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SOME ENGLISHMEN, OF WHOM KITCHENER WAS CHIEF, BELIEVED THAT A REBELLION OF ARABS AGAINST TURKS WOULD ENABLE ENGLAND, WHILE FIGHTING GERMANY, SIMULTANEOUSLY TO DEFEAT HER ALLY TURKEY.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE AND POWER AND COUNTRY OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING PEOPLES MADE THEM THINK THAT THE ISSUE OF SUCH A REBELLION WOULD BE HAPPY: AND INDICATED ITS CHARACTER AND METHOD.