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 LONDON, July 19.-A Reuter- cor respondent with the Egyptian expe- ditionary force writes: Certain it is that this country remains marvellous | ly untroubled in the midst of the uni versal uproar, though it's peace is , constantly threatened for there can be no doubt that it was long ago marked down by cur enemies as one of the prizes of successful war. But the British line in the desert keeps the active and watchful enemy on our eastern frontier in check. The fanatical hordes of the western desert and Darfour have received a lesson -wtich will probably last them at least until the end of the war. and in the interim the real Egypt, the green strip of the Nile valley and the Delta the Egypt sof the peasant cultivator, of the teeming green fields and the mndbuiit villages have, not been . touched by war l. has not heard a stot fired or paid a penny of extra taxation.
 "The European element in the country has felt the near neighbor- hood of war. The shortage of ton nage has affected businesses in many cases although in others business men, in spite of high freights and high prices. are doing better than they ever did before. Many French men and Italians have been called to the colors in Europe. The Germans. Austrians and Turks have been re- moved or interned But the natives are hardly affected at all. They are not asked 10 serVe-the merest hand full of Egyptian reservists have been called up to serve as camel drivers. They have no interests in the casu- alty lists. All that the war means to them is higher prices for their produce and their labor, and a much larger amount of money in circula- ton among the poorer classes than w:tS ever the case before. In these times of short tonnage and high pric- es everywhere, it is naturally the pol icy of the army authorities in Egypt to utilize, as far as possible the pro- Guce of the country and to import only what Egypt does not supply or can only supply at excessive prices.
 There is a military local resohrce board at Cairo. which, with the aid of civilian advisers familiar with the country. systematically collects. trans ports and utilizes all Egyptian pro duce, wherever obtainable, that can serve the turn of the army. Natur- ally. foodstuffs and especially grain are the first need. All the wheat. maize and barley required is bought in Egypt and at prices which in- variably show a substantial increase on the pre-war prices. Pudchases are made in a wholesale fashion The army for instance. took the whole of the last maize crop at an abnormal price, and has seen to it that. this. year there is a larger acreage under cereals than ever before
 Egypt does not supply the troops with meat-it cannot rival the frozen meat from Australia and New Zea- land. but all the fresh vegetables for the army gre bought in Egypt and enormous quantities of fruit are bought by the soldiers on their own account Oranges, of which this country is a large producer. fetched unprecedented prices last season. The cultivator is not slow to observe these things and is growing much more garden stuff than ever before. Tn particular. the very high price of potatoes last winter has encouraged him to devote more land to growing this indispensable vegetable. Tnere is, in fact. nothing that he can grow that does not pay him better than in ordinary times. The army Is a nigh ty purchaser of camels and needs vast quantities of fodder which it buys from the Egyptian farmer The army has resuscitated the moribund salt industry at Damiett It has ere ated a timber industry which never existed before in Egypt. The country is not rich in timber, but large quan- titles are needed and the army buyers have looked around til they found supplies in various parts of the country
 The army is also a large employer