A world in perplexity . rthern Persia, Herat, andKabul to the Ganges. Every yard of the Bagdad Rail-way which is laid brings the owner of the railwaynearer to India. What Alexander performed and Na-poleon undoubtedly planned, can be achieved by athird treading in their footsteps.— The Fight forthe Dardaiielles, by Herr Trampe (Stuttgart, 1915);reproduced ifi Obstacles to Peace, p. 453. In 1916 Hans Rohde gave the climax of the pro-gram: The sword had to decide the fate of Near Asia,and a decision has fallen, unless- unforeseen eventsintervene. Germany will not be limited to the sphereof influe
A world in perplexity . rthern Persia, Herat, andKabul to the Ganges. Every yard of the Bagdad Rail-way which is laid brings the owner of the railwaynearer to India. What Alexander performed and Na-poleon undoubtedly planned, can be achieved by athird treading in their footsteps.— The Fight forthe Dardaiielles, by Herr Trampe (Stuttgart, 1915);reproduced ifi Obstacles to Peace, p. 453. In 1916 Hans Rohde gave the climax of the pro-gram: The sword had to decide the fate of Near Asia,and a decision has fallen, unless- unforeseen eventsintervene. Germany will not be limited to the sphereof influence formerly allotted to her, but in futureshe will devote her energies to Armenia, Syria, and 40 A World in Perplexity Mesopotamia in the interests of German capitalistsand merchants. In this manner the way will be keptopen which the war indicated and which, togetherwith our allies, we have fought for and won,— theway that leads from Berlin via Vienna — Sofia —Constantinople — Bagdad, to the Persian Gulf, and. Committee on Public Information American Boys in France Being Taught the Use of Liquid Fire has become the vital nerve in our economic life andour policy.— Deutschland in Vorderasien * (Berlin,1916); reprinted in Obstacles to Peace, p. 456. The Bagdad Railway Project In the quotations given in the preceding pagesfrequent mention is made of the Bagdad Railway, andthe inference is plainly given that this enterprise isone of the prominent factors or causes of this con- Obstacles to Peace 41 flict between the nations. It is worth while to givethis project careful study. Dr. Jastrow, Jr., who hasdevoted years to archaeological work in Asiatic Turkey,has published an excellent book entitled, The War andthe Bagdad Railway. In his preface he says: * The purpose of this volume is to elucidate an
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