[42] The New York Times, October 29, 1922.
[43] Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1921, passim; “The Trade of Turkey During 1920,” Commerce Reports, Special Supplement (Washington, 1921).
[44] Compare with the terms of the Bagdad Railway concession, supra, pp. 70–71, 77–84.
[45] The text of the Chester concessions—in an English translation which leaves much to be desired—is to be found in Current History, Volume XVIII (1923), pp. 485–489. For an official copy of the concessions, with a map, I am indebted to Mr. M. Zekeria, Secretary of the Turkish Information Service in New York.
[46] The Chester concessions contain the usual provisions for the utilization of the railways by the gendarmerie and the military, both in time of peace and in time of war.
[47] The World (New York), April 10, 1923.
[48] The remarks are those of Mr. Ernest Filsinger, of the firm of Lawrence & Company, exporters. Mr. Filsinger has been good enough to supply me with a copy of his speech.
[49] The New York Times, April 12, 1923.
[50] Ibid., April 23, 1923.
[51] The United States Navy as an Industrial Asset (Washington, Office of Naval Intelligence, 1923). Cf., also, C. Merz, “Bristol, Quarterdeck Diplomat,” in Our World, December, 1922.