, 1879-03-24
THE PLAGUE,
Its influence on Russian md amcrlcnn rrad..

ca.ma,. A. sm,.;as 'u,"o.ss - "pun "ussia-
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In, ,i,o 5+o,t,or Nho has Ma, ,a,a,,. .ss.t. ois'
thn tntrn,,,,,,,n # fnr, fea,h.r. .,,,.,s '''"ea
tonu 1tat nj othcr nrttr,r. 4, vet Tia ,,. W." :
vcrv rcmn,c from thc Gcrmnn frnn,io. ~, "
w,nter frosta hnvo arrc,,cn t1,c tn,,n.,rr q, e ,
tufectr5 rcr,on. nni1 have almost MI, .,a ". '.s
1"romottnn' n ncrrrthc1rss Mo '''r ~ 70
man 0ovcrnmrnt hos uIrradv VET VET
snch str.n,,o,,, n,-c.ntton, Il m.v H. sAAsA
ncctcd t1at vbrn sumrrr r,mos H. ',,
entfrc]v nroh,btt communication viii, NV, "al
ehoufl N. f,facosa snr.a1 M xcrto,,stv =. 'sA
,,roh.na.J ,rI,a r,,,..i.ns ro:o.on ,',,u ~ ~
ptcueuoeu' l!s i'uselans 'oleseo an's, h'hl arc
gfahtsy cacitcu bY tne prospect. Their news.
papers accuse Germany OF hostile intentions,
md assert lint not only nro The nrrcanf,on.
,,nrccc,.orv hnt ,hc ,Ionnc IA n n,nra "us as..u
for theIr odonIoo The l,,terncs. NJ ,ho ,s.s' ,,a
gunge thus used is n measure OF tho Injury 10
mast quarter OF century, sho hus cons,,,,',oS
q network Of RAILWAYS wbIel conns. ann'st
her European provinces with the lines OF Ger
many, aud, through them, with tl,osc vi Frautr
md hus,rto- Hungary, Nv thls mrona aha ~
in Iarrn measure ovcrcomo ihc lis,,rr,n,.n.s
OF her geographical position. Formerly tie
frcez!ng-up OF tho Baltic cut her northern
provinces of from the rest Of EUROPE for near.
~ hnlf the year, while the length Of the yoysgo
from tllc black sea through the Bosplorls,
Mediterranean, and Straits OF Gibraltar
heavily weighted her southern. Now, ebs
Is in1epeuaent Of scasons. An fnr M Ccn,,,,
anu western Europe are coneesnetl' III lhc
late war, when her Black-Sca ports were
blockadcd nnl the Baltic WIS closed she rent
her corn. skins flax. nut, Y,rs nv train IN H.,
oes'hhu pof.s' nnu sne "ao'.ua,is asspA'eoe'
her produce to Franco and Austrin agross Grr-
nany. The German railways expressly Iay
Themselves out for this traffic. They not on,y
tipns % with te Russian lines on OIL % one sidc 'I a,
With those OF France ind Austria on tic Dthrr,
so That consignment Vi corn can bo curned
direct from Southern Russja to Paris ur.VIrnna
i,as grown up, ni,l, as was seen dnripg tic
Rueso-rurktsh vnr, Russia ts to large cxtrnt
protcrtctl froIn suffering l,y n nnyal bincka1r'
Shc now suddenly necs herself tlroateucd With
thu loss Of ibis urcat advantage. Of course.
also bo heavy. but tl,ut il Il III.
1inr nrice to nav for srcurity arafuAt
tMoo psarlic, To Russia, OH the con.
trary. there is no compensation, shc sees
this outlet for her produse closed, Write Il
hofnc shc i, snfYnrinp frnm fhe nestiict,rr. A.
rerartla the ,naFnitmdn of Tho fralc hrt,yecn ths
two Empircs. wo lind that in lie six wear,
iB73-'77 fhe cxnorts from, Russ,a to UrrinanY
averaged nc nearly Ri0,o ,Voo % 1cr a,laum, M Witt
fhs i1nnnrts frm f;nrtnnnv into is,,esin AVERAGED
nrariu III I'm ftno rhc f,nnnr.s mud sy.'oTt.
torothcr tnus aycraacd about I3s,e;V,W.