Word: frontier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ferociously because the soil was popularly supposed to contain valu- able oil deposits. The land itself is of no agricultural value, being subject to floods at certain seasons of the year; but, for oil and other reasons, it was in dispute between the two countries. Which side of the frontier should...
Each party received the right to cross the frontier in pursuit of bandits, whose depredations have recently caused considerable friction between the two countries. Bandits were defined as "hostile raiders of any category...
Minor alterations of the Russo-Persian frontier were fixed...
...agreement concerning the so-called bandit raids, which have frequently developed into semipolitical feuds, greatly advantages Russia. Through it the Russians will be able to cross the frontier, probably only to a limited extent, to check any counter-revolutionary movement that may be formed there; for it is believed in Moscow that the British are attempting to foster trouble in Persia against the Caucasus and Turkestan...
...Excluded Mourners. Mlle. Helene Vacarescu, a Rumanian poetess who has received the French Cross of the Legion of Honor in recognition of her talent, was informed last week at Paris that if she sought to attend the funeral of King Ferdinand she would be stopped by Rumanian frontier guards...