. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. is-guise from the beginning of the war, being influ-enced by his wife, a sister of the German was succeeded by his second son, Alexander. CHAPTER War with Turkey. Turkey was known to be in league with Ger-many from the outset of the war, but was not offi-cially declared an enemy b^^ Great Britain andFrance till Nov. 5, 1914, as the result of numerousacts in aid of the Central Powers. The Germanshad built a railroad to Bagdad and another in Syriain pursuance of a policy of Germanizing all AsiaticTurkey and
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. is-guise from the beginning of the war, being influ-enced by his wife, a sister of the German was succeeded by his second son, Alexander. CHAPTER War with Turkey. Turkey was known to be in league with Ger-many from the outset of the war, but was not offi-cially declared an enemy b^^ Great Britain andFrance till Nov. 5, 1914, as the result of numerousacts in aid of the Central Powers. The Germanshad built a railroad to Bagdad and another in Syriain pursuance of a policy of Germanizing all AsiaticTurkey and reaching out toward Egypt and an attempt to win over the Mohammedan sub-jects of Britain the Turks proclaimed a holy waragainst all Christians, but it failed miserably to in-cite any rebellions as was intended. The Turkish menace to the Suez canal and Eng-lands possession of Egypt was serious at the begin-ning, but Turkish attacks in that direction werethoroughly defeated and the attention of the Turkswas diverted nearer home when British and French.
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