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

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78.Asnoted,forexample,inHumann,"VertraulicheMitteilungenvom16.Oktober
1914.,"YUL/JiickhPapers/l/14;andAustro-HungarianembassyBerlin,"Noriz," 3 Sept.
1914,NARA/T-137/5/0331.
79.Wangenheimto AA,26 Oct.1914;andJagowto AA,25 Oct. 1914,NARA/T-137/
5/0338, 0337,respectively.AccordingtoTrumpener,"GermanOfficersintheOtto-
manEmpire,"37,Bentheimhadservedas EnverPasha'sadjutantfrom19II to1914,
includingin LibyaduringtheOttomanwaragainstItaly.
80.Flotowto AA,INov. 1914,NARA/T-137/5/0347.
81.Humann,"BesprechungmitEnverPascha.,"3 Nov. 1914,YUL/JickhPapers/r/
17.AlsoonEnver'sdeterminationtodispatchNurito Libya, seeTrumpener,Ger-
manyandtheOttomanEmpire,II9-20.
82.Flotowto AA,IDec.1914;andWangenheimto AA,28 Nov. 1914,NARA/T-137/
5/0365, °363.TheItaliansinTripolialsoencouragedMannesmanntofocushis revo-
lutionaryactivitiveswestwardtowardtheFrenchcoloniesofAlgeriaandTunisiaand
awayfromLibya. Hesentemissariesto Arabtribalchiefs in AlgeriaandTunisia,prom-
isingtosupporttheirrebellionsagainstFrenchrulewithweapons.ButNadolnyand
theSektionPolitikfailedtodispatchformerGermanmembersoftheFrenchForeign
LegionthroughItalyandSpaintoAlgeriatoprovokeamutinyofthelegionnaires.
SeeWebertoOppenheim,II Dec.1914;Wesendonk,"G.A,"7 Dec. 1914;"Telegramm
vomGrossenHauptquartier.,2.X.[1914l";Wesendonk,"G.A," 15 Sept.1914,NARA/T-
137/143/0690,0630,0483,°462;Mannesmann,"Retiro,"16 Dec.1914,NARA/T-120/
4950/L365838-841;andMiiller,371-72.
83.ConsulateTripoli(Mannesmann)to AA,16Dec. 1914,containingacopyofthe
letter,"Ubersetzung,An Senussi," NARA/T-137/23/0430-31.
84.WangenheimtoBethmannHollweg,18Dec.1914;Wesendonk,memo,18 Dec.
1916;andNadolnyto AA,22 Dec. 1914,NARA/T-137/23/0413, 0388-89,respectively.
85.Humann,"VertraulicheMitteilungenvom26.November1914.,"YUL/Jackh
Papers/r/rs;andWangenheimto AA,2 Dec.1914,NARA/T-137/23/0261.
86.Forthekhedive'sdepositionandotherchangesin Egypt, see below, 92. Also
noteFO toRennellRodd(Britishambassadorin Rome), 28 Nov.1914;andRoddto
FO, 27 Nov. 1914,PRO/FO371/1972/76163.
87.Wangenheimto AA, 14 Dec.1915;Wesendonk,"G.A,"16 Dec. 1914;and
Oppenheim,memo, 22 Jan.1915,NARA/T-137/23/0356, 0366,0552-61.
88.Wesendonk,"G.A,"29 Dec. 1914,NARA/T-137/23/0439.
89.PrufertoOppenheim,31Dec. 1914,NARA/T-137/23/0635-42;andMcKale,Curt
Ptiiter,31-33.WahibBey'sassignmenttoMeccaatthebeginningof1914 toincrease
Ottomanauthorityis inDawn,FromOttomanismtoArabism,58.



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    E.VI.29/XII1914.,"NARA/T-137/138/0579;Feigl,318-19;Bauer, 210-27;andSauer,249.
    91.BurkeandQuraishi,149.
    92.Egyptianinteriorministry,"GeneralSituationin Egypt," 27 Dec.1914,PROf
    FO 371/2355/4307;andCheethamto Grey, 12Dec. 1914,PRO/FO371/1972/87392.
    93.Egyptianinteriorministry,"GeneralSituationin Egypt," 27 Dec.1914,PROf
    FO 371/2355/4307;andFarnie,532.
    94."Proclamation,"19Dec.1914,journalOiiicielduGouvernementEgyptien,no.
    171,PRO/FO371/2353/599;Cheethamto Grey, 4 Dec. 1914,IOLR/L/P&S/1O/464;and
    Landau,126-27.

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