BAGDAD RAILWAY.
GERMAN PRESSURE ON THE PORTE. 8/ Telegraph.— Preau Aosoelatloo.— Copyright (Received May 23, 8.30 a.m.) ' CONSTANTINOPLE, 22nd May. Owing to Germany's pressure, the Porte has sanctioned a 500-mile extension of the Bagdad Railway, including the Taurus section to Mardin. The Taurus Country is very mountain - pus. Mardin, a vilayet in Asiatic Turkey, is strategically important, The success, so far, of <the idea to connect the Mediterranean with the Persian Gulf, is a tribute to German diplomacy. The Germans control the Anatolian system, including the line to Konieh. The first section', the Konieh-Eregli-Burgulu line, 200 , kilometres in length, was opened in October, 1904,- the total cost yielding a hatfdsome profit to the underwriters. Tho inevitable international side of the question has, of course, been raised more than once, but Germany goes on her way without any serious hindrance.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 122, 23 May 1908, Page 5
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