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Excerpt from The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. 8 of 10: Compiled From Original and Contemporary Sources; American British, French, German, and Others
If Russia were the immediate enemy of Turkey, Great Britain and France had become only less definitely so. For mal British occupation of Egypt after the war began, had already deprived the Turk of his finest province, and France, by acquiring Algeria, Tunis, and Morocco had further weakened Moslem power. To save Stamboul, to regain Egypt, Tunis, Algeria and Tripoli, to restore the ancient Mediterranean Empire of Mohammed, this had long been a vital part of the dream of every Turkish patriot. For the Turk, it was clear in 1914 that the final hour had come. If defeated, he must quit Europe and go back to his earlier home in Anatolia, lose Arabia, Syria, and the valley of the Euphrates, and surrender his half of Armenia. Even his primacy in the religious hierarchy of Islam might be lost.
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