The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-08
EGYPT-|NO|A RAIL
LINE IS PLANNED
English Capitalists to Open
Up Frontier Territory
Irish Notes.
National News AssOciation)

tN4t1Onal News ASsOciatlOn)
LONDON, Oct. 7.-Arrangements
have been made for furthering the
project Of continuous and direct
British railroad line from Egypt to the
Indian frontier by way of Northern
Arabia and Central Persia, and i'm
portant developments may be expected
at any early date.
The route has been we'll known for
q long time to Anglo-India travellers
and geographical experts to be the
shortest and most direct line OF ac-
cess from the Mediterranean to the
westernmost frontier stations Of In
dia, but other projected lines travers-
Ing foreign spheres of influence, have
monOpOliZed public attention, and the
practicability of securing railroad
line to India which shall be exclusive
ly under British control has been thus
thrust out of sight.
Another great advantage OF the line
referred to 1t that it will shorten the
Journey to India by six whole days,
saving far greater than could be OBJ
tanned by any other conceivable route.
1t starts from the northern end of the
SueZ canal at Port Said, and, running
of Akaba, Ell Jauf, Basra, Sh!roz, ker-
man, Eastern Persia and Seistan. will
generally due east by way of the Gulf
close on to the present Indian rail
road at Nushki. The entire length will
be about 1000 miles. while the sea
route from Port Said to India Is rough
ly 1850 miles, sufficient indication of
the saving in mere mileage, to say
nothing of the greater speed of the
train as compared with the steamship.
The existing maps of Arabia and
Persia, especially the latter, are fairly
good enough for a general alignment
OF the trend Of the railroad to be trac-
ed, but to enable satisfactory sur
Vey for railroad purposes a detailed
examination Of the route from end to
end Is necessary, and this is being ar
ranged. The general subject will be
brought forward in an exhaustive pa
per to be read before the Royal I'm
tied Service institution in Whitehall
at the opening meeting of the season,
next week.
Anlnosities In ireland.
The rancor Of religious and politi-
cal animosities in Ireland has been
greatly mitigated in the past dozen
years. There Is a growing recognition
among men of all creeds and all par
ties that they have interests in COM
mon as Irishmen, and that Ireland
needs the servic of all her sons. 1t is
true that political opinions still main
N,, Gail -
q Protestant, that Is. Is usually I'm
ionist and Roman Catholic is usually
q Home Ruler. But these old walls Of
sectarian partition are breaking down.
Some of the staunchest Home Rul-
ers in Dublin are Professionals, who
dismiss with scornful contempt the
suggestion that there will be religious
persecution IL Ireland has native
Pertinent. There are too, not a few
devout Catholics with anti-clerical pro.
clivities, who desire to prevent the in
trusion of the spiritual arm into the
secular domain.
There is a genuine revival of inter.
est in the old native language. 1t is
part of that natural renaissance, the
workings Of whose mighty spirit can
be seen in many directions. Every
street nameplate in Dublin now bears
the name in Irish a. we'll as English
letters, and Irish hss been made a
compulsory subject at the new Roman
Catholic university. Yet l have dis
covered singularly few signs Of popu'
lar interest in the attempt to galvan-
lie the old language into new life.
Among some scholarly patriots, who
regard the native tongue as express
Ing the Ethos of the nation, there is
an intense zeal for Irish, and that
splendid lrishman, DR.. Douglas Hyde
has communicated his enthusiasm for
the vernacular tongue to an ardent
body of disciples.
This revival Of enthusiasm for the
Irish language is very significant
ph' . of the national awakening
The purchase money, however, did
not last long. and latterly their fur
niture had been carried off piece by
piece by the bailiffs to satisfy the de
mands Of their tradesmen.. On Sun
day morning a girl from the neighbour
ing village. who helped in the house
hold work found the whole family ly