, 1877-05-03

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1.-THE Russian ncct dnrtnr that war was not ah1e
to ,islt orr waters. Thc reason was that the
ssfs saa sst e a% s
70 tea; every vessel was necessary 10 cooperate In
ne.st s'sI r she power q the isT,ssn ASnirais
twill not tlo to nnderfate Russian enatnecring
skll Twepty ysars sge 4 va not behind th'; 81
s:ill I'D Insenafty ksot psss VII tsss
known to tbe former, and hsF engineers. !. ssps-
%h t.
ias defensive means: one q the Aiehdukes It
ssat sse Il 'sat saa ss sn ee"n. e TT
ssasoned On the isiaad of cfon"tadt. pactisey en-.
gagged in adding 10 and strengthening tie c11sEinE
...Ths resources Of tho Empire were fully eana
to the crisis; expedient. wcre always found to aus
Ths y'ss o supp, s1. q FL.
tntet IN the foundres for making .he largest cast
e. sss,s .ns shg hs bad sosis sssa to1 a'asa as
s''s' CT: tssay ss!s n
another establishment for additional gunboax.
The supposed dlfAculty OF procuring engineers tor
MU.cow ss tRssss Issfo.G IN natset % gao ha
thelr trade since our HhaucrAnd nro"n. ele.es of
a5, Sa.,s snd COM
RUSSIAN ARMY sUPPLlks.
"Althongh tho nxtures and apparatus Of Tho
could not feed our troops upon The eomponent p.rts
Of their ration, 'inec they are accustomed from
{oas. to the aelda.:od SOUP end re 6sesd d made
The whea.en bread supplied 10 travellers !n Inns:
IN IN Moscow il wa decided Cd bettcr than snY |. has
been my lot 70 eat IN an5 oiher place, yet tho
q ss
swlsh tie Continents! atnses generally, greater
reliance IL placed upon vegetable inatter. studying
ting adopting every means to ccanotn!ze fuel:
while With u meat e9nstitatss principal element
and only in such eunatsles y to pTe5ont diseass.
snd the cons1mpt1on Of fuel doc; not eecm TO have
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aTt Of his mess farnitate. Appended 10 iii. knnp-
msny, at the eAme time that the individual can
never snffer. always having TIC means et hand 3 Or
psssaee .ffrs!s., Theli .,:tem hss tbs sd1aatase
Of dispensing with some transportation, and Of
tae soldier bel9e 5ssay % prepare isaything tast
delays Of the train. which oftentlmes ts soma
hours hshind the troops.
- Tfussfa, like all the Continental Powers. no
longer follows the French syatem Of the ba*tioned
trout, a. taught It Metz aud p!aetced in France;
and, unlke the other nations has wisely succeeded
In tndIng suitable points 10 fottifY, poAscssng a
| feaustte strategic conditions without surrounding
her cities b1 BARRIERS that nneessarilJ rcstlet thes
Interference Of the military with the civil authors
| ties, and In case Of slcge-oF. tn other words.
nte 1t.naser,s G1 ss feTs:' aosn ter whtss .ss
popu,st'su I'll tss ss. s3s.naan pro-
tractcd And reso}ute dcfense. Her engineers have
selected suitable sites. and fortified them without
rr3afd to tho commerce or wealth or city Of town.
hut looked 10 tho defense Of the nation against n-
yaslon a. q drst condition.
''pollsh Rusela rcncttates far between tho
Austrian donlntons on ono side. and tho Pensslati
On tic other. Against these two Powers Russia
had 70 fost!fy her frontier to tosiss eihcr OF shon,
adapting her i'ne Of defense 10 olIeanIso ~ well
SThs line of vIstai. presented many advantages.
It's banks. like our Misslsalppt.. wcrc subject to
localities. or these, Warsaw and Madl,n,
1t the junction Of the Nsrea with nc
vtssu!a, presented two hlufta, always anort
soa as
own peculiar manNcf within the last 10" years
whle Il Tho sAnlo time Breek. Tetawskt. Dubus,
xwaEnta, and Ktef. interior posltoas. hayt nt
m plosress ' m.as aaie IN iorttyias them IL ,uppos
the works and army on tho frontiet, or hd1 TO u.
Resistance against an Invading force. The fac
that tia Russian fortresses being isoaleu woFk1 o.
sa sn apt
a. hss been obsalned by travellers vsatng the ctle'
| Of france aud Germony."