"SUEZ"

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 35, 10 February 1939, Page 22

"SUEZ"

-- A Pictorial Serial of the 20th Century-Fox Film

FERDINAND was not long in learning that ambition can make men forget honour. Scarcely had the Chamber adjourned, when Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor, and ordered the arrest of every member of the recalcitrant Liberal faction. Ferdinand’s close friend, Vicomte de Latour (Joseph Schildkraut), was arrested in his own pre"sence, and the young engineer found himself branded a traitor to his friends.and an outcast.

HE final weight of misery for Ferdinand was the death of his own father, the result of the shocking turn of events. In that dark hour, when all he held highest in life seemed to be swept away, it was faithful ‘Toni who buoyed up his courage, and gently persuaded him that he must carry on with his proJect to build the Suez Canalhis great ,glift.to the worldas ree’

T was at this juncture that Ferdinand learned that his old friend, Prince Said, had succeeded to the post of Viceroy of Egypt. At Said’s insistence, he went immediately to ‘Egypt for preliminary survey of the Canal route. In the excitement of getting his great plan into working order, the pain of his recent sorrows was dulled somewhat. With Said, he made rapid progress in laying the groundwork for the construction of the Canal, backed by the Bank of France loan approved hy Napoleon, ,

ITH the beginning of work, a new prosperity came to Prince Said’s domain. Thousands of his peaple were put to work on the Canal, and the ancient pyramids looked down upon a scene of activity unequalled in the last 2000 years of their existence. At first, it was only the difficulty natural to such a great project that confronted Ferdinand. But soon he was to face new menaces to his plan. (To be continued.)