The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-07

"German Navy had taken root. not oplV among
the people, but the Government Of Prussia. II
was at once obvious TO them that the frat and
starting point should be naval depot an loca-
ted 70 that its usefulness should not be deoen.
dent upon the ability OF Prussia 10 keep the
Sound and the kattegat open. The Prus5ian
Government entered therefore, into negotiations
with Hanover, and finally acquired, b y purchase
ana cosson OF juris isdiction, port and site sdtta-
ole ior naval depot on the North Sea, now
called Jahdebusen, where for more than ten
yt als millions have been expended TO make II a
safe barbol for the Prusslan fleet, a port of re-
hige IN case of disaster, and depot OF arma-
menu and supplyin case OF intended expeditions.
The conquest OF the Elbe Ouchies, however
gave Prussia an increased oDpor .uuity TO realize
its cherished object. Kie is plendid barbor,
capable of holding Jhe largest heet on the con-
tinent without being 0veIcrOwded; and hence
we find that in the Gastein Convention, a sepa-
rate provision is inserted as TO Kie in favor of
Prussia. But Klel opens out on the Baltic, and
is therefore subject 90 the same dra wbacks as
the Other Prussan harbors to the east OF it.
Still, it was o great improvement In the position
OF Prussia as naval power.
1t is only the entire possession by Prussia of
the two Duchies Of SchlesWig and Holstein, by
which she can ultimately achieve what she
wants. The boundary between Hostein and
Schlesw1g is the river Elder, entering the North
Sea at Ioennlne, and being connected with the
Baltic by the Elder Canal from Rendsburg to
Fredrlchstadt. This Elder Canal, as at present
built, is not what 1t was projected once to be-
come During the continuance of the Danish
deepen the river, and 0ulld the canal so that all
vessels of any size may pass from the North Sea
10 the Baltic, without paying duty to Denmark
at Elsinore. The hostility OF the German popu-
latton OF the Duchies to the nanes vie we'd this
pl olect in the light OF patriotic and peculiarly
German undertaking. Money was contributed
surveys made, preliminary work done, and the
canal as at present existing between Rendsburg
and kredrichstadt completed, as a beginning
Tor the greater work OF q grand, Capacous ship
canal between the two oceans, when the capl-
talization of the Sound dues, and their conse-
quent abolition, did away with the main cause
for 1t, and 1t has remained uncom pleted ever
since.
We do not hesitate at all to say it. although
we have nowhere as yet seen any definite indi-
cation of such purpose on the part of Prussia
that Bismark is not loIgetfuI of the trad-
tional attempts of his Government to secure for
Itself the position of tirst-class naval power in
the. northern oceans oil Europe. The hardy
population of the Duchies is attached and Injured
10 sea lille. The large mercantile marine of
Hamburg, Lubbock, and Bremen is recruited in
the largest portion from these Duchies Go on
ooard of any vessel OF these three Hanseat
cities, and you find that Holsteiners and
Schleswigers predominant among the crew And
the reputation for sea-larihg qualities of the
Hanseatlc mariner is unquestonably second to
none. Considering, moreover, the natural fac
lities the river Elder offers for an unnter-
rupted water communication between the North
sea and the Baltic, taking in view the eminent
Location of Toenning or Fredrchstadt as a
naval depot on Prussan soil, in immediate con
nection and communication by water and rail
with the rest OF the Prussian monarchy, and not
mere outpost, surrounded by foreign territory,
II is not to be expected that Prussia would WELD
up such great prospective advantages, promising
to add so vastly to her greatness as military
naval power without struggle, or at the bid
ding OF dipomatists assembled around the green
table of an European Congress.