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Original red printed wraps 16 x 25cm. Printed by Billing and Sons, Guildford. 20pp, including Cheradame's lecture in the original French, and discussion in English. Wraps good only, chipped along the edges with tears along the spine fold. Interiors very good. Very rare with just 3 locations on Worldcat and Jisc (BL, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Wisconsin). Andre Cheradame (1871-1948) was an academic at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris. He wrote books and articles for Le Petit Journal on geopolitics, in particular related to his concerns about German expansionism. He lobbied influential people, and actively sought to bring the nations of the Triple Entente (Britain, France, and Russia) together to discuss mutual concerns and encourage response. This talk to British and Russian representatives on the Baghdad Railway's threat is an example of that. He discusses Germany's desire to extend its influence in the Ottoman Empire as far as the Persian Gulf. He describes his efforts to persuade various French politicians to take the threat seriously, and expresses concern about the silence of French newspapers, and support from French financiers. He considers the impact of British relations with Kuwait, and discusses the consequences of the agreement to unify Ottoman Empire debt in hindering any opposition to the Railway. He provocatively asks the Russian publicist M. Wesselitsky about the threat posed by the Ottomans transporting its armies along the line, and the British about the threat to their interests in Kuwait and the Gulf. Wesselitsky supports Cheradame's arguments, and asserts that Russia could block the extension of the line from Baghdad to Kuwait. He also argues that if the British were to build a line from Mohammerah to Kohmerabad and ultimately Tehran, this would negate the threat. The British discussants were mostly supportive, including G Lloyd MP, Sir JD Rees, T Gibson-Bowles (who observes to laughter "The very last way you will get information is by listening to Foreign Offices", and that Balfour had supported the Railway), and Colonel CE Yate MP (who opposed the extension to Kuwait and argued instead for a line from Baghdad to Khanikin and into Persia). Lieut Colonel AC Yate however presented a contrary view, that Turkey had a right to build a line through its territories, and Britain would have no control over it unless it chose to invest. He also questioned whether Russian interests were consistent with those of Britain and France: "I think [Russia] will try and sit on the fence between Franco-British and Turko-Teutonic interests, and manipulate both to the utmost of its own advantage". N° de ref. del artículo 4305
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