The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-08

From the Chicago 1ntcr-Ocean
ri. Lccoo de Lobel the French onein-
,cr - leain IN ire United states In the
interest Of an Asiatic-Amcrican railway
Hls pRr Is in brief to construct rail-
say from lrkWsk just west OF Lake
i,aiial on the siberian railway. or from
Khabnrotka. 900 miles north OF Vladf-
Vsiok on The Amm river 20 Boring
strait. under The strait by tunnel TO
ff,ska. eastward through Alaska 10 Fort
YUKON md thence southwark through
America and Canadian territory to Seat
ue.
rarle, Berlin, and other great European
Ciies already have rail- connection. by
way Of the siuoriam railway with lrk-
uisk. vadivostok anc KhabarYosa. u S.
2.i0e miles from niSuisk on am air line
To- East Cape. on Berlin strait, or 1900
miles from Chila. where the Harbn line
leaves the sihernn line, as FIRST SER
veyed 70 East Care
he distance between Khobarovka and
fasi Cape is 2200 miles Berlin strait is
thrty-siX mules wide. and has a depth OF
thlty fathoms or $50 feet. Midway be-
tween East Cape and the ALASKA shore
air the niomcuc islands 10 is proposed
to constrle. % tunnel from the Siberian
coost to the larger uiomedc island, and
another tunnel frona the island to the AL
mka coast The distance from cape
Prince OF wales to seattle is about
-,loo miles.
he estimated cost Of constructing the
5000 miles of new railway and the tunnel
nnG,r Berlin strait is $4,000 600 and NJ
l.otel announces that French capitalists
VII finance the scheme and that an he
SKIS OF the Jnncd States is consent the
naturalization nf tho strait and to give
the right OF way for the road through
alaska He represents that the plans
t4ve been approved by the Russian and
french governments and that the pro-
'ect is nevorabiy regrded by the Ger
nlan government
Plans for an all rail route by wuy Of
Luiin strait. connecting the railway sys-
toms Of The OLD Worlds with those Of
ihe New have been urder discussion for
unty or more years. NJ Lobe was the
iirst to give the ENTERPRISE such form
a. TO interest governments and capital
lists
The opening of the Siberian railway.
giving a short iinc to Asisltic waters. was
q great assistance to N. Lobel on his
previous visit to this country because
chen Industrial America was alive to the
Influence that The road across Asia was
20 have on our own trade and develop
in,nt
since tten the outlets >of the Siberian
railway have been CLOSED and its business
cas been paralyzed hy war Russia one
Of the patrons Of the Being Strait rail-
way, has been crippled, and her rival,
England, always opposed to NJ Lobers
riosect, has been strengthened in the
Fast. AZ first glncc. it would seem an
unfortunate time to revive interest in
spch an entesrrisc.
However, on the theory that Russia Is
to DE driven from Munchuria, and to give
uT, for a time, her southern outlets for
siberian trade. tho moment is opportune
for pressing the Bering strait project on
tie nations likely to be interested
Russia, IL denied the control OF the rail-
Ways she hns built in Manchuria. viii
Undoubtedly complete the Siberian line
flom chita to Vladivostok, as at first con-
temploted Nlaiivostok however, is not
an bee free poIt and Russia may take
mcie interest than ever before in route
10 America that viii be independent Of
Ice and unmenaeed by hostile fleets.
RUSSIA could agoFd TO build the branch
read from chltn 10 East Cape in the ins
tcrtst Of her Tnns-siberian system
Naturally al Continental Europe would
be interested 81. such a road. As mature
ally the United States and Canada would
De- Interested Tire engineering difficult
ties, il is said are not great, but tun-
n2l under Bering strait must be regarded