Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-26

ing to II like barnacles, made a pre-
carious home for themselves and their
descendants. They are the only things
OF life on Glbralter's Mediterranean
shore. Occasionally few tons Of rock
loosens from above and slides down up
on their village crushing their houses
like egg shells ana killing scores OF peo-
pie. but such Is the tenaC4ty OF their
class that the survivors 90 on as be-
fore. needing such accidents as little as
they would a siege and the thunders OF
guns above them,
More than all el,e, the narrow strait,
dividing the two continents, interests
you. with a stately procession OF the
trade argOses OF the world always COM
ing and going upon II. So long as Eng
land holds Gibralter, the trade Of the
orient Is peaceful open-not only 10
Great Britain. but to every civilized
nation Nothing more beautiful and
picturesque can be imagined than the
birdseye view Of Gibralter harbor from
the heights above Every manner OF
craft that floats IL crowded In
the bay, from leviathan men-of-
war 20 lateen-sailed feluccas Just
opposite the so-colled Pinnacle
which marks the western horn ~ It's
crescent the old Mole or breakwaier,
extends eleven hundred feet into the
bay. About midway between the Pin.
acle and Europa Point a new Mole has
been lately pushed q thousand feet into
the sea. Here is safe anchorage for
every battle-ship and merchant vessel
owned by Britain and any day you
may see among them several hundred
craft floating the Tags 81 all nations.
Though an Is peaceful enough on top
~ Gibraltar heights where compare
lively few cannon are placed and pref
IN lr-lc foot aud donkey paths wind
down % shaded rOadways and the
town Gar below, YOU are yet profoundly
Impressed with the preparations for
war so evident on every side Tho
whole great rock Is honey-c0mbed with
miles of galleries iu which cannon are
mounted and its base Is completely
rirlled with cannon From top % bot
tom VI The tremendous hill cannon
thrust their iron Threats through
h1stlors and 0utworks. Hundreds Of
them are behind portfolios cut In the
raiif rock. Zoo heWn chambers beneath
tIa mountain tier on tier, while other
chambers are eNhaustlcss magazines
of powder. shot and shell Every orag
and UTy.iuiCe Is literally peppered with
cannon. from submerged batteries 90
iho topmost peak. 40 every angle out
of the mountain OF stone can De- poured
more awful destruction than ever Is
sucd from The craters ~ Aetna or We
suyius AcaIu ana again. during the
two centuries that England has held
Gibraltar it has been s.ormed and be-
spieel. but So Gar without avan.
Whether 10 could Withstand twentieth
century ornaments remains to be test
g. Land batteries fleets and IRON
cIals could render the spot @ perfect
hell f1r those Imprisoned ontherock
the other hand no labor and expense
have been SHARED 60 bring its dcfenscs
uu 90 'hr highest pitch NJ modern eN-
ce'encc Engineers are always az work
adding new Notifications ami The latest
ulrRs in me Science ~ KILLING while
cuurars are constantly practicIng their
deadly 3rt and weapons of greater GALE
har succeed others seemingly irwin
chile ru, in case ~ seigc the greatest
danger would ro' ii' Iu the adVersary's
etr.r rth During fhe long wears o.
peace larro native population has
grown upon c'h-a.iar and unless they
could De Quickly ieported. starvation
u~fN compel surrender
The Saracens were first 90 recognize
the value " his rock as n strateric
r5lnt Long. long before the Phoeni-
reans. trading here. named u Aluhe.
ana as a Roman PROVING 10 was k~owa
.rnlv as n Pillar ~ Hercules which
marked the boundaries o. the civilized