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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!" 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
 our training, swiftly, monotonously, until the fateful December morning when the news came like a thunderbolt that Turkey was about to join hands with Germany. We had had reports of the war--of a kind. Copies of telegrams from Constantinople, printed in Arabic, were circulated among us, giving accounts of endless German victories. These, however, we had laughed at as fabrications of a Prussophile press agency, and in our skepticism we had failed to give the Teutons credit for the successes they had actually won. To us, born and bred in the East as we were, the success of German propaganda in the Turkish Empire could not come as an overwhelming surprise; but its fullness amazed us. It may be of timely interest to say a few words here regarding this propaganda as I have seen it in Palestine, spreading under strong and efficient organization for twenty years. In order to realize her imperialistic dreams, Germany absolutely needed Palestine. It was the key to the whole Oriental situation. ROPAGANDA SO PASSED THE DAYS OF OUR TRAINING SWIFTLY MONOTONOUSLY UNTIL THE FATEFUL DECEMBER MORNING WHEN THE NEWS CAME LIKE A THUNDERBOLT THAT TURKEY WAS ABOUT TO JOIN HANDS WITH GERMANY WE HAD HAD REPORTS OF THE WAR OF A KIND COPIES OF TELEGRAMS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE PRINTED IN ARABIC WERE CIRCULATED AMONG US GIVING ACCOUNTS OF ENDLESS GERMAN VICTORIES THESE HOWEVER WE HAD LAUGHED AT AS FABRICATIONS OF A CRUCIFILE PRESS AGENCY AND IN OUR SCEPTICISM WE HAD FAILED TO GIVE THE TEUTONS CREDIT FOR THE SUCCESSES THEY ACTUALLY WON TO US BORN AND BRED IN THE EAST AS WE WERE THE SUCCESS OF GERMAN PROPAGANDA IN A TURKISH EMPIRE COULD NOT COME AS AN OVERWHELMING SURPRISE BUT ITS FULLNESS AMAZED US IT MAY BE OF TIMELY INTEREST TO SAY A FEW WORDS HERE REGARDING THIS PROPAGANDA AS I HAVE SEEN IT IN PALESTINE SPREADING UNDER STRONG AND EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION FOR TWENTY YEARS IN ORDER TO REALIZE HER IMPERIALISTIC DREAMS GERMANY ABSOLUTELY NEEDED PALESTINE IT WAS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE ORIENTAL SITUATION
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