| Show BRIDGE ABRIDGE COMPLETED COMPUTED ACROSS SUEZ CANAL Engineers Work of British Engineers Considered Important Event In History of the Orient Tho The su suspension pension bridge across the tho Suez canal is now complete and mid part put of the tho railroad s system stem Direct trains are running between here and Jeru- Jeru salem The building of this bridge Is one or Ute uie most important events In the history of the Orient A long time before the war engineers planned this span which was to connect con con- Egypt and Palestine When war broke out nothing had been pUshed A desert miles mUes wide lay Iny between the Suez and the tile end station of Jt the Jerusalem Jaffa-Jerusalem railway At the beginning of the war the line Une from to up to the tho bank of the canal opposite El EI was built This line Une was to facilitate the tIle transport of troops needed for the protection of the canal and their means of subsistence When English troops advanced Into the SInn Sinai peninsula railroad builders followed In their footsteps In November No vember when Gaza was taken the tho railroad buil builders ers rs w warn re within a n few mites miles ot of lh that t city In tho the meantime Gernian forces had extended tho the Jerusalem Jaffa-Jerusalem line fine from the north ton to toB B n point near Gaza Gaia During February General Allenby constructed tho tiie missing miss miss- ing lug link connecting the two railroad lines Then there there- was direct connection connection connection tion between J Jerusalem and El EI Kan Kan- tara liun rn To connect with Eg Egypt pt it was Vas necessary necessary necessary sary to use a n ferry This caused deIn delay delay de de- In lay and ind anno annoyance ance Besides It cost time and money Actual military ne nee necessity accomplished what bad had been too much of a task for the engineers before the war A splendid suspension bridge was built which now furnishes direct connection between the land of Moses and nod the lund land of oC Pharaoh ONE OF ENGLAND'S PRETTY NOBLEWOMEN M y y M A R I r eK I I v. v Photo k K Volon I One of the prettiest noblewomen of ot England Lady Somerleyton formerly Lady Crossby wife of Lord Somerleyton ton secretary to the King Ring Edward Hospital Hospital Hospital Hos Hos- pital fund |
