Volume 231 (1908), p. 4253c; P. Rohrbach, _Die Bagdadbahn_, p. 16, and

_Deutschland unter den Weltvölkern_, pp. 51–53; Von Gwinner, _loc. cit._, p. 1090.

[12] _Die Bagdadbahn_, p. 16. _Cf._, also, R. Henry, _Des Montes Bohèmes au Golfe Persique; l’Asie Turque et le Chemin de fer de Bagdad_ (Paris, 1908), p. 509 _et seq._; C. H. Becker, _Deutschland und der Islam_ (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1914); Ernst Jäckh, _Die deutsch-türkische Waffenbrüderschaft_ (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1915).

[13] H. A. Gibbons, _The Reconstruction of Poland and the Near East_ (New York, 1917), pp. 109–110.

[14] Quoted by Marriot, _op. cit._, p. 356.

[15] _Die Bagdadbahn_, pp. 18–19.

[16] In this connection see an important statement by Sir Thomas Barclay in the _Proceedings of the Central Asian Society_ (London), March 1, 1911, pp. 21–22, and the opinion of Karl Helfferich, _Die deutsche Türkenpolitik_, p. 14.

[17] Von Reventlow, _op. cit._, p. 343. Regarding the so-called _Drang nach Osten_ and the coincidence of Austrian and German interests in the Near East _cf._ M. Meyer, _Balkanstaaten, Bagdadbahn_ (Leipzig, 1914); J. W. Headlam, “The Balkans and Diplomacy,” in the _Atlantic Monthly_ (Boston), January, 1916, pp. 124 _et seq._; N. and C. R. Buxton, _The War and the Balkans_ (London, 1915); M. I. Newbigin, _Geographical Aspects of Balkan Problems_ (London, 1915); Evans Lewin, _The German Road to the East_ (New York, 1917), Chapters VIII, IX, X; P. N. Milyoukov, _The War and Balkan Politics_ (Cambridge, 1917).

[18] _Stenographische Berichte, XII Legislaturperiode, 2 Session_,