The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72
Proposed Purchase of the Island of Lemnos
Proposed Purchase of the Island of Lemnos.
"It is imperative that Britain should buy, or enter into treaty with the Turkish Government for, the island of Lemnos or some such island possessing a good harbour at the east end of the Mediterranean, Cyprus being of no use whatever as a naval base of operations."—The Times.