CO129-414 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [10-11] — Page 282

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defiance of international treaty.

Another reason for grave disquietude has been the unfriend- ly treatment by responsible Turkish officials in Bagdad and Liesopotamia of British subjects and the open incitement of the population by Turkish official circles against Great Britain and her allies.

Notwithstanding all this provocation His Majesty's Govern- ment not only intimated that if Turkish were substituted for German crews on the "Goeben" and "Breslau", if British merchant shipping was not impeded, and if Turkey would honourably carry out the duties of a neutral state, all these illegalities and hostile acts would be overlooked, and a solemn and written guarantee would be given that Great Britain will scrupulously respect the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire.

Furthermore assurances were given that at the conclusion

of peace Great Britain would see that no conditions were laid down which would impair that independence and integrity and that economic conditions of a character favourable to Turkey would be obtained.

In spite of these assurances the attitude of Turkey towards Great Britain became increasingly provocative. Evidence continued to reach His Majesty's Government of military preparations in Syria which could have no other purpose than to facilitate attack upon Egypt; and of active propaganda carried on by Turkish and German agents among Bedouin Arabs in regions adjoining the Egyptian frontier. Similar intrigues were set on foot elsewhere and reports were even received of the despatch of Turkish emissaries to India with a view to stirring up anti-British feeling among Indian Mahometans.

Great Britain the greatest Mahometan Power in the world and the faithful and consistent friend of Turkey, whom she has steadfastly helped to recover the stability shaken in the Balkan Ware, would see with the greatest regret that Turkey had been decoyed into B ranging herself on the side of England's enemies, and adopting an attitude as unjustifiable as it would be ungrateful, but it cannot

be denied that the present situation shows that there is a

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