[11] _Turkey in Europe_, pp. 128–129; _The Quarterly Review_, Volume 228 (1917), pp. 510–511; _Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons_, fourth series, Volume 159 (1906), pp. 1338, 1359; _ibid._, Volume 162 (1906), p. 1419; Volume 178 (1907), p. 321; _ibid._, fifth series, Volume 53 (1913), p. 368. [12] _Société Impériale Ottomane du Chemin de fer de Bagdad—Convention Additionelle_ (Constantinople, 1908); _Parliamentary Papers_, No. Cd. 5636, Volume CIII (1911); _Report of the Bagdad Railway Company_, 1908, pp. 4–5; 1909, p. 4; _Bagdad Railway Loan Contract, Second and Third Series_, June 2, 1908; _Report of the Deutsche Bank_, 1909, p. 12. [13] _Report of the Deutsche Bank_, 1909, p. 12. [14] _Report of the Bagdad Railway Company_, 1906, p. 4; K. Helfferich, _Die Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges_, pp. 131–132; Dr. Helfferich’s reputation was based largely upon his writings on two important subjects: the gold monetary standard; government promotion of foreign trade. _Cf._ _Germany and the Gold Standard_ (London, 1896); _Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Geldreform_ (Leipzig, 1901). See the enthusiastic appreciation of Dr. Helfferich’s services voiced by his associates of the _Deutsche Bank_ upon the occasion of his appointment as Secretary of State for the Imperial Treasury, January, 1915. _Report of the Deutsche Bank_, 1915, pp. 11–12; _Report of the Bagdad Railway Company_, 1914, p. 8. [15] _The Times_, October 25, 1905, commenting upon the proposed appointment of Helfferich. [16] _Report of the Anatolian Railway Company_, 1907, p. 7; H. C. Woods, “The Bagdad Railway and Its Tributaries,” in _The Geographical Journal_, Volume 50 (1917), pp. 32 _et seq._; _Parliamentary Papers_, No. Cmd. 964 (1920). The irrigation system thus planned was completed before the outbreak of the Great War. It justified the sanguine expectations of its promoters, for the agricultural yield of the irrigated lands increased from five to fifteen fold over the former production. In 1911 a similar irrigation project was gotten under way in Cilicia. _Diplomatic and Consular Reports_, No. 4835 (1911), pp. 18–19. [17] _Cf._ _supra_, p. 37. [18] Riesser, _op. cit._, p. 454; _Report of the Dresdner Bank_, 1905, p. 6; _Diplomatic and Consular Reports_, No. 3553 (1905), p. 29; _Report of the Deutsche Bank_, 1908, p. 10. The Bagdad office of the _Deutsche Bank_ was not established until 1914, just before the outbreak of the War. _Ibid._, 1914, p. 9.