| Show Italy taZy I Looks to African A an Libya As Sponge I for Growing Race r se TRIPOLI LIBYA LIBY In In A.-In In the future provided Italy's colonization pro pro- program program gram is carried out as planned Africa and not the Western hemi hemi- hemisphere hemisphere hemisphere sphere will furnish homes and liveli liveli- livelihood livelihood livelihood hood for Italy's growing population By the end of this month 1800 Italian families totalling individuals in in- individuals will have arrived from their mother country across the Mediterranean to settle on farms prepared for them by the govern govern- government government ment A few years hence provided there is no set back in plans for the complete colonization of ot Libya this number may mai swell to the hundreds of ot thousands of ot owning land farm farm- farmers farmers farmers ers populating Italy's overseas em em- pire S Libya only a nights night's journey across the Mediterranean from Ital Ital- Italian ItalIan ian ports is being developed with equal thoroughness But because this North African colony already possesses the essential features of civilization her work embraces a much broader program than that thus far applied to Ethiopia Since 1936 when a policy was mated which contemplated the rap rap- rapid id population of ot Libya with consid consul considerable considerable erable numbers of ot peasants vast areas of ot state lands have been con con- Soil Soli has been tested and prepared for crops it will best pro pro- duce Public health and sanitation programs have been launched bunched In addition to works which as as- assist assist the agrarian colonization of Lib Lib- Libya Libya Libya ya Italy has taken into account the cultural development of her new col col- ABOVE AnD i l' l E- E A panoramic view of the new Tripoli Mod MOll Modern ern eric avenues and amI nut highways have been unified antI and connect with traffic arteries that reach to other sections of the African continent onies The distinctly regional fla fin flavor vor of ot Libya's towns and cities has been preserved The ancient mosques at Koura and Sidi Rafa hitherto in danger of dis dissolution dis- dis dissolution solution by time itself have been preserved for future generations of Moslem worshipers and without any sacrifice of their intrinsic beauty Tripoli with a population of has been almost entirely altered al at- within the past few years rears ears Densely populated quarters such as the Garden City the workers worker's dis district dis- dis district and the Cripples Cripple's Quarter have developed rapidly Libya's ancient ruins too are re receiving re- re receiving the same careful attention as are her cities Today the tour tour- 1st can see sec marvelous buildings and mosaics built by the Romans at Lep Lep- Leptis Magna Cyrene Ptole- Ptole mais mals and A. A The splendid Roman theater at has been reconstructed and is now the scene of classical drama performed be be- before beCore before fore Core audiences numbering into the thousands throughout the tourist season At Cyrene Gyrene the excavations have restored d to scholars many doc doe documents and relics of ot the early Roman Ro Rb- man era I iAP J 5 J. L |
