be Closed The board of directors of the Suez Canal Company have decid~ ed that neither the agreement between France and Egypt of Jan-
a agreement of Constantinople, ry 18, a6, nor the Internation in 1888, authorizes the closure of the canal. Further
ing agreement produ vices 14 and 18 of the exit ing of increased charges for Ttalian troop and war-material transports. The directors therefore have decided that the company cannot undertake the Closure of the Suez Canal in any form or at any time—Trans-'Ocean Kuo Min. how he started off by threading his way along a very rough and precipitous mountain track, which is now being widened, until he reached the River March, which marks the frontier. The road then became worse still, and sometimes led across jeivers which he had to ford the best he could. The climate was broiling during the daytime and very cold night, "Following his arrival at Maibari, his progress temporarily was facilitated by a caterpillar truck which easily surmounted a very steep patch that would have' taken artillery and tractors hours to negotiate. The last two miles of this patch, however, could only be negotiated on foot, and, although it was only eight miles more {from this point to Adows, as the crow files, it took him seven hours to reach the historic city.
Mr. Holme declares that he was staggered by the realization of the conditions the Italian troops must en counter under enemy fire. Eventually, reached Adowa, where Italian officers generously supplied him and his companions from their own feld rations, which, Mr. Holme signifeantly mentions, are fast running out.
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