The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-25
DvINsK is GATEWAY .
TO HEART OF RUSSIA +.

Washington. Aug. 2A-DucnaburF
Cor Dvinsk). the principal gate guard
ing the road from the southwest 20
Petrograd and the key 10 the defense
Of the great Dvina river. through
which the Germans are apparently
aiming al interior RuEsia and an the
line Of military ana Industrial buses
IN the west. ~ described by tho Ma
tional Geographic society la today's
war primer as follows:
"DDenaburg. on the northeastern
bank 81 the broad Dyinn, Is inc hcav-
lly fortified front door 90 Grcut Rus
ala. that division OF Russia winch
stands IN the game relationship Co the
empire that Prussia holds tc Ger
. many. II is situated whore the DNlnn
makes a sharp angle toward the west
midway on tho rivers course from
Vitchsk through marsh and lake land
60 the opulent commercial ana indus
trial city Of Riga upon the Gulf of
Riga. The line between Riga and
Duenaburg is 10 miles Ions. by way
OF the river Il is considerably longer
The line from Duennbprg. ~eaat-gouth-
east. to Vitebsk Is 1G2 miles. This
limo roughly divides Great RUSSIA
from White Russia.
white Russia, 10 the south OF the
Duenaburg line, Is probably the poor
est, most backward part of European
Russia. While some 5000. 900 acres
OF swamp landa ave been drained
within It's water-soggy surface. its
general aspect Is slill largely that OF
marsh, swamp, lake ana spongy
meadow and forest land. In general
" a ..a 30 NNHNHHH. HH.H..#. Am- HLHH
poor. and have q severe struggle Co.
wage FOR their existence one writer
says that the memory which De held
most Charlottesville of tniH land was
the picture OF % vyrathcT-eCarrod
gray-haired peasant stfndinr waist
deep Boz the chill waters of Cd. marsh.
cutting sedgc This pog,rty-blishted
country. where mo- GREAT D0pmrrei1I
industrial or cultural c'utrf iH Go n'
found. o. that which now iiea before
tho German urmiua beyond tnt
lGreat Russian front door GAO Uurua-
burg lies the richor industrial and
i-ageicultuTlI country uf the cDutrl|
iemplrc. whIlc west from LENDERS ant
Khoim lr tha rich agricultural lands
Of Little Russia, or the Ukraine, anf
the great city % kicf
'Duenahurg is I'd fortrtsg of the
FIRST class. n Co. aifo % fortress Wiz
Traditions; for here in july, Nle, Na.
,%polcon'a hcadloug troops under th'
aommuud of Dudiuot hBrird them.
selves again ana again In F1if
Inrniust the stronsly defended BRIDGE
head. ID waa mot until some wcsk'
later that the town was captured Dos
tho French under Macdonald Tho
city was originally founded as 90 firt'
ross 600 1878 by tho Llyuulnn knight
of the sword ~ WHH mortfnend h'
3 one 81 the grand mastcrs Of the OF
b. dor 90 thc king Of Poland wns over
whclmcd ny the lorionH % IVAN M
p Tcrflhlr of RuHsin. fot1kcn hy POLAND
In 1859; held alternately by IN
p Swcdcs and Russians during the h''
cuteeufh century. and analif moor
poratcd In the M~usgoyite realm u
i772.
I 'Tho city is situated AT the inter
+ section OF two main railway lines an'
+, a very important branch These ar
tho observation-disclosures mo On
= Vltebsk -smolensk line, ana IN
D. branch 10 tho fortified Baltic port q
! Libau, the only port hat Russia DOS
eessed before Tire war whose road
stead was always open. The mai
p TEXTURES Of the city are is ioruilce
r tiona. II has a population Of nbou
o $4,000. about onc-half Of which
/, Jewish. It's industries include saw
mills. flour mills, brick kilns. mate
. factories. diatillories. tobacco fnctorio
j. and t%annories II enjoyed q modcrnt
q 6ervro Of importance before the wa
as "a commercial center, doinr cunHld
crabio trade in grains flax hcnp, ihl
low aud timber