The Only Possible Peace
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Here was a source of raw materials badly needed by Germany. And the agents and diplomats of all the European Powers are analyzing the earth's surface from one pole to the other in their hunt for such resources as well as for rubber, copper, and other raw ma- terials which have become of such value to modern industry.
The Anatolian Railway Corporation, a Ger- man company, secured the right to irrigate and bring under cultivation 132, 500 acres of land in the centre of Asia Minor. The same compan...y was granted permission to build har- bors and quays at Bagdad, Alexandretta, and Basra, to establish steamship services on the Tigris and Euphrates, and to develop the tim- THE BAGDAD RAILWAY CONCESSIONS 79 ber industry in the neighboring forests. The right to operate stores was also granted.
The Turkish Government stood back of these grants and guaranteed the interest and operating costs of the railway up to ^7, 000, 000 a year^ If the operating costs were not earned by the railway, and as a great part of the rail- way was built for miUtary reasons and would not be profitable in years, the necessary in- come would have to be paid from taxes.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Here was a source of raw materials badly needed by Germany. And the agents and diplomats of all the European Powers are analyzing the earth's surface from one pole to the other in their hunt for such resources as well as for rubber, copper, and other raw ma- terials which have become of such value to modern industry.
The Anatolian Railway Corporation, a Ger- man company, secured the right to irrigate and bring under cultivation 132, 500 acres of land in the centre of Asia Minor. The same compan...y was granted permission to build har- bors and quays at Bagdad, Alexandretta, and Basra, to establish steamship services on the Tigris and Euphrates, and to develop the tim- THE BAGDAD RAILWAY CONCESSIONS 79 ber industry in the neighboring forests. The right to operate stores was also granted.
The Turkish Government stood back of these grants and guaranteed the interest and operating costs of the railway up to ^7, 000, 000 a year^ If the operating costs were not earned by the railway, and as a great part of the rail- way was built for miUtary reasons and would not be profitable in years, the necessary in- come would have to be paid from taxes.
What to read after The Only Possible Peace?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Frederic Clemson Howe to read onlineMoreLess
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