Note 28 — Chapter V · PEACEFUL PENETRATION PROGRESSES

Compiled from the Statistisches Jahrbuch für das deutsche Reich, 1900–1914, as corrected for 1900–1905 according to the Statistisches Handbuch für das deutsche Reich, Volume 2, pp. 506–510. A remarkable increase of German exports to Turkey—an increase of 50%—is to be noted in the year 1904, during which the first section of the Bagdad Railway was constructed. Undoubtedly this increase is to be partially accounted for by the purchase in Germany of materials for right of way as well as rolling stock for the railway. This factor should not be over-estimated, however, as a glance at the following tables will show that imports into Turkey from other European countries during the same year likewise showed increases, without exception. The general falling off in trade during 1908 may be attributed, in part, at any rate, to the Young Turk Revolution of that year.