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THE TURCO-ITALIAN WAR AND

ITS PROBLEMS

AND

ITS PROBLEMS

WITH APPENDICES CONTAINING THE CHIEF
STATE PAPERS BEARING ON THE SUBJECT

BY

SIR THOMAS BARCLAY

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; AUTHOR OF "PROBLEMS
OF INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND DIPLOMACY"

WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHAPTER

ON MOSLEM FEELING

BY THE

RT. HON. AMEER ALI, P.C.

UNIV. OF

LONDON

CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD

10 ORANGE STREET LEICESTER SQUARE WC

TIMIA OL

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PREFACE

HOWEVER warranted may be the indignation the war has excited, it is well to hear both sides on the subject; and alongside the question of the injustice of the war is that of bringing it to an early termination. This volume appears while the ultimate result seems still remote. The author hopes that it may contribute to the formation of a public opinion which more than the military and naval forces of either side may force a peace honourable to both belligerents and satisfactory, in some degree at least, to the public conscience of Western Europe.

The valuable and interesting chapter for which he is indebted to his friend, Syed Ameer Ali, shows how desirable it is that whatever terms are concluded, they should constitute an ample indemnity to Turkey. The author has been called to task for suggesting any other solution but Italian evacuation of Tripolitana and Cyrenaica, and, if justice prevailed in the history of nations, this ought, no doubt, to be the solution. As, however, it seems now too late to prevent the commission of the offence, the only course is for the offender to make amends, and this as between nations, in such

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