Show IN THE SAHARA DESERT The French Explorer 31 Foreau Almost Crosses Importance of the Journey Special to THE HEIIALD Examiner Cable Puns Sept 29Foreau who has won both areputation and competency through the system of artesian wells by which he has made new oases along the Wadys river in the southern part ot Algeria has been absent for several months on a tour of exploration ex-ploration far south in the Sahara He crossed the Algerian part of the desert and advanced as far as the oasis of Tidikely being the first European since Solleilhs journey who has advanced so far It is expected that the result of Foreaus expedition will lead at once to further surveys sur-veys by the French government in the Sahara Sa-hara and that the first step toward this enterprise en-terprise will be an expedition to bring the hostile and fanatical Touaregs into subjection subjec-tion in the far south without exciting a hostile demonstration Foreaus journey is of great importance for the proposed railroad that the French intend to build across the desert There will be no obstace in the way of pushing the railroad clear across the desert to the Soudan and a new I era of French enterprise in north Africa will begin I |