The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-19

Frgates and corvettes... 5000 200
Sailing vessels. .............. 50 49,. 241
Total 1870 62O
The Prussian and North German navy is manned
by about $500 seamen and boys and oficered by one
admiral, one vice-admiral, one admiral 2i cap
tains, a commanders, and 1873 lieutenants There
besides five companies of marines four OF infan-
try, and three Of artillery, numbering 1900 men.
The comparison between the two fleets shows
the following
w.. France. North Germa,nN
vessels. ....................'.... 40l 102
Horsepower wer..................926s 1910
Guns .............. 5O45 $40
This comparison shows that King Williams
fleet is by no means able to cope with that of
his antagonist, and will be placed throughout
the war entirely on the defensive. Frequent
rumors have, indeed, already reached us to the
effect that the French navy was amusing itself
by chasing the German navy towards the Baltic;
but although there have probably been no i'm
portant naval movements as yet they will not
long be postponed. In view of the inability of
Prussia to cope with her antagonist on the sea,
it becomes important to know something about
the land Notifications which she is able to oppose
to Napoleons overwhelming navy. We there
fore present the following concerning her mari
time defenses-
Prussiun Fortresses md Naval stations.
The principal naval station alto Of the North German
ing of sailors are concerned, is
KIEL,
which was formerly the chief seaport of Denmark.
At this town. which Is In the Scheswig- -Holstein
portion of Denmark, is the great naval school situ-
ated. This arm OF the Prussian service has risen
cadets t against q that were there two years ago
those H % th nave cans Sefome m naval val officers dsS
se suated ON nA the nf ne SafSS Saf6Si
Of the Baltic. The population is about 1900.
oT %eS ana the
founded in 1865, with an observatory, library OF
It has been considered the only great naval harbor
the south side of the Baltic 1t is the terminus OF
Tine erma II is b Saas w
with all the principal ports Of the Baltic Since the
fSe Of II LnSecK treaty Of peace WaS co a.
cluded at Kiel In 1914 between England, Sweden,
| and Denmark. The city was blockaded in 1s49 and
| occupied by Austrian troops in 1S5l-52.
| DANTzIC.
Dantzc, the capital of an administrative division
OF the province OF West Prussia Of the same name,
| ton OF 69,461, besides $500 soldiers. 1t has long
been an important fortress M but has been recently
the left bank of the Vstula about three and half
miles from the mouth, with circumference, In
Guiding its nine suburbs, OF more than twelve miles,
The principal buildings are three citadels eChurch
of St Mary one of the largest in Europe, the Cath
graparies and workshops on the speieher (Granary]
no nre must be kindled, and where at night all
streets are closed except one. There are thirteen
|
abounds with learned, Charitable, and artistic
excellent up to 1928 and 1880, when the vistuia
DOWNS and formed new outlet, reducing the
| depth Of the old branch, so that new port, New.
o The e. @ Of
was at an earlier period far more important than
Sss psSas1ss sa1
from the Napoleonic wars, the as ,end-
made Si Hamburg sns s''mfa sa nRs sSs sfss ss
twenty years have 1 given il ,I a new impetus, The
second after Swinemunde. Ship-bulding has always
a there In r. SS the ton
factures are gaining ground there: The Eastern
Prussian Railway connects Dantzie with Berlin,
Konigsberg, and branch road with Posen, and new
railroads being built. In 1910 it fell under the
sway of the order OF Teutonc Knights, and became
and up to this this day is not perfectly IN
464 1t subjected itself to the King OF Poland for the
ieges became free city with some very rich terri
tory, and fell under the dominion Of Prussia in
Lefevre in 1907 after which it became a so-called
free city under Napoleonic protection, with strong
French garrison the frghtful siege In 1918 and 1914
twhen General Rapp made famous defense of
twelve months against the Prussians and Russians,
and the city was half destroyed and the population
half starved and the French war contributions and
continental system gave severe blow to the pros
perity of Bantzc, from which, however, 1t has since
recovered especially within the last few years, by
the Improvements in the river, by being made a
naval station, and, above all, by railway communi-
cations
ALsEN
Alsen is fortified place on the island of Alsen,
which Is situated in the Little Belt, and is about
twenty miles long ana eight wide, is very fertile,
and one Of the most beautiful islands in the Baltic
The fortihcatons at H9rup Haaf will be very for
midable. They will comprise three star shaped
forts, with double tiers OF guns and five coast bat
teries commanding the passage OF the Little Belt.
All these will be iron-faced and armed with the
heaviest ordnance, and will not only command the
Straits, but also the canal OF Blsensund with the
port, and maintain communication with the military
depot OF Sonderberg, the capital OF the island OF
Alsen. Then there is the formidable position OF
the North Sea, the Baltic, and the Straits.
| sTRALsUND.
Stral sund now, of course, every day changing
under the vigorous hand OF Bismarck into a great
naval station, has long been strongly fortified
port OF Prussia In Pomerana. 1t s the capital OF the
administrative station OF the same name, and is
situated on the strait which separates the island OF
RuRen from the mainland. 1t Is 120 miles north OF
Berlin, and has population OF 10000. The site OF
the town is 30 completely surrounded by water that
It can only be approached by bridges which connect
II with its three suburbs on the mainland. Though
weh paved. The principal churches those OF
st. Nicholas and ST. Mary, the former dating from
the thirteenth the latter trom the fourteenth CEN
tury. They are both fine specimens OF the pointed
style OF architecture, and have many valuable
| paintings. The town hall contains public library,
and the gymnasium mas both museum and library.
Shp-buildiDg is carried on, and there is an active