...By its language, cultural orientation, and business relations the Jewish element from Eastern Europe is an asset to German influence. ... In a certain...element in Germany and a German element in Turkey. Hitherto Germany has bothered herself very little about the Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe....

...and blood to a most important element in her own population. "In a certain sense," says Dr. Treitsch, "the Jews are a Near Eastern element in Germany and a German element in Turkey. ' ' He goes on with unerring acumen to lament the exodus of German-speaking Jews to the United States...

...Davis-Trietsch, a German Zionist writer, who propounded a view that a Jewish settlement in Palestine would be "an asset to German influence. ... In a certain sense...element in Germany and a German element in Turkey." To this argument Toynbee had a ready reply: "Other Powers than Germany may take these possibilities...

...office in Germany stressed the benefits that Germany could gain from a German protectorate. Because "in a certain sense the Jews are a Near Eastern element in Germany and a German element in Turkey," Jews, whose native language was closely akin to German, were the natural intermediaries between Germany...