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THE IRAN LEAGUE QUARTERLY
Vol. Ill ] JUNE 1933 [ No. 4
THE EDITOR'S NOTES
Pabsis and Peesia
The Persian people had hailed with pleasure the pros-
pect of the Parsis taking a direct interest in
E^terpru0/ the uplift of their ancient land. Special Parsi
PerBia commissions and individuals had visited the
country, and its great men had given them every help to
understand the state of things and the brilliant prospects in
many a field which was almost unexplored or in the hands of
foreigners. Glowing accounts of the success of their visits had
been given here and the prospectus of a trading corporation
had soon after been announced. But as considerable time
since elapsed, and nothing appeared so far to have materialized,
some people have been led to suppose that the whole enthusiasm
has died out just at present. We are glad to have to say that
this supposition is not entirely correct. The industry that had
seriously been thought of then was the textile manufacture;
and practical measures have already been taken for launching
it in Persia in the immediate future. The whole scheme is in
safe hands, and we hope to announce more facts hereafter.
It may however be admitted in this connection that certain
circumstances had damped the ardour of those
Bum™tifn9ineyand days in some people. And they were led to
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