Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-29
OUR WAR GEOGRAPHY

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DEPARTMENT orr PAs-pE-
CALAIS Most Americans who visit
Paris pass through The territory rm-
hruced In the French maritime de-
partmcnt of Pus-dc-Calais, for It's
port cities, BouloEuc and Calais. are
the two great tourist gatcWtAs for
tr1usocCtnic admirers. sun, few
who have gone this way will rcmcm-
ber the country well enough To be-
able to picture 1t as stage for
stupcndOus military operations The
Calais Basle express is one Of the
fastest trains on the continent of
Europe, and, with the delights of
Paris, Switzerland, and quaint south
crn France before, few have fClt oc-
CuSiun 10 lOiter ON the low, damp
northwestern plain These lovlands,
now creepy with winter-chill, hay,
become a focal point for world at
tention through the German efforts
TO master the seacoast nearest
England.
Pas-dc- Calais is typical Of an in
dustrial France. The department
contains 2,6O6 square miles and sup
channel coast is thickly settled with
villages Of fisher-folk, many Of the
French herring and mackerel sold in
this country by dealers in fine gro
ceries coming from there. The greater
part Of the French coal output comes
from fields in this department. In
that particular, 1t is the Pennsylvania
Of French, and, like Pennsylvania, has
its great Pittsburgh iron foundries.
Much beet sugar is manufactured,
and brewing and papcr-making are
two other important industries. Most
interesting Of all, however, is the
maChine-made lace industry of Calais
which is chiefly lace town Nearly
everyone there earns his or her living
in some branch Of this industry de-
signing the lace sorts, tending the al
most human machines which weave
the complex patterns as handily ana
as well as could be done by hand, fin
ishing, dyeing, carding and selling the
output TO buyers from all corners Of
the world. After taking rank as "a
tourist port and as the nearest foreign
port TO England, Calais is known to
the world as the center of manufaC-
ture for the Calais woven laces.
Boulogne is 25 miles from Calais,
and is tho leading port Of the de-
partmont Between these two cities
is WimoreuX, where a harbor was
eXcavated in 1903 at the order OF
Napoleon !, preparatory to his pro
iected invasion Of England In 1904,
he assembled an army Of l72. 900 in
fantry and 5000 cavalry on the
tablcland to the north Of Boulognc
and collected in the harbor a flotlla
of lab craft Of various dimensions
for the purpose Of the English I'M
yasion The troops awaited only the
arrival Of the fleets from Antwerp
Brost, CadiZ and the harborS Of the
Mediterranean, which were prevented
from coming by the English fleet
Two miles from Bouloguc stands
great Doric column 172 feet high,
commcmoratinE the expedition, al
though it never got underway. The
first empire left the monument un-
finished, but nearly half century
later it was completed.
From the tower If the church of
Notre Dame, at Boulogne one may
In fair weather, view the white cliffs
Of the English coast. The town of
Arras now the scene of the main
German attack, is situated in the
southeastern corner of the depart
mcnt at the junction Of two import
mt railway lines, and has long his
tory. In the fourth century it was
famous for its wooden cloth, ana i'm
the middle ages its tapestries had a
high reputation. many Of them still
bein- preserved in England
GOVERNMENT or BAKU-A lit.
tie peninsula jutting out into the
Caspian Sea which is one Of the cen
ters Of the petroleum industry of tho
world. It is called Apsheron and be-
longs TO the Russian empire. For
hundreds of miles up and down the
water, departing from Apshcron, the
coastal lines Of the Caspian Sea are
almost sternly self-rcpressed meeting
in the oil region to form the farther
est easterly projection Of the west
Caspian coast. Tho peninsula Is dry
and mon0tonous, distinguished for
three things its oil, its sand wastes
and Its wind storms.
Tho oil fields Of Apsheron are
situated to the south Of the Caucasus
mountains, and are separated from
Asia Minor by rough mountainous
country with almost no avenues OF
communications between them.
RAKU. the chief city Of the govern.
mcnt of that name, il n port -
ApsherOn and the oil metropolis OF
Russia 1t is said never to overcome
It's most nsistent characteristics. that
Of a thick naptha ana gasoline fra
GRANGE. not even its famous wind
storms from the northeast being able
to drive this odor out over the
Caspian Sea. The city is surrounded
with great rcf!ncries. and it's outlying
territory is dotted with a whole army
corps Of oil tanks. Some G0.000,OOO
barrels Of oil were produced In this
district and handled through Baku
in 1911.
Besides its oil industry. Boll1, owing
to its excellent h9rbor and It's un-
usually good railway advantages for
port seat Of the Caucasus mountains,
Is the import ami export center ~ tho
Russian Persian trade Wine, silk,
dired fruit. Persian woods and woven
goods. rice. fish and other products
Of nearer Asia are sold into Russia
and other parts Of Europe through
Paku. while Russian manufactures
are gathered at this depot Tor Persian
and Asia Minor consumption.
II Is owing to haku's stores Of oil.
however. that its. .prestige as port
Il the near east is maintained From
its wells in the past. came am oil pro-
duction for long time 81 passing
that Of the United States. though this
country Is now FAR ahead - Russia
I'm the production OF petroleum
Nnin Wishing.
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