 Mediterranean would fall into her hands, and she would command " the canal through the Isthmus of Suez. " Whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal to Central " Europe, there is no doubt that it is secondary in importance to the " Euphrates Railway,...  Journal of the Royal United Service Institution - Page 461de Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - 1874Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1879 - 592 pages
...after the battle of Sadowa. was committed the charge of the reorganisation of the Austrian army. ' Whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal to Central Europe, there is nodoubt that it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates Railway, which affords the only means of... | |
 | WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH, Ph. D., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., &c. - 1872 - 512 pages
...Euphrates line shows, at all events, that England has perceived these dangers in time. Whatever may be the commercial value of the Suez Canal to Central Europe, there is no doubt it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates Railway, which affords the only means of stemming Russian... | |
 | Sir William Patrick Andrew - 1878 - 316 pages
...she will endeavor to reach the Persian Gulf step by step, by annexing separate districts of Armenia." "'Whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal...is no doubt that it is secondary in importance to tin; Euphrates Railway, which affords the only means of stemming Russian advances in Central Asia,... | |
 | Sir William Patrick Andrew - 1882 - 130 pages
...above ; for, if she were firmly established in Asia Minor, the real apple of discord, Constantinople, would be in imminent danger, all the commerce of the Mediterranean would fall into 58 her hands, and she would command the canal through the Isthmus of Suez. " Whatever the commercial... | |
 | Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Royal Empire Society (Great Britain) - 1883 - 482 pages
...perpendicular mountains. In 1858, Field- Marshal Baron Kuhn von Kulmenfeld expressed the opinion that, " whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal to Central Europe, there is no doubt it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates railway, which affords the only means of stemming Eussian... | |
 | Sir William Patrick Andrew - 1884 - 482 pages
...Times. In " the words of the Austrian War Minister, Field-Marshal Baron Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld . . . ' Whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal to...that it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates Kailway, which affords the only means of stemming Russian advances in Central Asia, and which directly... | |
 | Archibald Ross Colquhoun - 1900 - 264 pages
...above ; for if she were firmly established in Asia Minor, the real apple of discord, Constantinople, would be in imminent danger, all the commerce of the...of Suez. . . . Whatever the commercial value of the canal to Central Europe, there is no doubt that it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates valley,... | |
 | Frederic William Unger, Charles Morris - 1904 - 530 pages
...above; for if she were firmly established in Asia Minor, the real apple of discord, Constantinople, would be in imminent danger, all the commerce of the...of Suez. . . . Whatever the commercial value of the canal to central Europe, there is no doubt that it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates valley,... | |
 | 1918 - 1002 pages
...above ; for if she were firmly established in Asia Minor, the real apple of discord, Constantinople, would be in imminent danger, all the commerce of the...of Suez. . . . Whatever the commercial value of the canal to Central Europe, there is no doubt that it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates valley,... | |
 | Royal Commonwealth Society - 1883 - 484 pages
...perpendicular mountains. In 1858, Field-Marshal Baron Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld expressed the opinion that, " whatever the commercial value of the Suez Canal to Central Europe, there is no doubt it is secondary in importance to the Euphrates railway, which affords the only means of stemming Russian... | |
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