Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-12
HOW GERMANY EXPECTS
TO DEVELOP TURKEY
BY eae. and lnel News Service,

/
BERLIN. Jan. 12.-One of the fore
most commercial and financial er.
perts of Germany says in the "Vos-
sische Zeitung" that the development
OF the resources of Turkey will not
only make the German nation entirely
independent Of the United States, but
will also bring untold wealth to the
German empire.
The expert is convinced that Syria
and Mesopotamia can be turned into
o. granery for the central powers with
comparatively little expense. The
ottoman Empire is three times as
large as Germany, but only has TWEEN.
ty-one million inhabitants. This com.
paratively small population can never
use up what the fertile soil is able TO
produce. With the necessary capital
and the introduction OF agricultural
machinery Turkey can raise grain
enough to supply many other countries
besides Germany and Austria.
Armenia and other parts of Asia
Minor contain unlimited quantities of
mineral and ores. especially copper
and iron. Large districts can easily
be used for the production of more
cotton than Germany and her Allies
need, and Arabia will furnish thou.
sands OF tons OF the best coffee.
England will therefore neverA be
able to starve Germany, says the ex-
pert, even IL she keeps absolute con.
troll of the seas. In the future any
blockade of the Central Powers will
be useless, provided that they emerge
victoriously from the present tire.
mendous conflict.
The amount OF capital needed to
open up the treasures of Turkey, ac-
cording to the expert, will not be
nearly as large as is generally sup
posed. A billion dollars will be suf
flclent and this capital will come back
in very few years. as the investment
is sure to yield enormous returns.
The development of Turkey is al
ready in full swing while the war still
RACES. With German aid the govern
ment of the Sultan has established an
Agricultural Credit Bank which ad-
vances money to farmers at a low rate
of interest. Work on the Bagdad
Railway the gigantic enterprise of
German capitalists, is pushed with
the greatest energy and the line with
its branches will soon be complete.
After the war, or as soon as the Brit
ish are driven out of Mesopotamia,
the line will be extended to the Per-
sian Gulf. Then Germany will have
direct connection with the Orient
says the expert which England with
all Its sea power can never disturb
While the BaPdad Railway is near
ing completion another great railroad,
which will connect Angora, Erzeruin,
Samsun and Slwas, has been started
by German capitalists under a con-
cession of the Turkish government,
The irrigation of the plains of Konia
and Adana is making good progress
and will transform immense districts
into beautiful gardens in short time.
Several million acres which formerly
were sterile are already under culti-
Vation and yield enormous crops.
What Turkey needs most besides
capital is experienced modern farm.
ers, mechanics, engineers, mining ex-
perts, chemists and merchants and
these will be furnished by Germany
as soon as the war ends. Then the
Ottoman Empire, which has seemed
to be slowly dying for centuries says
the expert will begin national life
anew and enter upon an era Of pros.
perity never dreamed OF before.