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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

  I An Ancient Trade Route is Revived 1

 II Backward Turkey Invites Economic Exploitation 9
      Turkish Sovereignty is a Polite Formality 9
      The Natural Wealth of Asiatic Turkey Offers Alluring
        Opportunities 13
      Forces Are at Work for Regeneration 17

III Germans Become Interested in the Near East 29
      The First Rails Are Laid 29
      The Traders Follow the Investors 35
      The German Government Becomes Interested 38
      German Economic Interests Make for Near Eastern
        Imperialism 45

 IV The Sultan Mortgages His Empire 58
      The Germans Overcome Competition 58
      The Bagdad Railway Concession is Granted 67
      The Locomotive is to Supplant the Camel 71
      The Sultan Loosens the Purse-Strings 75
      Some Turkish Rights Are Safeguarded 81

  V Peaceful Penetration Progresses 92
      The Financiers Get Their First Profits 92
      The Bankers' Interests Become More Extensive 97
      Broader Business Interests Develop 101
      Sea Communications Are Established 107

 VI The Bagdad Railway Becomes an Imperial Enterprise 120
      Political Interests Come to the Fore 120
      Religious and Cultural Interests Reënforce Political
        and Economic Motives 131
      Some Few Voices Are Raised in Protest 137