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her railway systems IN her own Afri-
can empire. French capital and
French merchants can take Up the
task Of completing the great work
which for nearly a century the French
have been pushing slowly in the re-
gions from Algeria southwark.
To Transform Morocco.
Precisely as Britain viii now re-
store prosperity in the Garden OF
Eden, the French viii be able to
transform Morocco. one Of the richest
bits OF undeVel0ped land in the world
Already the French have half COM
Dieted g modern harbDr at lasablanca
on the west coast and pushed a rail-
way up TO Fez, while from the east
the main line connecting Iunis with
Ilemcen by Algiers and Oran, has
been carried across the Muluya ana
IS less than 20 miles from Eez in the
nrieLest time 10 VIII be possible for
the Traveller, landing at Casahlanca,
70 travel By rail 70 the edge Of the
Iripolitan frontier.
But The French have two other
schemes tar more Eraudiose. one cone
templates a railway from IanEier,
facing Gibraltar and the Spanish rail-
head Of AlEeciras along the coast 70
Dakar IN their colony Of Senegal. all
ready tie best equipped and busiest
NQEl on the west coast or AFRICA.
FROM Dazar the ocean voyage TO Rio
Janiero VIII hardly exceed three
days and with tho aid OF a train
Ferry service between Algeciras and
IanEier the French expect 10 shorten
The time Of travel between South
america and Europe by at least one
half
Plan Trans-sahnrnn Line.
Their second plan IS the much dis
cusseo trsfas-5ahara- crossing the des-
ert from Algeria TO the Niger and
sending of branch, which, coutinu-
ing always on Preach soil, VIII reach
the uhanghi and the CONGO. by Lake
Lchadi connect with the Belgian rail-
ways OF the Belgian Congo and Of
1eriuE an alternative route for the
traveller Who would go from London
10 Cape Town. The western branch, (
reaching the Niger. VIII lntersect q 7
whole series Of French railways COM !
ing inland from the several French I
colonies from Dalar TO Dahomey.
tor France, her great African en-
plre holds out the best promise for {
the future. IN Algeria and Tunis she
has already established q million Eu-
thirds OF them French by birth or
turalization, and she has performed I
the even more difHcult task OF win
ming the loyalty Of the natives IN /
the recent war hundreds Of thousands j
Of algerian and Tunisian native (
troops fought in France, supplying /
some Of the best shock troops. and I
as a reward for this service and che
mistaken loyalty OF the Algerian na-
tiEeE they have recently been ad-
mittad by the fun exercise OF the
rights OF French citizenship.
assured Aid Of Natives.
For the development Of the ad5oin-
Ing Morocco, France has thus the as
sured aid o. her native populations {
Of Algeria and Tunis. ard the same ]
assistance win be OF incalculahIe sd-l I
vantage to her in Syria, where the /
population IS also Arab and Moham- !
inedan- morocco moreover, as 7 have I
said. IS the prize o. the colonial fu- /
t1Es- II has vast resources IN iron I
great belts Of black soil. aEricultur- I
ally lar richer thau Algeria or Tunls /
With railways and al the other cir I
cumstances Of civilization France can I
hope 70 transform Morocco as she has