Turkey and Russia acted last week like two small boys working up to a fight by insulting each other's big brother. In Moscow, Izvestia let out a blast declaring that Turkey was "fully drawn into the orbit of Anglo-French influence," accusing Turkey of trying to swing a Near Eastern bloc against Germany. What really got on Izvestia's nerves was the report that the Turks are building a new railroad toward Erzurum, back of the Russo-Turkish frontier.
Same day the Turkish press rang with accusations that Germany was trying to push Russia into...
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