[28] Compiled from the _Statistisches Jahrbuch für das deutsche Reich_, 1900–1914, as corrected for 1900–1905 according to the _Statistisches Handbuch für das deutsche Reich_, Volume 2, pp. 506–510. A remarkable increase of German exports to Turkey—an increase of 50%—is to be noted in the year 1904, during which the first section of the Bagdad Railway was constructed. Undoubtedly this increase is to be partially accounted for by the purchase in Germany of materials for right of way as well as rolling stock for the railway. This factor should not be over-estimated, however, as a glance at the following tables will show that imports into Turkey from other European countries during the same year likewise showed increases, without exception. The general falling off in trade during 1908 may be attributed, in part, at any rate, to the Young Turk Revolution of that year. [29] Compiled from _Diplomatic and Consular Reports_, Nos. 2950 (1902), 3533 (1905), 4188 (1908), and 4835 (1910–1911). [30] _Supra_, p. 36. [31] _Diplomatic and Consular Reports_, No. 3533 (1905), p. 27; _Turkey in Europe_, pp. 86–87. [32] _Mesopotamia_, pp. 99–101; Schaefer, _op. cit._, p. 22. Regarding British interests in the Persian Gulf, _cf._, a detailed statement by Lord Lansdowne to the House of Lords, May 5, 1903. _Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords_, fourth series, Volume 121 (1903), pp. 1347–1348. [33] “Bagdad: Handelsbericht des kaiserlichen Konsulats für das Jahr 1908–1909,” in _Deutsches Handels-Archiv_, 1910, part 2, pp. 27–35; also, “Bericht über den Handel in Basra und Bagdad für das Jahr 1910,” _ibid._, 1912, part 2, pp. 263–270; _Mesopotamia_, p. 108. [34] _Cf._ _supra_, pp. 59–60; _Report of the Bagdad Railway Company_, 1906, p. 4, 1908, pp. 7–8; _Diplomatic and Consular Reports_, No. 3533 (1905), p. 29. The Mersina-Adana line was formally incorporated in the Bagdad system in 1908. _Cf._ _Deuxième convention additionelle à la convention du chemin de fer de Bagdad_ (Constantinople, 1910). [35] _Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons_, fifth series, Volume 22 (1911), pp. 1284–1285. [36] _Quatrième convention additionelle à la convention du 5 Mars, 1903, relative au chemin de fer de Bagdad_ (Constantinople, 1911). H. F. B. Lynch (of the firm of Lynch Brothers), “The Bagdad Railway: the New Conventions,” in the _Fortnightly Review_, new series, Volume 89 (1911), pp. 773–780. Mr. Lynch explains that his summary of the Alexandretta port concessions is based upon an authentic article appearing in _La Turquie_, a Constantinople newspaper, of March 21, 1911. _Diplomatic and Consular Reports_, No. 4835 (1911), p. 16; _The Times_ (London), March 23, 1911.