[17] Regarding renewed German activity and interest in the Near East
after the elimination of Serbia from the war seemed to bring the
_Drang nach Osten_ within the realm of practical politics, _cf._:
R. Zabel, _Im Kampfe um Konstantinopel und die wirtschaftliche Lage
der Türkei während des Weltkrieges_ (Leipzig, 1916); C. H. Müller,
_Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Bagdadbahn_ (Hamburg, 1917); R.
Junge, _Die deutsch-türkischen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen_ (Weimar,
1916); E. Marré, _Die Türken und wir nach dem Kriege: ein praktisches
Wirtschaftsprogramm_ (Berlin, 1916); H. Rohde, _Deutschland in
Vorderasien_ (Berlin, 1916); H. W. Schmidt, _Auskunftsbuch für den
Handel mit der Türkei_ (Leipzig, 1917); E. Mygind, _Anatolien und seine
wirtschaftliche Bedeutung_ (Berlin, 1916); C. V. Bichtligen, “_Die
Bagdadbahn, eine Hochstrasse des Weltverkehrs in ihrer wirtschaftliche
Bedeutung_,” in _Soziale Revue_, 16 year (1916), pp. 1–11, 123–139; F.
C. Endres, _Die Türkei_ (Munich, 1916); A. Philippsohn, _Das türkische
Reich_ (Weimar, 1916); H. Kettner, _Vom Goldenen Tor zum Goldenen
Horn und nach Bagdad_ (Berlin, 1917). For the point of view of Allied
sympathizers, _cf._: E. F. Benson, _Deutschland über Allah_ (London,
1917), and _Crescent and Iron Cross_ (New York, 1918); E. A. Martel,
_L’emprise austro-allemande sur la Turquie et l’Asie Mineure_ (Paris,
1918); H. C. Woods, _The Cradle of the War_ (New York, 1919), and an
article, “The Bagdad Railway in the War,” in the _Fortnightly Review_,
Volume 102 (1917), pp. 235–247; J. Thureau, “La pénétration allemande
en Asie Mineure,” in _Revue politique et parlementaire_, Volume 86
(1916), pp. 19–44; R. Lane, “Turkey under Germany’s Tutelage,” in
_Unpopular Review_, Volume 9 (1918), pp. 328 _et seq._; N. Markovitch,
_Le pangermanisme en Orient_ (Nice, 1916); A. J. Toynbee, _Turkey, a
Past and a Future_ (New York, 1917).
[18] Quoted in _The Near East_, November 12, 1915. For other material
regarding construction of the Bagdad Railway during the war and its
utilization for military purposes, _cf._: _Report of the Bagdad Railway
Company_, 1914, pp. 6–7; 1915, pp. 3–6; _The Engineer_, February 4,
1915; “Transportation in the War—The Railways of Mesopotamia,” in
_Modern Transport_ (London), November, 1919; D. G. Heslop, “The Bagdad
Railway,” in _The Engineer_ (London), November 12 and 26 and December
3 and 17, 1920; “Railways of Mesopotamia,” in the _Railway Gazette_
(London), War Transportation Number, September 21, 1920, pp. 129–140;
“Die Bagdadbahn und der Durchschlag des letzten grossen Tunnels,” in
_Asien_, 14 year (1917), pp. 97–101.
[19] Dane, _op. cit._, Volume I, Chapters VIII-XII, inclusive; “The
German-Turkish Expedition Against the Suez Canal in 1916,” in _Journal
of the United Service Institution_, Volume 65 (London, 1920), pp.
353–357.
[20] Hayes, _op. cit._, pp. 142–143.
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