Show RUSSIAS GREAT 1LAN WILL CONNECT IIALTIO AND ULAOK SCAB TI foeesl hlr nl In lie fI1 00 III ens lie IItun 115 tin do IVo Ihe Cur 05 ahero I I luUI 01 Ail Special letter OW hat Ihe Irnns I 9lbtl 1allwll1 lat I J la-t radtnnmlto nM 8 mPOtflolIh e atI Itunlan got eminent em-inent II I mining anolher grenl jcbM scheme which will outrival In pol I tlenl I Impn i nee the Kiel Canal It hisalways been considered by ho Pu slsn atraleKlsta aa n source of great wrakness lhal Ihe naval forces of Iho empire shauld remain divided In neh n way lhal onolmlf only either ho Ilaltle or the Illnck Ben fleet tould Ie atallable nt one time Iletweeii tho north nnd Iho south there la I no way fur naval conecnlrntlon cemmunlca Ions being blocked In the north by llmntlr and In Ihe south by pollllcal ibstriiclloDs In his drallnrs with lilt rnndmolherii gotcrnment hit Majesty he Cxar Is never so warm and ronclll itory as when Iho llalllc Is I frozen To his school thermomelrlc condition may be nerlked his recent expressed desire for peace In Ihe east There Is I a motto In maritime affairs hat nothing ran be Improvised etery kIng hat lo bo oreieen U was with a clear understanding of this truth hat hun late Czar Alexander III rato 3tQ umbw 1130 e c Tt vP M ° thatt thattIik7j I P 1 ri e BuUtU > jWr Tin 11101 Rim CANAL nslructlons 10 his engineer lo sludy ho possibilities of n maritime canal 10 connect the Ilaltlo wllh the lllack Beaj ibis canal lo be constructed wllh dimensions sufflclcnl for the transIt ot ho largesl war treacle After a thor ough study of Ibo varIous possible roads one hot been selected as tho toast practical running a I It does entirely Uiruuali Itusslnn territory On tin plan selected there one 110 great dim cullies of level to be overcome al though Ihe European watershed sum mil has to be crossed bill Ihls lost lakes place al one of 115 lowesl points The propoied canal entrance will bo on Ihe Gulf of Itlga I nt the mouth of tIme river Dunn It will follow Iho course of this river up to a point novo I Dunsbourg Then leaving hula valley U reaches Hie Ilerezlnn river by a stralghl cut and passes through IMIi roulsk This brings It Into hIs hale per and follpwlng Ibis natural decllv Ity U reaches the lllack Sea openln I Into a magnificent roaditead below Kcrsou Tho total length of this coloi cal 1 waterway will be Bometbloa like 1600 kilometres about IMO tnllet 0011 It will bo excavated lo a depth or 8V4 incurs about 27 feel This will allow Ihe largest Ironclads to natl gate U freely from ono end to Ihe other Tho estimated cost Is I put down at f 100 000000 Its strate lc Importance dors nol need demonstration lly the selection of a course running at a ante distance from the frontier U place back of tho Ilutslan forces stationed In 1aland an unasoallabta base of operation fully protected already by a whole IIttwolk of fortifications and railways Ihls renal Is I Intended to act aa a feeder for all blue war material At lo tIe concentration con-centration of Iho whole Russian fleet Inthe Illaik Sea this means an absolute abso-lute ounlrol of Constantinople rind the SirsIs lint If this enterprise Is of utmost Importance In a military point of tie U will alto prove unquestionably very beneficial the nrrlcultural and ludus Irial Interests of the country It ultit teat grain producing regIons In eliMp communication with Odessa thin eti > point of expert while tb liauieni ow fields of southern llunlt will eorne Into easier connection with the Industrial districts cf Poland Them are reasons too to believe I that new factories will i dlYllop slang Iho canal I on arenunl 01 tIle rlwinness of Ihls new mode of transport If this icheni has been adapted there Is I no doubt that me thIs lau tenailly will bring It to auiceu |