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Identifier: storyofmapofeuro00bn (find matches)
Title: The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bénézet, Louis Paul, 1878- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Chicago, New York, Scott, Foresman and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ations of Europe England had no greatfriendship. Between England and Russia,there had been a hostile feeling for a long time,for the British felt that the Russians would hkenothing better than to stretch their empire fromSiberia, down to include British India, or atleast Afghanistan and Baluchistan, where theBritish were in control. The emperor of Germany, on the other hand, was planning for the future growth of the trade of his country. Since his coming to the throne, Germany had made wonderful progress in the direction of manufactures. She had become one of the leading nations of the world. One of her chief questions was, where to market these Germans goods. In 1896 the emperor paid a visit to ^^^^ ^^®a • 1 n^ 1 TT . trade of the Syria and lurkey. He was received with East great enthusiasm by the Turks, who were glad to have one strong friend among the powers of Europe. Soon afterwards the Germans began to get more and more of the trade of the Ottoman Empire. A German company was
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(184) The Map of Europe 185 given permission by the Turks to build a rail-road across Turkey to the Persian Gulf throughBagdad. German railways ran through Aus- ^^®tria-Hungary, which was Germanys ally, to railwayConstantinople and Salonika, the two greatestports of Turkey in Europe. This short over-land route to Persia was looked upon with sus-picion and distrust by the English, whose shipsup to this time had carried on almost all ofEuropes commerce with India and the neigh-boring countries. Germany was reaching out for colonies. She secured land on the west coast of Africa and ^ Germany on the east as well. A tract of land in the corner on the seaof the Gulf of Guinea also fell to her share.Islands in the Pacific Ocean were seized. Herforeign trade was growing by leaps and bounds,and she threatened to take away from Englanda great deal of the latters commerce. The German emperor announced that hemust always be consulted whenever any changesof territory took place, no matter in what

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