a short foreword note signed by J D R, 31 March 1903.
At the rear of the volume (folios 17-22) is the record of a meeting of the East India Association that took place at the Westminster Palace Hotel, 23 March 1903, and at which the article was delivered as a lecture.
The article was published by Harrison & Sons, at 59 Pall Mall, London, 1903. It was also published as an article in the Asiatic Quarterly Review, for April 1903.
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- 1 volume (21 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Mss Eur F111/380
- Title
- 'Russia, India and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, back-i, back
- Author
- Rees, Sir John David
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- Public Domain