Volume 23, p. 891. The trans-Persian railway from Resht, a Persian

port on the Caspian, to Teheran was completed in September, 1899. _Cf._ “Russia’s Tightening Grip on Persia,” in _The Globe_ (London), August 24, 1899; also “Russian Railways in Asia,” _The Financial News_ (London), August 14, 1899. The Bagdad Railway frequently was referred to in the French and Russian press as the _Petit Transasiatique_.

[2] Foreign correspondence of _The Globe_, July 28, 1899; _Commerce_ (London), August 2, 1899; articles quoted from the _Novoe Vremya_ in _The Globe_, August 10, 1899; _The Engineer_ (London), August 11, 1899; _The Observer_, August 13, 1899; R. Henry, “L’intérêt française en Asie occidentale—Le chemin de fer de Bagdad et l’alliance franco-russe,” in _Questions diplomatiques et coloniales_, Volume 15 (1903), pp. 673–688.

[3] _Corps de droit ottoman_, Volume IV, pp. 64 _et seq._; Paul Imbert, “Le chemin de fer de Bagdad,” in _Revue des deux mondes_, 5 period,