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Through branch lines projected through the firman, they are practically in control of both the Syrian routes toward the Cypriotic Mediterranean and the Lebanon valleys. THROUGH BRANCH LINES PROJECTED THROUGH THE FIR MAN THEY ARE PRACTICALLY IN CONTROL OF BOTH THE SYRIAN ROUTES TOWARD THE CYPRIOTIC MEDITERRANEAN AND THE LEBAN VALLEYS
lestine. It was the key to the whole Oriental situation. No mere coincidence brought the Kaiser to Damascus in November, 1898,--the same month that Kitchener, in London, was hailed as Gordon's avenger,--when he uttered his famous phrase at the tomb of Saladin: "Tell the three hundred million Moslems of the world that I am their friend!" We have all seen photographs of the imperial figure, draped in an amazing burnous of his own designing (above which the Prussian _Pickelhaube_ rises supreme), as he moved from point to point in this portentous visit: we may also have seen Caran d'Ache's celebrated cartoon (a subject of diplomatic correspondence) representing this same imperial figure, in its Oriental toggery, riding into Jerusalem on an ass. The nations of Europe laughed at this visit and its transparent purpose, but it was all part of the scheme which won for the Germans the concessions for the Konia-Bagdad Railway, and made them owners of the double valley of the Euphrates and Tigris. Y ABSOLUTELY NEEDED PALESTINE IT WAS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE ORIENTAL SITUATION NO MERE COINCIDENCE BROUGHT THE CASER TO DAMASCUS IN NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN NINETY EIGHT THE SAME MONTH THAT KITCHENER IN LONDON WAS HAILED AS GARDEN'S AVENGER WHEN HE UTTERED HIS FAMOUS PHRASE AT THE TOME OF SALADDIN TELL THE THREE HUNDRED MILLION MOSLEMS OF THE WORLD THAT I AM THEIR FRIEND WE HAVE ALL SEEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE IMPERIAL FIGURE DRAPED IN AN AMAZING BIRDNESS OF HIS OWN DESIGNING ABOVE WHICH THE PRUSSIAN PICKLEHAB RISES SUPREME AS WE MOVE FROM POINT TO POINT IN THIS PORTENTOUS VISIT WE MAY ALSO HAVE SEEN KAREN DARC'S CELEBRATED CARTOON A SUBJECT OF DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE REPRESENTING THIS SAME IMPERIAL FIGURE IN ITS ORIENTAL TOGGERY RIDING INTO JERUSALEM ON AN ASS THE NATIONS OF EUROPE LAUGHED AT THIS VISIT AND ITS TRANSPARENT PURPOSE BUT IT WAS ALL PART OF THE SCHEME WHICH WON FOR THE GERMANS THE CONCESSIONS FOR THE CONAGHDAD RAILWAY AND MADE THEM OWNERS OF THE DOUBLE VALLEY OF EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS
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