War by Revolution. Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I

252 NOTESTO PAGES65-70

137/00713;Fischer,Germany'sAims,129-30;andjackhtoZimmermann("Berichtuber

dieOrganisationinKonstantinopelzurRevolutionierungfeindlicherGebiete."), 3

Jan.1915,NARA/T-137/0I56-57.

65. SeeFrobenius,"BerichtV.durchdas ksl.DeutscheKonsulatinDamas.," 6
    Feb.1915,NARA/T-137/138/0588-91.
    66.Musil,"EureExzellenz!HochverehrterHerrBotschafterl" 13 Oct.1914,con-
    tainedinGermanembassyViennato AA,14Oct.1914,NARA/T-137/138/0359-62;Fiegl,
    290-93;Bauer,205-6;andSauer,245-6.
    67.Musil,"EureExzellenz!...," 13Oct.1914,NARA/T-137/138/0361;andFeigl, 292-
    93·
    68.Oppenheim,"G.A,"25Oct.1914,NARA/T-137/138/0376-77;Feigl, 293;andBauer,

(^20) 7.
69."AbschrifteinesBriefes desHofratsMusilanSeineExzellenzdenHermMin-
isterddo.Damaskus,IDezember1914.,"NARA/T-137/138/05II.

70. Ibid.; Feigl, 31O-II;Bauer,208-9;andJosephPomiankowski,DerZusammen-
    bruchdesOttomanischenReiches.ErinnerungenandieTiirkeisusderZeitdes
    Weltkrieges,171-72.
    71.Thememo,titled"DieRevolutionierungderIslamischenGebieteUnsere
    Feinde,"acopyofwhichis inYUL/JackhPapers/2/47,comprised 136 typewrittenpages.
    Goodsummariesandanalysesofthememoare inKroger,368-70;andMuller,193,
    196 - 204.


71. SeeZimmermanntoSektionPolitikandwarministry, 10 Jan.1915,NARA/T-
    1491365/00II-13.
    73.SummariesoftheNachrichtenstellefur denOrient(NfdO)are inKroger,373-
    76;Muller,204-9,2II-12;andLandau,105-6.
    74.SeeWangenheimto AA,12Sept.1914,YUL/JackhPapers/r/to;Oppenheim,"G.
    A," 14 Sept.1914;Oppenheim,memo("BenutzungderKriegsgefangeneMuhammed-
    aner."),2Oct.1914;Wesendonk,"G.A," 13 Oct.1914,NARA/T-137/143/0423-24, 0489-
    96, 0523;andKroger, 374.

4.THETHICKENINGPLOT AND HOLYWAR,FALL 1914
1.ThebestanalysisisHeller,chapter7.
2.Duringthe fallof1914,asrumorsspreadofanimpendingTurkishassaulton
theSuezCanal,oneheardinCairoreferencespraisingtheanticipatedtriumphant
arrivalofanOttomanarmysymbolicallyled by thekhedive:"Godlives....Abbas is
coming."ButamuchmorenarrowlyEgyptianmotiveforwishingaTurkishvictory
overlappedthisreligiousloyaltytotheOttomans:theexpectationthatitwouldend
theBritishoccupationofEgypt. SeeGershoniandJankowski,Egypt, Islam,andthe
Arabs,23-25;Storrs,132-33;andWO,intelligencenews, "22/IX/14.,"PRO/WO157/698.
3.Storrs,130-31.
4.PannwitztoBethmannHollweg, 26 Sept.1914,PA/WKNr.ng/Bd.2;and
GershoniandJankowski,Egypt, Islam,andthe Arabs,25.
5.Cheethamto Grey, 28 Aug.1914,IndiaOfficeLibraryandRecords,London
(hereafterIOLR)/FileL/PoliticalandSecret(hereafterP&S)/1O/464.

6. Asexamples,noteMallet'stelegramsto Grey inGreatBritain,FO,Correspon-
   dence, 16 (entryforISept.1914),32(25Sept.1914),34 (2Oct.1914),40 (10Oct. 1914),43,