TURKS IN SUDAN,
ARE THEY AIDING NATIVES. The French reverse in Central Africa is regarded in the German press as an illustration of the strength of the PanIslamic idea. The news appears to have reached Constantinople, and it is a curious coincidence that a letter from The Times's special correspondent at Dakar, dated 7th November, two days before the fighting, should have been written pointing out that "certain elements in Turkey, inspired perhaps by influences inimical to France, were, it would seem, deliberately seeking to cause trouble to the French in the Central Sudan." By the Anglo-French agreement of 1899, the vast stretch of territory between the Hinterland of Tripoli and Lake Chad lies within the sphere of French influence. The agreement Was not recognised by Turkey, and Turkish patrols have been observed in the vicinity of the caravan route, which the Frericfi have been trying to deal' of the mounted pirates of the desert, the Tuareg and other nomads. During the recent fighting in Wadai the French found a number of quick-firing rifles, which, it is said, are mairlly imported through Tripolitan ports
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1911, Page 19
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184TURKS IN SUDAN, Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1911, Page 19
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