The donation by the Sheikh of Koweit of Rs. 50,000 to the Red Cross Ambulance Society recalls recent diplomatic incident between Great Britain and Germany. When it was announced that the Baghdid Railway, which was being built by a German company under a concession from the Turkish Government, was to be extended to a terminus on the Persian Gulf, Great Britain at once objected. This trotest was fortified by the fact that the proed terminus was at Koweit, over ich Great Britain has recently established a protectorate. At first Germany tried to deny the existence of this protectorate, but eventually the British Foreign Office carried its point, A compromise was reached and it was agreed that if the Gulf section of the railway from Bagdad to Koweit were built, it was to be placed under an international board of control representing British, French, German and Ottoman interests. The incident serves to re mind us how deliberately Germany set out upon her campaign of og: gression. If the railway had been completed and in German hands it would have been extremely useful to Germany to-day.
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