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CHAPTER V

THE YOUNG TURKISH REVOLUTION 48

"On the morning of July 23, 1908"—The Old Turkish
counter-revolution and its defeat—How Islam and the
Christian communities nullified the Young Turkish
program—Kemal's break with Enver and his retirement
from politics—The Balkan wars and nationalism.


CHAPTER VI

GERMANY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 56

British policy at Constantinople—The Bagdad railway
concessions—Russia's veto and the change of route—The
Achilles' Heel of Aleppo—Germany and Islam—The
British Indian frontier in Serbia—The Great
War.


CHAPTER VII

CHRISTENDOM AND THE WAR 65


CHAPTER VIII

THE WAR AND ISLAM 68

Kemal hurries back to Constantinople and Rauf Bey
asks the British Embassy to finance neutrality—Enver
enters the war and Persia attempts to follow him—The
hard position of Islam in India.


CHAPTER IX

THE ARMENIAN DEPORTATIONS OF 1915 76

Enver and the Armenian Patriarch—Where the Armenians
lived—American missionaries and the Armenians—Russia
and the Armenians—Great Britain
joins Russia in the 1907 Treaty—Enver's demand for
British administrators in the Eastern provinces—The
War and the Armenian deportations.


CHAPTER X

THE 1907 TREATY AND THE CALIPHATE 89

Great Britain promises Constantinople to Russia—Arab
nationalism and the Holy Places of Islam—The
Hejaz becomes independent of Constantinople—The
British capture Jerusalem—The Caliphate agitation in
India.