Note 60 — Chapter IV · THE SULTAN MORTGAGES HIS EMPIRE
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The Times, March 14, 1903, contained a report of this secret appendix. A denial was issued by the Berlin National Zeitung of March 18, 1903, but the existence of the supplementary agreement was confirmed by Dr. von Gwinner in 1909 (op. cit., p. 1092). Djavid Bey, in a memorandum to the author, has stated that the Ottoman Government considered this appendix of the utmost importance.