What I state here can be corroborated by any one who knows Palestine and has lived in it.
About the time when we first knew that Turkey would join the Germanic powers came the news that the "Capitulations" had been revoked.

As is generally known, foreigners formerly enjoyed the protection of their respective consuls.

The Turkish Government, under the terms of the so-called Capitulations, or agreements, had no jurisdiction over an American, for instance, or a Frenchman, who could not be arrested without the consent of his consul.

In the Ottoman Empire, where law and justice are not at a premium, such protection was a wholesome and necessary policy.
The revoking of the Capitulations was a terrible blow to all the Europeans, meaning, as it did, the practical abolition of all their rights.

Upon the Arabs it acted like an intoxicant.