| Show AMERICAN FLOUR IN RUSSIA a voyage of twenty two days from new york the steamship missouri ay iy with provisions for the famine stricken ricken Bt russians Rus siane arrived at libau on the 3rd ard dinst immediately on en the steamers arrival in port steps were taken to unload her and forward the contents to the hungry there is railroad communication between libau pst petersburg moscow and the famine districts the government placed trait a at the disposal of the american relief committee and the flour is now on en route to the sufferers aufiere rB by the way libau though not a port to the gentral general reading public is ia one of great importance in V inta here to is what in an exchange ays in relation to this place in addition to their enormous enormous warlike preparations on land russia and germany have now entered upon a rivalry in preparations for naval warfare libau to is a russian port on the baltic sea near the german frontier which russia is now fitting up and fortifying as a naval arsenal to serve as a basis for foe offensive operations against germany it is said that upward ol of hands are engaged in the work in 1891 from to was spent upon it and the german government has opened negotiations with the city of hamburg for the cession of cuxhaven Cux haven which is to be transformed into an immense naval station is located on the german ocean at the mouth of the river elbe napoleon 1 I had bad already intended to can carry out the same idea he had two immense forts commenced but never finished them now the imperial government intends to make cuxhaven Cux haven as great a naval station as kiel is on the battle baltic sea A glance at the map of europe will show that in the event of trouble between russia and germany the baltic sea and these two ports libau and cuphaver Cu Cup haven would become lively paces the latter already figures prominently in english aud dutch history |
