Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-16
Painted ANp PUBLISHED
DAILY,
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER le. 1929.
SESSIONS BY THE PORTE TO RUSSIA.
From sbe Gozeiie De France.

From inc u0zeHe &C ffuHse'
wi,hou, being considerable in themselves,
III. cities Of Asia, coded to Russia by the Otto
man Porte, acquire importance by their gee
graphical position. The following observa-
lions upon This subject are csllec cd from the
mos, rsoen, ,rasels, aud particularly from those
Of NJ. GAMBIA, the French Consul at Tells:
SITUATED upoa the eoas, Of Circsssia, be 'ween
,be 44,h ard 45th degree ofla,i,ude, Anapa Is
impfoperly considered as an Asia'ic cry.
short distance separates il from the Gull ol
Tamau, aud, consequently, from the sea OF
A1of, and from he Peninsula oil the C'imea.
The Turks .uuded this establishment In i7s4.
whrG the Russians had occupied Taman, which
before tina, ,itne was The principal marSet oil
the Cmcassians
apaps MAS the residence Of Pacha Its
si,uatiou aud is possession was so much the
more important TO the turks, ss II served mem
m means OF communc a,iou not only with the
M,sselmrn inhs bItants Of Caucasus, but pro-
bably With the Sunsi,e TatIars OF Buksris, who
ACKNOWLEDGED the Sultan for their Casp' or
religious chief From The distance OF his
communication, il must be taken for grantee,
that between Derbsn. and Tris]ar ,here existed
one or more points Of embarka,ion, ard, also,
tha, the Black sea was passed over IN order 10
gain the Gulf Of Mengi>ehlaek. One hing at
least is ain, hs' the KHAN OF B0kaIa sent
every years 5 million in gold TO thr Sultan
and received an embassy cha ged to 'hank nm
for that service Now il IS dith uli 10 poln'
out any other route that this embassy could
ba,s takeu, than that OF the Interior OF Cauoa-
sus. W Mich extends in its whole length, from
Anapa TO IN. Black Sea. The passage 10y Per-
nj and Koy rdstan would presen much dan
ger. The population If Anapa dors no. yet
amount TO beyond 5000, Of which re-'hird
are Turks; the rest CiiC assIsns, Armenlans.
and Greeks. The last were rigidly watched,
and treated as csp,ives.
The fortress OF Anapa mounts 30 bras> can
mons II was 'aken in 1907 by he Russiana,
and il is fac, wor nv of oDservsrou nat they
were he aded BY two FreDchmen. The Duke
OF Richelieu commanded me land fprce ard
The Marquis Of Traverssy the Il Il. After the
peace Of 1919 Anaoa was restored 10 the Pre-;
a measure 50 contrary To the interests OF Rus
STA. ,nar it could only be reused o. the part OF
G. neral Koutosoff the n.go,i, OF for peace, by
the urgcut necessity Of Gisp"siug OF he army
Of Media ia a., INST ,hs French, who re
about to AIT - K Moscow The Pacha Of Apapa
excired con inued ho,liltits between the pro
De q Caur asus and Iae RussiaNs. H furnish
ed the former with arms and with ammuni-
lions, and purchased III, m n, the women AID
the children who we're captured in their .xcnr
sious B. yond he Koubau. The Turks had a.
So r.,abli he'd in this place an oper mark,: with
tn Cirra,sian for The supply "f the harms a,
Constantinorle. The Young wr,nen brought
from the in error of the country we're ter ex.
ch.uged for he merchandise Of Eur"pe. ~
napa," says NJ Gambe, nigh hen hecom'
an ID sn,agrous station for the French, VIII
should ave Establishments on the ceas Of \
oil IL
should . IS uoder he dominion OF Russia, WHO
will, no doohs, endeavor TO civiize, by COM
mrrce, nc -Circ assians, and successfully the
other int ,biIsDts Of Cauca sus
Pursuing the Oriental colsr IT the Black SCI
TO the ~ Dig. lat, Poi discovers itself his
city i. >itua,sd al the mouth, and UPON me lrt
b,nk, IF one Of the most celebrated river, 81
Antiquity the Phas,s, neuer known now H.
tha, part Of the world und,r'the name Of 3e"".
The po>s session Of his ,uy by r'ae Turk, d
prived be Russians Of the navigation Of he
RIVER, which was The more felt by them, a. i,
closes the provinces belonging TO Rus>i, he
tween the Black Sea aud Georgia, where Tehi,
10 the een,r- Of toelr government. i was pro-
posed TO give q new dIrec ion % he Phas,s by
opening d canal, which should lead directly 10
the sea from the fort Of Rieu>kaia. This fort
was constructed by the Russians, on the RICH,
b.nk, at a league below the mou h, to counter
baiasce the Importance Of P",i; but this work
presented G ca, difficulties, and tho acquisition
Of Po,i rendered il unnecessary Tie rich
productions Of Mingr-lia and Of Inertia will
descend now witaou, obstacle 10 The sea.
Since Russia, in Consequence Of b. RI late con-
Quest from P, STA, his extended her frontier
10 the upper Araxes, he aortat rn part of Ar
mrnia /, in some m-asur ,pcorp rated in he
provinces OF Georgia and lmerlis. The direct
communication is about 10 ne re-es ablished by
the cession OF Ak alzikh. This plsce is strong,
and from i,s position on the Eoar, which is the
ancient Cyrus. it commsads The 'our'e # hat
er-G river to It's epu.pc. mo Georgia A part
OF the L rri,ory is 20 be cedrd to Russia, The
same time as the .owo Of Akhslzikh, but this
portion Is not ye determined N
10 tue crssisn of 'hr,e 'rree imp'tiant pls-