Egypt

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 8, 11 January 1915, Page 5

Egypt

TURKISH ARMY AT DAMASCUS. United Press Association. Cairo, January 9. General Von Falkenberg, commanding the army marching against Egypt, has arrived at Damascus. The Germans considerably stiffened the Turkish forces, twelve thousand Germans being drafted into one corps. London, January 9. It is reported from Geneva that tna ex-Khedive, in an interview, said people might wonder that Egypt remained quiet, and did not revolt and make common cause with Turkey. But Turkey did not want a revolution just now, because it was foredoomed to failure. When the Turkish army entered Egypt, it was certain that the Egyptians would join it.

ENTHUSIASTIC LOYALTY IN CALCUTTA. ALLIES’ SUBJECTS IN BIERUT. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Rome, January 10. An Italian steamer reports the greatest enthusiasm in Calcutta, everyone being confident of victory in Egypt. Advices from Bierut state that all French and Greek residents have been sent to Damascus to be under the supervision of the police. Two Englishmen attempting to escape from Bierut were sent to Damascus in chains.

(Bierut, Beyrout, or Bairut, is a seaport on the Syrian coast 57 miles west-north-west of Damascus, an ancient and historic town, now a busy shipping and mercantile centre, population 150,000.)