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The opening of the Danube and Black Sea railway is

far more likely to serve Turkey than the operations of the French troops in Syria. Of the two modes of helping the Sultan, we prefer that which develops the resources of the country to that which only develops foreign influence among his subjects. The railway in European Turkey must have lasting effects for good ; the Pro- menade of General d'Hautpoul in the Lebanon can only tend to sow the seeds of future and serious trouble.

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