The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-17
s'Roughest, Toughest Fit and
Fighting Body Of Men," Says
Correspondent.
AWAIT ATTACK ON THE SuEZ
nsrnan.Turkish Forces Expected 70
Plunge Toward canal--Vsterans
OF calIlpolI Are In the Defend
Ing krmy--Lonaina
for a Scrap.


ing with the patience OF q country
ages old that can afford 70 wait. II 10
quite conscious OF its position in the
war. IL expects the GermanTurkish
forces to plunge toward the Suez
canal. and II Is ready for them. But
A. awaits tho event with an eastern
calm on which is supertmposed =
British calm.
Here In Cairo feel ! arm in closed
territory. After being raced across
fEe eastern Mediterranean In q +.
4 D. liner with an honest fear OF
submarines was dropped at Port
Said and there was an ordinary train,
dining car and all. which hustled
ss on to Cairo. skirting the canal and
khe deaert which were not at all AZ
ordinary Once In Egypt ! or anyone
cau mogo about anywhere. II 10 easier
90 Knock about .oii she -dalta OF" tho
Milo than In France or England.
once YOU are OF the delta the tri-
anglo with Cairo at tho apex. you run
into military zones. The secretive
dessert lies beyond and even the trains
az padded footed cRme,s shopping on
across the skyline, no doubt or quite
ordinary orrands, and their Arab
drivers add To the mystery. As TO tho
Arabs most OF them could tell good
deal II they cared TO talk.
No Uprising 10 Likely,
One can spend four and half days
going from Khartoum as easily as any
sourIst ever travelled the Nile, but II
thorc Is one thing extremely unlikely
60 happen In Egypt II Is an uprising
between here and the Soudan nor are
any Of tho desert tribes likely TO Gro.
ate any havoc along the river. Trou.
bile can come but from two directions.
east and west. Both are under active
military control and am for tho
present not permitted to write about
them.
Hut there Is enough going on In this
small intensely vivid world TO keep
ono from getting restless. For. re-
mote from the war as We are here. we
arc In il In a strategic position. and
sho part OF Egypt which counts
strptegically In q military sense Ia
really quito small. II rs only three
hours from hero to Alexandria and
Ave TO Port Said. Tho situation has
dramatic compactnoss, Beyond that
thete are only the considerable out.
post forces at tho GASES In the desert.
Egypt is staged In Cairo. Cairo
has not given up any OF It's ordinary
life, except the tourist trade. and Is
carrying of it's military honors with
quite an air. II can afford TO let the
tourists so, because II has the
Australians and they are worth more
In month than the tourists OF ten
years.
News From the SenussI.
happen 10 be waiting for some
pahsng that lifts tho curtain and re-
veals corner OF the stage, A British
oticer has located AN Arab some
where IN tho depths Of Cairo, and
This Arab has Just come OF the west
cru desert and knows more than any
other man on the delta about tho do
ings Of the most talked-of man In
Egypt. tho head OF tho Senussi. the
desert chiottain who Is the unknown
quantity in Egypt and that officers
report viii mean much. have seated
myself. rs many thousands OF Ameri
cans have done. on tho terrace OF
Ehephearis hotel. but have quite an
other sight from the usual one before
me
Imagine the most European Of
Cairos streets nlled from the steps
of the hotel to the arcade across the
way with staggering men In khaki
They walk with swing and q
-'chcero," their spurs jangling. the
Emu feathers In their hats waving
their level eyes head above ever
khe tall Egyptians, To anyone used
u tho areas Of Europe they strike
you like q fresh wind Oh the noun
Sa,ns, For those are the Australians
The toughest, toughest, NJ and fight
sug body Of men | believe the worlt
has ever seen All the varicolored
fascinating life Of Cairo Ia swept ava,
By their virility. They seem fairl,
70 swell through the streets
Heroes Of Western Remanes.
Imagine this ancient and seretiv,
city busting With the heroes OF west
ern romance, with their pockets fui
OF money and itching 10 spend lit,
blow IL IN III . large and conspicuous
manner. They Ill the sidewalks
Ticking with their swagger sticks a
the bare legs OF the sons OF III,
Prophet who wriggle among them keei
on baSshecsh and Offering 10 sell then
what they will,
The steps OF the hotel arc lines
with military police, soldiers wearing
the rod and WHITE erassard OF tn
r. Nj guard. They arc acre ever,
aighk For that matter they are Il
be found everywhere Ia Cairo TO tn
humber of i.s0o to keep ths sazua I'm