The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-19

:he islands OF thc caribbean thrown
in. how IL occup.rs thrcc-hfths of
Eurupp and two-uifhs OF Asia bow
its Asiatic Possessions are one and a
half times as great aS those of China
ami three times as ercat as those al
Great Britain; how 10 comprises ne-
sixth OF tho landed area of the Globe
ana onc-tefnh of me worlds popula-
ton. Gilbert 81 Dr1syenUr director
and editor Of the National Geo
Eraphic society, has just furnished
the nearly 350.ooo cmnc OF that
orE8uization with striking pen pic
tura of Young EIssiu-a land Of
Unlimited Possibii e.
After giving au impression Of the
diversity OF the or-u ct Us peoples,
WHO couc from che orient aud Occi-
don't the frieid nH.th and the trOpid
south Of lis rang, of climate. which
gives The Palm Teach tOuch 10 It's
Crimca and the breath Of the north
60 It's White sea- region. Of It's vast
aEri. ultural weilrI. ot the widely
carving ~aspiratiors cf It's peoples,
which differ as r.oatly rs those OF
fh, Poles and al, MongOls. as those
OF the Confuciaus and the Jews. a.
those OF the TartIrs and the Laps,
and of the vastnts ~ the geograph-
seal limits Of th, empire. Mr.. Gros-
veuor says;
But with all los geographical
greatness Russia aDout ~ poor in
natural outlets Zoo the world az the
smallest 81 the countries uf the earth.
Holland could be hidden I'm the vast
reaches of the Russian plain, almost
as @ needle In a ha stack, Yet Amster-
dam docs more international business
thau an the por,s 0f Russia together.
Nut one free outlet 10 the open sea
does European RUSSIA pusscss except
on the iccbound shores of the Arctic
Ocean The path from the Black sea
To- the Mediterrauoau leads through
The Bosphorus and she Dardaneiles
held oy alien hands
Mr. Grosvenor next shows how
There lives within the boundaries of
the Russian ompir, enough cugle to
duplicate the population 81 Germany.
Great Britain and France combined.
with enough lcp over Go duplicate
half the popula Hu ui Austria-Hun-
gary FurthcrmDrr 10 Russia grows
from 1912 10 2uun AS SHE grew from
1872 60 1912 her population thVn will
bee upward OF siN hundred million.
lie then continues From such "a
record ot size. ot bigncss In every
thing. ~ should expect Russia 10 be
du I'D nation. like Great Britain,
with perhaps a thousand Years OF un-
hind,rcd growth nehind her. HUI. az
u matter Of fact. Russia S. a youth
among the nations compared with
Encland O. stripping whose fan stat
urc and breadth .s stul a subject Of
conjecture and speculation.
Russia h. youne be,alsc she never
hsts had ID chance to grow uu.il recent
years Ilrr ee'gIaphical shape or
condition WAS surh that for centuries
her people Wcta constantly ncing en-
shaved cor dcsipilod by stronger noieh-
hors
After deaths briefly with Russia's
remarkable HISTORY, especially with
tho surptisiur reign OF Peter tho
Great, MT. Grasvcnor shows ma,
when Alexander u freed the a0,ouu,-
600 scris OF Russia De- released from
bondage ID population equal Go that of
the twelve lctdIug states of tho Unit
cd States and "a reputation more than
iwclye lines as rreIt us was freed Sy
Lincoin's DEMONSTRATION -proziamation
not verS mans months aftorward.
Alexander hou-ht 350.0nu,ooo acres
Of land TOR them. permitting them 90
bus Do from tho goN'rnm'nt ON easy
terms lie thereby carried into cifer.
the most extensive pie of sErariau
LEGISLATION ~ history
"EaCh yillagc conducts lts own In.
trrI.lt anabs rhroush gown meet
iugs and not through elected 90 az.
pnintCd aflei,ls Their lands are
held on the common ownership basis
and il apportiuu,-i out for cultivation
from time Co ume.
with the butk Of ita crops raised
hy the pcasautry. and FOR thr mWt
part. employing most prlmtHip'
mcanstof iarmirg. Russia b. sim abb,
Co produce e very larpe PROPORTION ui
thought therein expressed was ad-
mittodly good Int the Euslish wa,
bad n pf course the focal uracl,
felt called 90 eminent upon BE- editor
Tally.
IN tho comment question this p0a.
b dcrous intellect confessed that hi.
reading had c,tended as Far as Reed
and Kcllo1s We were aware tina
b., had hroVs,d tar and wide ia nt.
omry pastures hat We scared,
Thought that boo had set reached th'
above named 1pud. Now we fetl re-
q loved The strain under which VI
lahored is obliaied We now know
that there l- tg iufHiiblo source u
@ kuoWledEr Geo which We can 30 H1'
be- refreshed md rccrcated inteliec
tually a place where We ran be- se
right ana sout rrjoicinE ON oar way
The ltsht has shown 1B ulE path, 10
there are those among us who hav'
} read Reed and KELLOGG
} Sat now thai we stop o. yonside
We might have kaOwn that niH ultur.
was derived IRON mo- mean source
= His repcrt0ry nf eplgrams b. roplct
with uch suHh chnire mursels al
p ~"Butchered the Enslish "Assinin
e hrayings. sulking cayote. "rtenrI
81 tho dirt uc. an 81 which sho'
@ the very acme 90 refined culture. n
man who ls not well bred could us
such English We Iuause before sucI
crndition and learning In amazemcr
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