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 *[Footnote: thus planned was completed before the outbreak of the Great War. It justified the sanguine expectations of its promoters, for the agricultural yield of the irrigated lands increased from five to fifteen fold over the former production. In 1911 a similar irrigation project was gotten under way in Cilicia. ''Diplomatic and Consular Reports'', No. 4835 (1911), pp. 18-19.]Session, Volume 231 (1908), p. 4253c. The speech of the Secretary was followed by "Bravos" from the National Liberals.]