The report from Ankara to the effect that a German-Turkish economic agreement will be signed on Wednesday. upon the return of von Papen, German Ambassador to Turkey, who is visiting Istanbul, indicates that Dr. Clodius, the-German expert, has succeeded in his mission to some extent. Agreement appears to have been reached after the Germans abandoned several requests, particularly for raw materials, including chrome. which the Germans were told they could not have. Britain purchases all of that metal which the Turks can produce under an arrangement whereby it is earmarked for Britain alone. The German desire for chrome is known to be great, for her supplies, though formidable at the beginning of the war, are incapable of extensive replenishment, and failure to persuade Turkey to divert some of it to the Germans constitutes a decided reverse which will be particularly galling to them. Germany has been obliged to te what she can get. and in this instance not what she wants The attempts which the Germans have been making to seduce the Turkish Government from Jovally fulfilling their engagements to Great Britain have, up to the. present, lamentably failed. Possibly that is because of the Turkish desire to keep out of this war. and maintain the strictest neutrality, and also. perhaps, because of the strong influence
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