Show russian snip slip canal it Is stated on the authority of an italian journal that the emperor of russia contemplates uniting the caspian with tile the black or sea by means of a canal which will be about miles long and take six years to complete this project is worthy of one ona of the greatest powers on the globe more than ono one object Is bub sub served by it it secures entrance to the heart of russia to the commerce of the tho world without necessitating a transshipment tran shipment of goods the caspian and the volga being navigable together more than 2000 miles it will enable russia to concentrate greater military strength upon the southern shores of the casian caspian and within miles of the persian gulf anti antl another object is said to be the replenishing of the waters of the inland sea which is showing a subsidence year by year th rest reat ening in the course of time the destruction of the fishing business which now gives support to hundreds of thou thousands sanda of the russian people the caspian ls is is 19 38 feet lower than the black sea by latest measurements A scheme of this kind is in consonance with the spirit of the age which sees the completion of the suez canal seeks to cleaye the granite barriers in the tropic zone to unite the waters of the atlantic and pacific sacramento union |