El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-29

ONDON. Eng. Jan 29.-For many
weeks defensive preparations in
Egypt have been hurried forward
with the utmost possible speed II
may now be said that the land of the
haraohs is ready 10 give the Germans
Z warm reception
Practically all the tourists, among
" HON there We're believed TO be several
German spies have been forced 10 leave
IN MAGNIFICENT hotels in spite of the
protests OF several Americans who had
hoped 10 be permitted TO see a glimpse
o. the great war COOKS palarlal
steamers on the Nile are lying idle for
the first time in many years, in so Tar
as they have not been placed at the
disposal of the military authorities
Whole Country an Armed Camp
The whole country now looks like an
immense armed camp Great cOntln-
gents of Australian and New Zealand
troops have been steadily arriving. The
huge army which is now eagerly spy
ing for the first signs OF German
TuT zish activity Is wei supplied with
artillery of all kinds from heavy field
guns TO camel guns and Maxius- The
flying corps and the splendid cavalry
arouse the wonder and admiration Of
the natives who have never before seen
such convincing proofs Of the power Of
Great Britain. The Senussi chiefs are
said 10 be renewing their assurances Of
General Mac Wedil has taken pos
session Of practically all the large
buildings at Cairo. His headquarters
are at the Savoy hotel
The rOadbed of the railroad from
,kZagaziz 10 Ismalia, which is Of the
greatest military importance, has been
Widened and two tracks built along its
entire length This railroad connects
the line along the Suez canal with the
rest Of Egypt The latter line Will
probably form British battle front
should the German Turkish forces ever
succeed in advancing that far. For the
q
been working on the railroad day and
night and the work is now practical
= finished
Tells Of German Preparations.
An Englishman, Dr.. Stirling, a for
ner resident Of Jerusalem. who in Jan
uary last year succeeded in making his
escape from the Turkish Jail into which
he had been thrown at the outbreak Of
the war. has Just declared that for
many months preceding the war. Ger
man vessels Of all kinds at Beirut.
while enormous supplies of munitions
were buried in the gardens of GAIA and
German engineers were busy sinking
artesian wells along the old route from
Syria TO Egypt
Thirty thousand camel loads Of pro-
visions were stored On the TurcO-
Egyptian frontier and German army
officers were constantly engaged in
drawing up military maps throughout
the Sinai desert Immense quantities
of materials TO be used in the con-
struction Of light military railroads ar
rived at short intervals from Germany
and were stored at Seilah. near Naplus
while extensive camps and barra cks
were built at Khan Yennes-
Scaled Orders to SyrianS.
In Nay, 1914 he also asserts. all the
heads of villages throughout Syria re-
{ceived sealed letter which they were
40 omen on a certain date, which coin
cided with the day on which Germany
declared war against Russia. August /.
1914 This envelope contained detailed
orders for the mobilization with the
tween 20 and - years Of age. who were
10 be given five days rations at once
and under arms await further orders.