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Port Said, Oct. 20 "The Hell of Africa" is the description given to the Massawa district by sick Italian labourers, many of whom passed through here to-day, returning home to Their reports concerning working conditions in Eritrea have caused a diminution in the stream of Italian artisans from Egypt to Massawa despite the attractive pay offered.
Out of 6,000 Italians in Port Sald, only 25 have responded to the call of the Italfan Consul for volunteers.
The enthusiasm of local Ttallans for troopships passing the Canal fs waning, as they are no longer 4 novelty.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.