THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 10

THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.

WHAT GERMANY pAS IN VIEW. ; Herr ..von Sciiori .reminded tho Gbrriiaii Reichstag . on i. March 24, that tho project,' for tho" coiistructidri of the Bagdad; 'Railway had b'ceii entrusted by the Sxiltaii to ah Ottoman '.- in which, in the- first place, German capital and then French, Austrian, Italian, Swiss, 'and Turkish capital in tho scheme were represented, but although it had an iritfcrriational oliariu-tci' it was under German direction, and'they might call it a Gcrniaii Undertaking inasmuch as that splendid enterprise bad, sprung from, a German brain'., It lihd hitherto been conducted with 'the aid of German taleiit, arid they hoped it would,' bo also concluded with German talfcrit. ■ ■ The .Miriistor thferi referred to . the advantages of tho railway through the participation of Ge'rihaii industry arid the employment of Gbrriiari oiigirifedi's, etc.;- arid to thd prospects of ilew ebminfifcial demands in- the territory traversed-by, it. Herr, von Sciiori added: "WS rriay grant that this, tfciritory will alsb be'opened l up;for other naticiiis besides-iour-selves.. v In the lriAttdr of the Bagdad Ptailwiiy I tnust eiptfessly' insist that' political aims arid ■ arriCres-pferisees do not exist fbr lis. hare in vibw is the.civilising and exploitatioii of / countries which iiro worth this'exploitation; that is to say wo wish to co-opti'ato in ' reawakening, aft6r thousands Of years of slpmber, land which flourished in antiqriity, thereby also acquiring for, .ourselves a new .. market; As regards tlife attittido'of. the linpetial'Gtiverrimferit, it gofes' without 'saying that we will devote oiir eiitiro sympathy and attention 'to tli.o enterprise arid do everything in our power to further it. t ' We liopo also that the fdlsd fcoricliisions arid anxieties which tho ' enterjiriso has eiicoimtfered from other nations will even; tually be recognised as erroneous and' baseloss'and give way to.a. friendly, arid trusting attitude; Wis shall hail such attitude on the part- of foreign countries'with satisfaction arid goodwill."