Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
GERMANY AND THE BAGDAD ROAD

| In order to ask IL to continue
| policy OF China dogs or. on the contrary
| ~ s,'anse Una. pones nos o.e VI ~ ,nt
ter has had demonstra ton in the matter of
wireless telegraphy in Morocco and other
Questions.
The Gazette de Cologne says that Ger
| many has nothing to ask OF France IN the
| mater OF the BagoaN railway. III .hat oe
true now VIII II explain the negouatons
opened on divers occasions since zen years ear
apropos 10 me BaSdad- bahn between Mei
| man ana french nhahciers! TOW VII.
eApiain 'iia' IN .u,s niolhen NJ, Ern,,. "a
| sIs are IN nesouatIohs WIN rleuSn az
Ensnsh oanks: berhn hopes 10. 10 T Iutar9sr.
private arrangement' %Itnout tne iii'i i,'ss,
,noe ~ Ut, o;nt ,S . ..,,tn emnhas is
that n tI t. imnnss;hle that a Franco German
nc. - 20 iinpo.se .''as - $500 all
49, =" .ne hi;sS.a Vi a,,thort ,Sa Eranch
may "a. " S; nc $500 nnntroi and
| raaI a,o,tIo, e srot, on orrangenent
\ Tha - &c - ta,i aart 90 tba Carman
| Woes ai,,.s ~ iu,nras.,pn that ON arrange
U.s. U.s. $500 tns mp ~ W-,I,i.assa We 40
mot solicit ~ shouid the Occasion present
| itself where each one Is disposed to meet
| tho other q.If Wv there viii he no diff
| cuIty
! -
NJ. Maurice Lair, in the Revue Bleue for
| AnriI q has an article entitled 1.-The Rag
| Dn,, =.
oao Haii"aS' NJ i~aii say o.
| AMULET NOW the question or the
|
seemed to sleep and which
| ,,onv tbou.h. o,,,s .,., .u, LOVE-
- "c"'u 'e"..n 0,i 'o"e
TIME uorihaht-'his question: mas come
| again upon the tapis by campaign In the
press artfully provoked by interested gov
! ernments"
The author refers to the recent visit of
King Edward to the president of the French
| republic when the question of the Bagdad
| was undoubtedly discussed The Germans
he declares, will not willingly abandon the
| germanic character of the enterprise But
| the difficulties of such a colossal work seem
! each day more improbable of ACCOMPLISH
! ment. The project thus may be finally
viewed as value of exchange" a trump
| card to be played on the tap,s of diplomacy
| Turkish Asia is said to be ''the extended
| hand of Asia to Europe'' Asia advances
so many ambitions meet. The two straits
| Wnlch limit them, the Bosphorus and the
ous1 eahai' are 'he great pathways oi ma
| The n,.+a.u ~ as,. H,;ror or >taso,,o-
| tamia is the country of dead empires, bril-
| liant civilizations. the cradle of religions.
Il ne iast race that came supaueo Arian ana
Senhte' a.. anu staS o II. 'le eioss Vi St
basin of the Tigris and the Euphrates is
now a desolate desert. once the home of
rlch ana popuious cities What II these
% ~. prI.,,a 10y 49, ,,a anu oae9
| W. $3.50 ,tS H. 80, go i -" a.,
ou 80 Wora.t ".s iiiu e., p.muath .ns
| - IL o $3.50 -, ~ -, ~. M, IN a. az
| -, IT, H,a W.;,,n, 10 10 ~. ".
that 200 nno oon fra1o ,,,a - iii
10 CO. c"n Ioatn C sutlot ; ~
| e. o,' a.. 49, ~. ..s y i.,.a So
| -. S,..s .-ie -
stake planted along the march OF the
| ~, " ars naei oetei' "neii eonihs iioh
t .mJ na'na s NUS 'om ,t ne t ., 1
,elious anu seuue e. oliea. ~. Ine Trans ms
Mesopotania IN .aSt germany oeieves she
| loluS d ueDouCie ioI HeT
| proouctons. HeI Iac'ofies need no longer
| De compelleo 10 take american coteohs or
Hussian oiis UT grams. beSiues' III ING
| future. there grows upon heT vision a col
ony IN Mesopotamia, Peopleu o! her own
race conpensa.ion ior ner soIs los. 20
| the 1atheriano III the vast 'eFH.ories oi
western <Aaherca'
But the Immediate object or this Bagdad-
Batin was to strengthen the Turkish en-
pire Germany,s ally IT was
To Helm nacsssorv that the su,,o, .o
o ~
Turkey. long the SICK man or Eu-
rope" should be made strong.
He would helm block the march OF the
M,sco,tta ,non C,onstopt,nonya balm st,y
49, so,,a,o,. D.,.,.t, .raiao+. ~ 49,.
Tue oeseiopihen. VI Dritish pio'ec's III Asia
The first official manifestation of the In
fluence of the government of Berlin at Con-
| ..,,t,non,a VOC th. ..,aina 10 ~. s,,,,o,
~ 80 Pc me-, risfor 49, -
sae LII +hn Erannh T., 80, Ai'aH 40,
auarioan .oi,,tar, ,,iSs;n, ronIanod ,ha o.,
| $3.50, - Enrnt T. 80 ho Iii - o III
~ - =" ISL, ~ 90 thn nv. NC Tie. ~ ira ,
.ie WIZ iessnr =; -. ntoSnoS ~ M aa MS
s s.uA'' "A 'e''oN % '' III 'i'e o'p''-
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~ IRE Hei .h i 1,o ~ "a ne,
dtueo 10y INC s it nhior. ard s
non oiaKe' Siuatia,, 81 G rs ui Gni
lhs mn a e LIZ -, " .;,, @ ~ III
ma VoiL uei S.H. . ,,s VIII say VI 'iie
lat'ei enat ne 80 t, i 'eat pat nt ~
,lis ~, ~. .n.is'ia a, I h %
. nm e, ~, 'p anu SUBSTITUTED
'iiT oe. ,,. ;, l.. IT,.
me fnei leaIl ;l'lii'as9 iiiissIoIi III Is!ps
was me il,speratton VI une Colntia a.Il Vi
tne Cni. ECU o.a..s amy. Zen. onein H man
IoresaW one Opportunity 10 ara tne progress
si'e sovereiEm VI Isypo " oo.a,h ! nnuepe h
eiice IRON! iurkey; Miose name. JUS. .iieli:
nao peen shiIcheo ny .he massacre OF
Cnristiahs IN nus , empire. zen. SHERMAN IN
ioreSaW american lnnuehce paramount IN
the Me NaIey Aheticah cap.tai anu IN
oustry Controilns factor III the oeVeiop,
meht Oh .ne cot.on anu sugar crops Oh
hsypt anu the oouaan' anu these countries
vast market ior american pr0oucts ASIDE
from poltlcal anu economical reasons Tor