SINAI PENINSULA TROUBLE.
A BRANCH TURKISH RAILWAY. MILITARY PRECAUTIONS. . fpness association,] (Received February 24, 8.31 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd February. Moslem subscriptions havo enabled the Sultan to build tlio Hcdjnz Railway as for as Tebuk, in north-west Arabia. A broach line is being constructed between Moari and Akaba, ten miles east of Tftbah, the Egyptian town which has been occupied by tho Turks. CAIRO, 23rd February. Tho Anglo-Egyptian Governments, in the interests of Egypt, have resolved to establish a military post across tho Sinai Peninsula. [The Hedjaz railway was designed 'to connect Damascus with Mecca, following nonerally the pilgrims' route southward. lL7 ni) lnau g« 1< ' ltet l by the Sultan in 1900, and by September of 1904 had reached MaAn, 280 milos south of Damascus, nnd about a quarter of tho whole distance South of this point, it i» Stated, the engineering difficulties aro hot so great as those already encountered,]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 5
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151SINAI PENINSULA TROUBLE. Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 5
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