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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 19
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\ appreciation for this act, Sultan f lusein replied: "Faisu!, in a*g' i the oppressed, has only performed one of the first duties of our rel' ' ~ and of the Arab's faith. I say with confidence and pride tharST C Armenian race and other races in similar plight are regarded by us partners in weal ami woe. We ask God before everything to give us strength to enable us to do them helpful service by which to prove to the world the true feelings of Islam, whose watchword is freed om. With such a confession of faith, we need not wonder that of the two hundred and fifty million Muslims of the world, a barefivepercent was ever on the side of our opponents, that nearly the entire remainder, before the breakdown of Russia, was definitely pledged to the cause of liberty, that many were fighting side by side with our boys in France. By their action in this war, as well as by the weight of their numbers and their unrivalled position at the very heart of the old world, they 1 demand and will secure adequate treatment at the peace table. x This article is a revision of one presented in the Historical Outlook. IX: 480 ff.
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