BAUDAD RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1086, 27 March 1911, Page 6

BAUDAD RAILWAY.

BRITAIN'S INTENTION,?. By TcleEraph-PreES Association-Copyright London, March 21. Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) intimated in tho House of Commons that negotiations regarding the Gulf section of the Bagdad railway wero proceeding. Britain's intention was to secure the fulfilment of guarantees and absolutely fair treatment for British trade throughout tho system, and tho making of the Gulf section a purely commercial undertakingA HINT FROM BERLIN. Tho "Berliner Tageblatt" recently took up the suggestion which appeared in tho "Vossische," that,, through her negotiations with Constantinople, England is indirectly seeking to effect an agreement with Germany regarding tho Bagdad Railway. Tho "Tageblatt" says:—

"Nervous folk aro inclined to find nn anti-Gt-nnan tendency in this AngloTurkish discussion regarding the completion of the final section of the Bagdad Railway! It would be nearer to tho truth to deduce rather that these discussions aro taking place with the knowledge and consent of Berlin, • where undoubtedly it is held that Turkey, as tho sovereign Power over tho whole region traversed by tho railway, has the right to have the first word in the matter. Tho negotiations, which aro concerned primarily with the question of o terminus on tho Gulf, nro of a delicate nature, and will require a long time, but when all that is kno\\n regarding the feeling of the Liberal Cabinet in England is taken into consideration, it appears likely that tho negotiations will not prove abortive. The final decision rests with Turkey, as it does in the question of Kowoit, which only requires a solution by which Turkish interests are not threatened. Germany seeks nothing more. Is a compromise not possible on tins basis:'"