Volume 231 (1908), pp. 4226a, 4253c.

[3] Wile, _op. cit._, pp. 39–40.

[4] Riesser, _op. cit._, p. 543; _The Quarterly Review_, Volume 235 (1921), p. 315.

[5] _Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords_, Volume 121 (1903), p. 1348.

[6] For an interesting discussion of this point see George von Siemens, “The National Importance of the Bourse,” in _The Nation_ (London), October 6, 1900. _Cf._, also, W. M. Shuster, _The Strangling of Persia: a Record of European Diplomacy_ and _Oriental Intrigue_ (New York, 1912).

[7] W. M. Sombart, _Die deutsche Volkswirtschaft in neunzehnten Jahrhundert_ (second edition, Berlin, 1909), p. 184.

[8] Regarding early German interest in Near Eastern colonization _cf._ K. A. Sprenger, _Babylonien, das reichste Land in der Vorzeit und das lohnendste Kolonisationsfeld für die Gegenwart_ (Heidelberg, 1886); Paul Dehn, _Deutschland und die Orientbahnen_ (Munich, 1883); K. Karger, _Kleinasien, ein deutsches Kolonisationsfeld_ (Berlin, 1892); _Deutsche Ansprüche an das türkischen Erbe_ (Munich, 1896), a symposium including an article by von Moltke.

[9] C. Nawratski, _Die jüdische Kolonisation Palästinas_ (Munich, 1914); _Syria and Palestine_, p. 59; _Mesopotamia_, pp. 6–7, 11; _Anatolia_, pp. 4–7.

[10] _Supra_, p. 84; H. F. B. Lynch, “The Bagdad Railway,” in the _Fortnightly Review_, March 1, 1911, pp. 376–377; A. Brisse, “Les intérêts de l’Allemagne dans l’Empire Ottoman,” in _Revue de Géographie_, June, 1902, pp. 486–487; P. Rohrbach, _Die Bagdadbahn_, pp. 17–21, 35.

[11] _Stenographische Berichte, XII Legislaturperiode, 1 Session_,