Word: sultanate
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...most of us it came as a distinct shock to learn, a few days ago, that the Allied powers intended to allow the Sultan to remain in Constantinople, with a large part of his former power still untouched; and this news was not rendered the more acceptable when printed side by side with accounts of fresh massacres and outrages committed by the Sultan's subjects...
Great Britain and France, it is alleged, are compelled by the sentiment of their Mohammedan colonies to protect the Sultan. But a large part of the Mohammedan world regards the Sultan as a usurper, and renounces all allegiance, civil or religious, to the Ottoman Empire. Mohammedan troops from India and Algeria fought not only against those Germans, but also against those of their own faith. When Mecca passed out of the power of the Turk, not a murmur was heard; yet Mecca, far more than Constantinople, has always been regarded as the center of Islam...
...German influence has disappeared as mysteriously as have the other elements,--the vaunted German control of the Sultan is entirely a thing of the past. The Berlin to Bagdad railway still exists but its terminal has changed now from Berlin to Paris. Turkey has been left helpless and adrift, and no country is willing to assume the responsibility of guiding the Turks to a haven of peace and industry, despite the fact that Turkey is as rich in resources as any part of the world...
...other hand the "Star Spangled Banner," while revered by all, like the Sultan of Turkey, is, like the Sultan of Turkey, known to few. When the band or the orchestra strikes up the first bars, we stand, remove our hats, and begin valiantly with the heroic query of "Oh say, can you see?" Finding that no one can see we relapse into a humming monotone, cheerful, although unintelligible. It is only at "the rockets' red glare, the bombs' bursting in air," that our patriotic choruses come out with full assurance again. That bit or warlike description has fixed...
...rights of other European countries." Basing his argument on the paramount interests of France in the country, he showed how successive events have made necessary each step taken by the French, and how Germany, wishing to get control of mining concessions which her merchants had obtained from the Sultan for a nominal price, did everything she could to harass the French until she should be allowed a share in the administration of the land. France accorded Germany all the commercial and economic freedom which she accorded other nations, and which the other nations were satisfied with...