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1915, Alexandre Ribot, atrocities, British Empire, Cairo, Egypt, explosive bullets, finance, France, Germany, Ottoman Army, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, Russia, Turkey, War Loan, weapons
French Finance Minister proposes to issue Treasury and National Defence bonds up to 120 millions sterling. Russian Foreign Office protest against German atrocities, including use of explosive bullets. An official communiqué issued in Cairo gives reasons for supposing that “the only way the Turkish troops are likely to enter Egypt is as prisoners of war.”