Word: turk
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Empire of the Turk, as it Is and as it Was," January...
...Turk: His Use of Roman Law. Administration and the Army. Mohammedanism. Despotism and Massacre," February...
That the Holy City will become the permanent property of Christiandom is more than a likelihood. The British campaigns against the Moslems have so far been successful, even though sometimes delayed. The power of the Turk has been weakening in the last half century, and does not seem to be recovering. So long as English progress continues, while the Mohammedans weaken, the lasting possession of Jerusalem seems assured. Unlike many places captured in war, this has suffered no bombardment, much to the satisfaction of all who wish the preservation of the relies of the past. A field of historical research...
...purely defensive sort, and at the same time of the kind most effective against the submarines--which are the only part of Germany we have cause to fight. We should not be in any way committing ourselves to the purposes of the Allies, such as expelling the Turk from Europe, and winning back Alsace-Lorraine for France or the Trentino for Italy, or forcing huge indemnities from Germany...
...Gallipoli. We see the troops land and watch them fighting in the trenches and in "no-man's land," or trying to rest in their dug-outs. We grow to admire the British Tommy--Scotchman, Irishman, Newfoundlander, Canadian, Anzac or city-bred Londoner; and to respect the heathen Turk, his honest enemy...