The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
PLAN A RAILROAD
ACROSS THE SAHARA
French Financiers Consider
the Construction of Line
in Northern Africa.
ARE FEW HEAVY GRADES
Proposed Road Would Tap
the Cape TO Cairo Line Near
Lake Tangan Yika.
ARE FEW HEAVY GRADES
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
Special Cable 20 The Tribune.

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Special Cable 20 The Tribune
PARIS. Nov. :2.--rhe Cape 10 Car
road that dream ~ the grea; Englisa
empire builder. Cecil Rhodes. which ~
now slowly but surely approaching re-
ali-auon. IS 10 have a rival. or rather
Berthoiot come 10 fruition. and they are
orlng very carefully considered BY French
hnsnciers. IL is no less than a rail-
road from Algiers across The eahAra-.
tapping the Cape 10 Cairo road In ths
konso Free State nsar Lake TasEsn
~ Berth.iot points ou, that Africa
Ike Asia and America. can only be prop
erly exploited by means Of railways.
Along the whole coast whA, ports there
are seem 90 BE- often either inadequate or
dangerous 70 health. And then The rivers.
how little adapted they ars 70 CONNIE rec
compared With the Mississippi. tho Yang
transporting steamers piecemesl up ths
railway that they can BE- OF any Use
In navigating tho inner waterways.
The lie OF the land. too. is all in favor
of q railway from the north TO The so.th
for the mountains are either In the e1-
'rcn1e uortheast-the Atlss mountains
or in the east. where Rsnvenzoi towers 90
above the great rift In the continent. 4
line running from Algeria across the ga
hara, down through The French RonEo-
what "a left Of II after the present nego-
the Cape 10 Cairo line at KAntanga.
would not have 90 climb any hill or
plateau more than 200 feet high
Then there Is the practical and nnsn-
portions already constructed. the Al
eerian and Cape To Cairo and some hits
IN ,S the Kong lhs5s 5 sSsass semans rors S7p9
that length. and II was carried across
marsh and Lake. through traekless for
rs, and over frozen steppe IN nins years
at the rate Of seven miles n day.
Practicable or not II IN n fascinating
project. The Bedouins OF the desert, The
plgmies ~ the tropical forest. the gen
might soon taste the delights OF trRTe!.
Tho great unknown land would become
railway truck! Instead OF RopEo hor-
rors. blessings cast o'er smiling landI
President q Clever Speaker.
There arc few public men In France
who are able tu &c, as close 20 the peo-
pie as President Falllcres.
The presidents speeches az Nerac must
be n treat 10 every one who likes neat
phrasnE. body. unaffected grace and oc-
cssioral glows Of sly humor bred OF The
house banquet he suited his dlapason 10
the place and audience OF small bourgeois
and rustics. With delicious address he
In the homeiy and neighborly vlgneron
Fallieres. The president has a turn for
poetry. and used 70 reap lsurels as
Without verSltying. he brought his poetic
talent into play in the Market 6ou.s
There he dealt In pleasan, talk Of his
peculiar beauty and It's atmosphere. This
brought him 10 the vineyards. its cap
ortolans, heeasu.s. auais
women. who all remained faithful 20 tho
traditions that came down from the CAV
court OF King Henri and Queen Hnrgot.
Of Tgncron. he told HIS hearers that
when phylioNera had destroyei vineyards
he set n work 10 repair the ruin. Slnes
he began this task he has overseen. WITH
his own eyes. tho planting Of 20. 900 vines.
This year the golden vintage they sup
ply Is 20 great that his steward had di-
nculty 10 md watts and tubs enough.
E&-presIdent Loubet. another y1gr-ron.
has az Mesin vintage OF 10000 hsoto.
itcUs % rare quality
Mayor Torbids Dance
1T is expressly forbidden 10 dance ,hs
Iuodrhie figure called The Psstoprelis
lall Of the Chateau Henri "" such is
he decree which has been ISSUED BY tho
nSyoT 81 NeTsG P.ir 'Ss h. town weieh Vas -
-allisr,s lately visited WAY this ukas:'
Tho mayor answers. Ae says: 'My
astes have never I'D me- IN the diree-
ball do not know how 10 dance.
md have never seen the 'PastoureIe'
ianced. Blu, nil tbs sane deemed :.
,uhlic order. The cavaliers make their
,artncrs turn 20 rapidly and high thas
heir feet actually hit thsir nelghbors'
.ceds. That figure Is not proper. Ia
ICED, 7 know enough about IL from q Do
Ice report. stating tina. it led 20 dan
croUS rivalry among the young men OF
he town and those o! the country. and
his is why ] have issued ,hc decree.
Which 7 reEa 7,ied a. necessary
The Little Sisters Of the Poor IN
'sris havo been advised that thev will
ave 20 leave their converts within ths
ext few days IN accordance With this
onCTcgation's law.
There are three convfntN In Paris -
crrct and st PutcEun. The expulsion
rdcr has been sent 20 the conven,s, ard
l~ nuns have determined not TO leave
ntil they are forced 10 10 80.
A ppsals have been posted VI IN III.
sighborhood cf all the converts asking
BOD Roman Catholics 20 prevent tbs
Jprls!on ol the sisters, and on TueFsAy
Cht and "Wednesday night 400 men
rurd themselves into q voluntary
"a rd at PuteauN. while 200 are guarding
- convent al Levailols -Perret Doors
~ windows have been bar-icad~d
The Sisters or tho AEsumption-or
little Sisters of thr Poor as they are
ore pOpularly cailed-hAVs done such
'lendid work among the poor o! Paris
r 80 many years that their expulsion
rot likely 20 pass OF without q dem
,stration, and the denomination may
owe dangerous 70 the good ordsr os
r. city.