GUARDING THE CANAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1741, 18 April 1916, Page 5

GUARDING THE CANAL.

EVERYTHING .SECURE.

Received II p.m

LONDON, April 17. telegrams from Eastern Egypt state that the Turks pursue their preparation in a half-hearted fashion, less with the purpose of damaging the Suez Canal than keeping the Bedouins restless, and influencing the Arab population in Asia and Africa. Meanwhile we are hanging- on and have made the Canal so se- “ cure that passengers in vessels are able '• to traverse it asleep in their state '*■ rooms as soundly as in peace time. The defences of the Canal have been completed with speed that is highly / creditable‘to British Territorials. Indians, Australians and New Zealanders. They extend so far into the desert that, the Turks do not even see the waterway. A vast system of road and railway communication has been dug deep across the eastern side of the Canal. A year ago it seemed that the Canal was defended on water, but now British forces are far in the direction of the' Turkish base.