Alexandria, Oct. 9.
In Eritrea, something approaching 200,000 Italian soldiers are quartered {in a country whose 64,000 square miles normally support only 3.500 Europeans and little over 600,000 natives. In Somalia which, over three times as big in area, "has a population estimated at less than More are arriving every day.
Natural water, apart from a few rivers, is scarce in both colonies, but, with the main supplies being distilled from the sea, there is said to be lack of this essential commodity. The dimeulties of provisioning the cops, it is said, are also being overcome, by combining the natural resources the colonies with huge shipments from Europe and elsewhere—Reuter.
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