[36] Quatrième convention additionelle à la convention du 5 Mars, 1903, relative au chemin de fer de Bagdad (Constantinople, 1911). H. F. B. Lynch (of the firm of Lynch Brothers), “The Bagdad Railway: the New Conventions,” in the Fortnightly Review, new series, Volume 89 (1911), pp. 773–780. Mr. Lynch explains that his summary of the Alexandretta port concessions is based upon an authentic article appearing in La Turquie, a Constantinople newspaper, of March 21, 1911. Diplomatic and Consular Reports, No. 4835 (1911), p. 16; The Times (London), March 23, 1911.
[37] Stenographische Berichte, XII. Legislaturperiode, 2 Session, Volume 266 (1911), pp. 5984c et seq.; Troisième convention additionelle à la convention du 5 Mars, 1903, relative au chemin de fer de Bagdad (Constantinople, 1911); Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, fifth series, Volume 23 (1911), pp. 582–583, statement by Sir Edward Grey.
[38] See speeches of Herr Scheidemann and Herr Bassermann before the Reichstag, March 30, 1911. Stenographische Berichte, XII. Legislaturperiode, 2 Session, Volume 266 (1911), pp. 5980 et seq.
[39] Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords, fifth series, Volume 23 (1911), p. 589.
[40] D. Chatir, “L’État actuel du chemin de fer de Bagdad,” in Questions diplomatiques et coloniales, Volume 36 (1913), pp. 279–281; Report of the Bagdad Railway Company, 1910, p. 4, 1911, p. 4, 1913, pp. 3–5, 1914, pp. 6–8.
[41] Report of the Deutsche Bank, 1913, pp. 11–12.
[42] Report of the Bagdad Railway Company, 1914, pp. 6–8. It was not until September, 1918, that the Amanus tunnels were completed, the first train being operated through to Aleppo just before the capture of that city by Lord Allenby’s army. Von Sanders, op. cit., p. 42.