Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10

In few brief visits porHundos the gul.
tan that II ~ best that Turkey should
be opened up 10 European commerce
and traffic. lie points out 10 him An.
virtue and advantage OF a trans.Tuf.
kiah railroad. ana sigrcatr. pleasant.
w. how grand thing railroad across
both Tufkcys-Tufkcy-l Europe ana
Turkey. ln-Asla-would be. he mi.
mates that he. the sultan. would lie
often to visit the Holy Land N he
could do 80 quickly by rail. Aud that
settles the point with Abdul ilamid and
he OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to the building u
n tranr-Turkey railroad. Such Ia nov
European gossip.
The brlefcst tidlnRa ~ this have
m yet been rumorcd In Europe. iof
knowing the eagcrncsa with which rail-.
road building nations hid for railroad
concessions nations like belgium and
the United StatcR-lt was thought wise
20 say nothing until the new Chlness
road had been tested. II In 1900 Il Ia
found that the trnna.Chinere road has
proved n success. II will then BE- time
90 open bids for the Turkish road.
The Importance u the narrow strip
~ water connecting tho Aegean Sea
and the Sea OF Marmora II incstlmahle.
for II amounts to n connection between
those great bodies. the Black Sea and
the Mediterranean. Ever since The
DAVIS when fair Helen fell from the
back OF the Golden Ram into IN. Rel.
iespont. the neck % water only one 10
four miles wide and less than forty
miles long has been the scene Of Sxeil.
Ing dramas.
II has been held by Turkey since
the European treaty Of 1900. though
Russia has often intlmatcd desire
for II.
At times the powers have been on
the verge OF giving II 20 Russia. 70
quiet Europe. but " the Sultan opens
II TO commerce on land by a glganil,
bridge and railroad then the power
would have no good excuse for SELLING
II, For the railroad can lead TO only
one thing-the opening W OF traiiie u
the darkest orient. or In the Dardansl'
les. The commerce here would b
something enormous. for this u not
only to gateway OF all oriental pfo'
duets. but Of the Russian fur hshef.
les M well. The great commercial
value Of the Dardanellca. forming a.
they did. the southern gate 10 bytAni'
lum. was early recognized. While me
Greeks were the principal traders pa
tronlzlng this strait, the Phoentcians
Ocnoese, Egyptian. African nud syrian
traders were not idle, and thtoufh WI
narrow passage. borne ey the whlls
wings OF commerce 20 the enrichiheh
OF nysnntium. came the natural aha
artificial riches Of both North ana
South.
New batteries are now erected near
the old ones. mounting ton kfnpp gnhs
on the Aslatlc side and -four on We
European. Tho most important o.
the fortincntiona Of the Dardahsnss
are In the vicinity or the liitle Tuthl,h
town called by Europeans. pnfdanen,s
Tn. railroad win have nothing ml,.
tary about Il. Its real and ost,n.lpe
purpose win he TO convey the w
duets of Central Europe, Austria W
many and the rest 20 Asia wa. ANU
by a shorter route than through hus'
ala. And. II permitted. TO allow hu''
aln a Eatcwny-for her own produeu
u ~ represented that the su.ian
IL much pleased at this easy soluuVn,
OF his difficulty with the l'owcfsLn
ID be a aolution-and that he u ffea.p
Interested In the bridge plans ioi ~
enormous suspension bridge TO o. pul's
over tho Heilospont at the narrower
point.