Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

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a comfortable chain. bcside tho fire.
.",are eco, mo IN reading on ,bc sub
ic,, had hoon Interested I'm that
mart or ,bc Garth chiefly on account OF
its councction with the Christian re.
liriou had not realized that II had
playod so importaut n part i'm the dc.
vclopmcut Of nations and i'm the con.
,rol Of thc commercial routes of the
world"
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lid, ,t, =. i,,,,,,,yi,,,o ia understand
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tuovs nc ,nurb as any ono about the
history Of tho country between thc
Persian C;ulf aud ConStantinopl". '
suppose. too. that 7 have kno"n III
a general way much that he puts III MS
book. but had never connected WIN
a.. ,.,., ll
the empires whose capitals were in the
region hc discusses. Nc makes it clear
that the struggle Of Germany Tor con
troll nf tho ancient route from tonstan
tinoplc to tho Persian Gulf is merely
n repetition of . struggle that has been
made periodically for 5000 years Tor
tho control of tho Ianh ro"'' ''"'" we
Fast to the west IN" great WV W.
powers "t 'h' past were 'l''' "''' y
held both cndS oi 'hlS rou'c' 'o''e'
times the western cuh wa" AZ ''e i'7'
roruS ana sometimes " was "" wv
eastern shore OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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rncd on either cnd OF this r"u'' '''''
nation began 10 dcrnno'
owen had been listening quietly, ap
parentIy lost in thought,
n,aos roa,o,s," bo exclaimed. sud
do,,,. de that vha, Germany is after?
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