Show A it RUSSIAN THREAT U It has been Intimated that hat Russia Intends with the tho consent ot of Turkey to send seal her hor Black Sea fleet through h the tho Dardanelles Mth Ith the Iho he object In view of ot dispatching It to 10 the lie Asiatic waters I Could I as I the tho alley uller of Japan I permit these theo ships through the tho Suez canal Their passage alro through tho the Dardanelles would be bo a n violation of ex ox existing exI feting I treaties and It Is In not ot likely like that Great could under tho the circum circumstances stances permit them to o pass through any rin channel over which she the exercises control The Sea Bea en fleet consists of ef ho the battleships h Trl fri 1180 tons Ion tho the 12 ons he use George Georgo 12 tons hc the and anti tho the Sinop each tons tone the tho ho Apo 10 tolof toni tone and the he tons lOll together with a 1 cruiser ot of about tons displacement and antl three hr o tor lor boats bOAt a This would bo b a 1 consider considerable considerable able addition to o the he strength of ot Russia In tho the Pacific Hut But he tho forcing of the Dardanelles against the protests of tho the Berlin treaty powers would nl oh most certainly lend lead to complications of ofa a most serious nature |