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is suffering. No Turk, Young or Old, had. any
particular objection to the prospects of the conquest
either of Egypt or the Caucasus, and many
of them aimed at a Moslem Triple Alliance between
Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan under
German auspices, and even dreamt dreams of an
empire that would ultimately embrace India and
the whole of Northern Africa! 1
The Young Turks have tried their hand at the
government of the Ottoman Empire, and have
failed more completely and proved infinitely
more cruel and brutal than the Old Turks. Besides
this, their betrayal of the Entente Powers
and the vast and unprecedented crime which they
have committed against humanity have left only
one solution possible that holds out any promise
of peace, justice and normal progress in the future.
That one solution is, to draw up a new
map of the Ottoman Empire on the basis of
nationality and historical rights, reparation in
proportion to services and sacrifices during the
war, and the proved aptitude of the races concerned
for progress and development on the lines
of Western civilization.
There has long existed in Europe a school of
politicians who have always asked: "If you eliminate
Turkish rule over the Turks' subject races,
1 See Appendix, p. 188.