The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
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rying out OF his Improvement
schemes, has arranged for the build
ing of q narrow gauge railroad from
the port Of Mogadiscio to AfgoL A
further branch is 10 be constructed
to Lugh. the largest town in the in
terror.
DUKE MAKING EFFORT
To BUILD RAILROAD.
For 20 years this railroad has
been a paper project. but the driv-
ing energy OF the duke is going 10
translate ink ruled lines into steel
rails At present the only method
Of transport in Somaliland In camel
caravans. The exports OF the colony
are therefore. restricted TO the
freighting capacity of the long,
legged. complaining ships Of the
desert With the completion Of the
railroad il is hoped that millions OF
dollars worth OF products can be
exported TO Italy every year.
The duke was celebrated AZ .
mountain climber in his early 2o'a
and later as a North Pole seeker.
Successfully he held the records for
having been 'farthest up" and far
thest north" Born in Madrid. heir
to the Spanish throne, he was later
considered for the vacant thrones
OF Albania and Greece Even now
only four men stand between him
and the throne Of Italy. But Luig1
Amado's present ambition is TO do
in Africa. for Italy what Cecil
Rhodes did there for England. He
has determined to go down in his
tory as Luigi the empire builder.
The greatest drawback in Soma
Hand from the standpoint Of the
colonists there has been the isola-
tion from the rest Of tn. world.
But 20 the duke. who until recent
ly was admiral Of the Italian navy.
the creation Of line Of cargo boats
to ply between Genoa and Mogas-
discio is a small matter indeed.
With ships and railroads. how
ever. there would be a surplus Of
carriers for the commodities avail
able, and the duke is. therefore,
working out a scheme 10 bring un-
der cultivation hundreds Of thou
snds Of acres Of virgin Somaliland
soil. Cotton. coffee and dates will
grow profusely IL water is provided.
The duke is planning to provide
. this water by a huge irrigation
project comparable with that fuut
on the Nile by the British en-
gineers.
II is his plan 20 grow cotton IN
the valleys OF the wady Ghebeli
and the wady Nogal. where until
now he has had splendid sport kill
ing leopards Each year these
streams overflow their banks. de-
posting heavy layers Of fertile silt
over the already rich earth. By
harnessinG the streams. IL is the
dukes plan to use the surplus wa
ter 10 supply the entire land
Accompanied by native ssfaris the
duke is continually on the move
through Somaliland. OstenSibiy his
purpose for lonS timc was merely
to hunt Elephants. lions. leopards.
apes and monstrous snakes were
victims OF his rifles. but in his mind
was buzzinE a plan 70 bring about
a metamorphosis that would change
this wild land into a modern para
disc
II the duke has ever been mo-
Tested by hostile natives while out
on these hunting expeditions, he has
kept the facts 10 himself Many
others. however. who made erplors-
tive trips into the interior Of Italian
Somaliland were killed This. an-
parently. was the fate Of Capt. Bot
tego. who founded the town OF LuCh.
although there is nothing certain
about IL. except that he disappeared
as though the earth had swallowed
him. The strongest theory is that
he was murdered by some fsnstinAl
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