The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-28

Washington. Dec 2s.-The Ration
al Geographic society today gave out
descriptions of the great russian oil
port 81 Batum. which the Turks re-
Gently bombardcd. and OF the Vistula
river region. which has been ;ho scene
uf the great eastern campaign he
tween Russian and Austro-German
forces
%"squatting on "a marshy plain. with
a smell Of petroleum. e wonderful
harbur. and q strong naval fortress.
Batum. recently bombardcd bY turk
ish warships, ls the great naptha port
~ Russia. i sea outlet for the OF
fields OF Baku and the foremost city
upon the eastern shore Of the Black
pea o. IL n place pf 10000 inhahi-
tHuts. alive with the map 90 western
business and filled with the color Of
eastern people. u has just three
things to please the fancy; Alexander
Paris. on Lake Nnrie. 40 its eastern
boundary. a cathedral completed in
1906 and "a straight. paim-fringcd
boulevard along The son.
Datum is ahuat eight miles from
The Turkish frontier in Asia Miuo.
Russia conquered 10 from Turkey. and
the Congress 81 Berlin. in ISIS. con-
tifmed the conquest ln awarding
Bttum 90 Husaa. 90 was stipulated
that the port should not Doe made into
"a naval base. but the city Be- now n
strongly fortified station IN 1911.
following the collapse ~ She ancient
quay extensive harbor works were
undertaken. Win tho result that BH-
tum hsa been made one of the safest.
bcst-cqulpped harbors oa the Black
sea.
The cts s. very ancient In location
and very recent On Importance. IL ts
mentioned. under various names. from
o1rly antiquity. The Russians have
been the FIRST To- endoavor ta launch
10 upnn u career Though still highly
unsaccessful from n sanitary stand
point. d has q modcTn city's ground
plan. the streets being the shortest
ways between two points and most ~
the ciy squares having sharp right
angles. Modern ooRteniences. now
ever, have been lost sight of In the
city's stride for business.
"a pipeline and a railway made
Eatum. The pipeline b. laid down
from Baku. and b brings 90 the port
It's priac.ral eXport-oU Tne railway
nun WIN VIC NtfNN ANAitH
caucasian line. through Tlflis. and
with Baku. Resides petroleum and its
~hy-products, the city ships %lauorice.
manganese, SIX and wool a.
imports tin and machinery. Greeks
the shrewd dealers i'm none, and
goods in the near east. have control
90 smuch 81 the business.
suhtrnpical veRetation sets OF
the city. 4 recognizable tea and COZ
siderable bamboo are grown in a
nearby valley. Lemon and orange
trees grow out OF doors. While mild
ana warm. the weather Is Ycn ef-
rattle The annual rainfall o. high-
ninety inches-nnd falls mostly In An.
gust ana September Sometimes six
teen inches Of rain bursts upon the
city within forty-eight hours Batum
o. in its second, or. possibly, third
childhood with only an occasional
weii-appointed house. but with a COM
mercc 81 around $50. 600 600 a year.
and with the same alcrtness OF air
which business success has brought
90 favored western cities.
THE Nistula river. one OF the
mighticst streams flowing toward the
north. sweeps in an irregular course,
through three empires. Austria. Rus
sia and Germany. n serves a. a
frontier line between Austria aud Ger
mnny, hetween Austria and Russia.
and. for a shorter distance. between
Russia and Germany Upon IT, hanks
he the cities ~ Cracow. Warsaw. Mod
lin. piock. Kuhn. Oraudeus. Marien-
hurg and the Baltic port Of Danzig.