The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-09
LAND OF EGYPT
An ARMED CAMP
As British Make War Prep.
aratiOns.
nHn0lnllu man lITnn anYllIR
GERMANY WAS VERY ACTIVE
In Stocking" the Country
For Many Months Pre-.
ceding the War.
SEALED LETTERS IMPORTANT

London, Feb. For many weeks
defensive preparations have been
hurried forward with the utmost
possible speed. 1t may now be said
that the land of the Pharaohs is
ready to give the Germans a warm
reception.
Practically all the tourists, among
whom there were undoubtedly sew
eral German spies. have been forced
to leave the magnificent hotels in
spite of the protests of several
Americans, who had hoped to be per-
mitted to get a glimpse of the great
war Cooks palatial steamers on
the Nile are lying idle for the first |
time in many years, in so far as they |
have not been placed at the dispo- |
sal of the military authorities.
The whole country now looks like
an immense armed camp. Great
contingents of Australian and New
Zealand troops have been steadily
arriving. The huge army, which is
now eagerly spying for the first signs
of German-Turkish activity is we'll
supplied with artillery of all kinds,
from heavy field guns to camel guns
and MaXims. The flying corps and
the splendid cavalry arouse the I'M
bounded wonder and admiration of
the natives, who have never before
seen such convincing proofs of the
power of Great Britain. The Senus-
81 chiefs are said to be renewing
their assurances of friendship.
General MacWedil has taken pos
session of practically all the large
buildings at Cairo. His headquar-
tiers are at the Savoy Hotel.
The roadbed of the railroad from
Zagaziz to Ismalia, which is of the
greatest military Importance, has
been widened and two tracks built ,
its entire length, This railroad con-
meets the line along the Suez Canal {
with tho rest of Egypt The latter
line will probably form a British
battle front should the German
~. y
urhisR forces ever succeed in ad- I
mat far. For the last two c
men have been working on
the railroads day and night, and the .
work is now practically finished. An t
DR.. Stirling, a former a
resident of Jerusalem, who, in jan {
uary last year, succeeded in making J
his escape FROM the Turkish jail into
which he had Been thrown at enc
outbreak of the war, has just declar-
ed that for many months Preceding
the war German vessels, principally
from HAMBURG. had 5een unloading
huga quantities of arms and explo-
sives OF all kinds at Beirut, while
enormous supplies of munitions
were buried in the gardens of GAIA,
and German engineers We're busy
sinking artesian wells along the old
route from Syria to Egypt.
Thirty thousand camel loads of
provisions were stored on the Turco-
Egyptian frontier, and German army
officers We're constantly engaged in
drawing up military maps through
out the Sinai Desert. Immense
quantities OF materials to be used in
the construction of light military
railroads arrived at short intervals
from Germany and were stored at
Seilah, near Naples, while extensive
camps and barracks were built at
Khan-Yennes.
In May, 1914, he also asserts all
the heads of villages throughout
Syria received sealed letter which
they were to open on certain date,
which conceded with the day on