TURKEY ABANDONED
REMARKABLE GERMAN STATEMENT. PERSIA AND EGYPT ABANDONED ( ' Received 8.35. AMSTERDAM, November 30. A wireless report states that Professor Hoetzseh in the Kruez Zeituaei admits the seriousness of the Palestine situation for Turkey and her Allies, but points out that the question is whether the Sultan or Britain shall rule the Moslem world. He adds the Central Powers are having more urgent troubles nearer home, and are now compelled to abandon Persia and Egypt. Their oriental policy was not planted on the basis of Turkey being deprived of Mesopotamia, Arabia and Palestine, and their guarantee of Turkey's integrity can only be carried out by negotiation. Therefore Germany ought not to tie her hands regarding the securities she holds "in Eastern Europe, as she will need them all when negotiation with her enf emies who also hold securities.
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Taihape Daily Times, 1 December 1917, Page 5
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