, 1877-05-07

0eo~"tftioH of TIE CAPTURED TowH-ru1
Russ1A's DESIGNS.

usscRtfT1oN or TIE CArTnnxn roww-rn.
MAIN ROADS rnox THE auss1Ay rHox7,xp..
nuss1A's DESIGNS.
4S>'o rark 7rf5mne,
l4e town Of Bayazsd, which the Russians
nave aqulFed apparently Without resistance. Il
~ lalkaa Armcnia, ndtaccnt 10 tho frontier.
Hi Is i!tteen miles from the foot Of Mount Ara.
Fat' deemed the second cradle Of the human
''ase' a largo plain lies between tho mountain
ana some pEectpitous hills behind Bayazid, Tho
,asna fa!aee Is on the summit Of crar over.
IooH,os thc town. This once splendid building
@as dcspotlcd during q RusaEan invastop, Tho
bad bazaars. 1t Is ITO miles cast southco.t ~
tue Turkish fortress Of Erizum. ninety 1n},es
from NAT, md flfty miles from the Russian
town OF EFlvan. The rnad 10 Erixu,n rnssrs
qser the vast plains Of passiu and Arcsh Kcrsi.
1aa,,n, ~ Rnoa hlEhway, and, excepting where the
arc crossed. II Ia adapted for vehicles. Tia
country Is we'll cultivated and watcreJ.
=. II thc capture Of this place tho Russians sbov
1nat re Ine q operations tn Asia Is almost ur-
campaigns and BY the paucity Of roatls nractics.
pc Tor an army. The Russian anI Tnrktsi,
Ifontlcrs IT, arc coutcrmlnous for q distance al
suoa fe1 n,;os M msss rem r. potns On the Black Sea
Arasat. This fronticr is crossed bY t!,rco min
Ioads' lhe most northern Is that which rms
down BY the shores Of tho Black Sea from ratI
.ne sct1nlnuso ol railway from Tltts, anil distant
ste9 erosas ss '[n o ra1kS tad af09s5 t..I IT, oa
hatum: One branch runs along tho scarcoast
direct to rreblEond. tho other mounts In VII
!sy Or the Joruk direct to Erxes1in. {, The scs-
Rasse sosd tug Gntr eos 70 he
kars. The third is the direct road from ON TiaIs h
20 Aats, erosstng tho frontier 1T tho Ruesian
fortress u Of Alc1anlropo1. From Ka1s tho road
open 70 E.zcr1lm. Besides these tlrcc roads
into Armenia. This road crosses tho Hnsstnn
frontier to the east Of Arasat, and therrfnrc
passes for few miles through Persian terr;.
tofy. Ply ne petsans are not likely to offer any
violation Of their territory, and Is ono Of Pa,kc.
witeh's columns entered Turkey by tbis rnu,o
II Ie15 IT must be taken into consideration. In
aaiss1issiag TIC proeablc Inc Of nafrh Of the
Sea, one has always to consider Coasian,,nnnic
as thc objective Of their journey. ThIs cotlJ
h1atdly bc tho casc on the Aslatic side. Tbs
distance from the Nussan frontier to tho pos-
pa',f1 pnJtns - toout l,sU miles, q distance which
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The object of tho Russian cappaten. tbcn.
W. be tae reduction Of tho Turkish strong
Rtases n .1 shs sSs ostsa. Of The Turk. army 10
tory. For centuries l.u.sla las been steaJiiy
and ;3 surely prcsslng forward in this direction.
! no great natural boundary Of the Csutnsue hne
been passed, Clrcassia hu disappeared frorn
among nat!on8s Exiran was wrcstej frorn Par,
"a; and AkIaltaikh and 0u.nri-now Aiexsnlro-
Dol-iFom tho Turks In tho campaign Of iB.3.
and tuss!a y now ready for a long stcn for..
Ward. The Inc OF tho next frontier appears in
dicateti BY nature. II tho frontier line, instead
q being, drawn near duo west from Muunt
Ararat, Be taken southwest but a Wv
short distance by tho fortress Of Daya.
Eid. It will touch tho head waters OF the
Eunhrates. Follow the river aioue until.
a6out tho a3th degree Of longitude, 1t mcets Ia
y yeetcrn Euphratcs. Ascend this river "a far az
Ers,',l!an and thence draw straight ltnc up to
Irebixond. great slice this, but not ono h,t
loo larga for The Russian nppctite.= would |
:ive them tho greater portion OF Armenia, il
Tou1d plaza them upon tho Euphratcs. wou]tl |
give them llno Of frontier marked out for tho
,rcater portion Of It's eourse by tho two arms Of
hat river, and guarded on the south by tha
ortresscs Of Bsyaztd, Mcazgcro, and faju:
Tauld take them over the Saganl,g Mountains,
Fhlch hare hitherto proyed almost rs uncon.
|ucrabfe as the mountains Of Cjrross!a. and
,o4ld Etyc them Kare, Erzenim, Batuni, and
Crebizonl Onco sottlcl upon thls iino thny
ou1d at1ord to wait. They would bay,, natsc,i
he last natural defensea Of Asia Minor, anll III
road plains would lie open to them whenever
hey chose to excite another rebellion or rel in
ny eQually plausible ground for war.