Show NEW NAVAL BASE reval which russia russia apropo sea to make into ono one of her strongest naval bases has under a variety of owners been a fortified town for many centuries the danes were the clr first t to occupy and strengthen it in the thirteenth century then came the han deatle league which made it one of its leading ports and then in 1661 it became swedish territory bombardments by tho the danes and russians failed to reduce it and it was still an important fortress when it surrendered to peter tho the great in 1710 and since then it has been greatly strengthened by russia perched on a hill within a huge circling harbor reval still retains memories of its checkered history A year or two ago I 1 found about half bait a dozen droshkies on the stand in the quiet market place between them the drivers chattered in german swedish russian french and one of them could bargain only in the language of lithuania london chrow chron we J fr |