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Show THE DARDANELLES, CLOSED TO RU8SIAN WARSHIPS. Tp MU3T0POL fli -i mg BLACK 3EA ? js&Pj!f cSsSs? r-sr mS&M&K W MEDITERRANEAN The historic Dardanelles again to the front In connection with tho Rus lan-Japanese war. Tho question Is whathor the war shall bo permitted to have the strong fleet, now virtually bottled up In tho Black Soa, pass through the strongly fortified, narrow straits, so that It can go to tho aid of Russia's bo-1eagured vessels In tho far East. Tho Dardanelles ItBelf Is a little over forty-throe miles long and la from LHroo to four miles wldo, but at the narrowest part Is not moro than 1.000 yards across. This Is at a point guard ed by Cbanak Kalesl Castle, where hugo chains are usod to bar tho passage. pas-sage. Tho strait connects the Sea of Marmora with the Aegean, and Is supposed to bo tho key of the Turkish capital. Tho treuty closing tho Dardanelles to war vossels of all nations won slgnrd at the troaty of Berlin In 1878 by England, France, Prussia, Austria. Russia and Sardinia. |