The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-01
ITALY HAS DONE GREAT WORK
FOR CIVILIZATION OF TRIPOLI
Continued from Page u

the lack of material, labor, transporta
ton and construction facilities, grea
progress has already been made.
The first railroad in Tripoli is now
an accomplished fact. 1t extends fol
distance of - kilometers from Trip
oil to Ain-Zarah. Two branch lines
are also under construction, one east
ward from Tripoli to Tagiura and one
westward from Tripoli to Gargaresch
Other lines will follow as rapidly as
possible.
Extensive work has been done to-
wards the establishment of permanent
seaports both at Tripoli and at Ben
gasti that will be valuable additions
to the worlds navigation and com
mercial facilities. Contracts ag;;re-
eating 100000 lire have already been
let for the construction of port ia
ABILITIES at these two points.
The port Of Tripoli has also been
fully equipped and systematized for
safe navigation and commerce. A new
lighthouse has been erected, a wire
less station installed, semaphores
provided for signalling vessels at sea
and nautical data and charts prepared
for coastwise navigation and com
mercial development of all the sea-
ports of Tripoli and Cirenaica.
This development of the port of
Vt,;,> hoe do I,
lishment of a regular mail service
which has helped materially the re-
markable progress that has been made
towards establishing a complete sys-
tenn of posts, telegraphs and tele-
phones. With the assistance of
large force of trained employees
brought especially from Rome there
is now a main postal, telegraph and
telephone office with branches and in
dependent offices in all parts of the
colony. kilograms are delivered by
special messengers but letter carriers
have not yet been installed for the
reason that the natives still prefer to
call personally for their mail. A cable
now being laid between Syracuse and
Tripoli will soon give direct cable
communication with the rest of the
world
Extensive work has also been done
by the department of agriculture, in
dustry and commerce in securing spe
cific and scientific data On soil condi
tions, water supply and rainfall From
this it has already been made certain
that large tracks of Tripoli hereto |
fore considered sterile can be made |
fertile and productive. Already seed |
has been distributed in large quantities |
to the natives, the use of modern agri-
cultural utensils and methods intro
duced and other encouragement given
for the development of agriculture.
Finally, Italy has also undertaken to !
bestow the same care upon the his
tcrical monuments and remains of the
ancient civilizations which existed in
Tripoli that she bestow upon these at
home Already enough of these have
been discovered to throw great light
upon the peoples of the past and to be
OF permanent value to the entire
world The branch Of the new govern
ment which has this in charge has al
ready undertaken the isolation and
of the arch of Marcus
Aurelius that has been discovered
W lille other excavations will be made
as rapidly as possible.
In short Italy feels that i'll the six
she has Occupied Tripoli she
has done more for the moral and ma
Lerial development of the country than
was done under the entire Turkish
regime and that she has given ample
evidence of her sincerity in promising
to carry modern civilization to the
people of Tripoli and Cirenaica.