The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-09
RABBIT ISLANDS WILL BE gEN,1ER PEACE TREATY
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 One has sPlfts ts' look the nap to lthe islands Aof- Imbros. Lemnoss Tene- l41s,s and, the group known as the Is- lands. will. peztfle master of the, Dary idanel1es nd-the approachesyt yto them = SSfd he That power. at present. is Greaf Britain. Tt is not for me to. say l {xzkat the Russian. governrn ent thinks Sf seeing Great Britain in possession Of such Ar1endid sites for the estabT 1 1fsfixn ett zSf another e Ibraie tar. I Kl1oSaeTS oSaS x ho t1l lak tHa ssian gov lstdefed that possIb tlity and on [ two occas1ons sounded sthes British gov j ernu1ent what its 1ntehtions W ere. What the reply was. l. do not zkn ozy. W bpsfo tagt october the islands, with tthe exception of the Rabbit; group EhAd been provist o11nlIy occ upied by lGreece by virtue of the Treaty of E1spndon. They are Of great strategic rnS0rtance owing, t g ftheir location IaA praz1mfty to the entrance Of the lEAfdaneIfes Tn addffIon fo controII- ling the approaeies to the strait, the its1ands alsD Command the adjacent iiseEa1t gaIid d Euro can coastlines;
 The largest of the Rabbit Islands iil1ltlgs From tiie Dardanelies entrance. saz1d about five miles from Yenfkoi ton the Anato1ian scoaAt:- It consists i0f iks single low hflE which is said to bs sxcelle entity suited kas, the site of a i1srzsE4 mr1Inber of coast batteries. On ltass Southern coast of the island a lharbor eaud base for small war craft, isuch ass submarines. torpedo boats land. .destroyers,- could be easily estaaR-' liished. With the great range of mod 1ern5 gunss entry into. and exit from itha 9Dardane1Ies could be coftr6 lied ewfthout diffieulty frorn this position. eTangesof nine and a half mil es% en- lsne5 efect fire. The forts at Knnl aAd&b5 battsfaasss $ ian1iss abbft is
 fSe sassssimp porta1af in such a1schenae lisH f4as island { of Ifibr6s. Its seastern ss16fe Is Situated about 121s miles from ss l,:E ] a1ilss len rms 6f tf1e 11s1aaid are AEdaEsd f6r na&-m sta4t6n H73f16 bat IteEies@21 tat sh5re Sd ,i4h s6f GapesCe- ifal9 9@S6uzd sfEirlsnti tiy SD p6rk tiies bat : teEsE 5Rai9l5it isisald a., n saris si5era-. Il ou nst sl11i ps snFf sil1Ti e5 center or ! 1ea1e Ekiae strait. What Nliy wbaId fianea4z1 , Is best stfla aefsto5d when 1t is born mind at 5n Hfa1eat IS, the Queen EiizabekR,s main ba4teTE ofa I 1B-fn guns bomb ar1ed inc fortssof Isschauak Kaleh from substance of lAb6tt 1S5b0B yards or sas Iittla fntre ' than 48 English miles Since ships I3n Hhe 1ifrasikse wou4d kno4. have the lexceiIent s6Hef 5byed goy the Turk I13h bat4erieS; aNtotallF da dafferen tArestiit xFestid hars 75 bs iB6sssa f6f. Thg lBaxkef1eS 5n IhbTos aand Rabbit is- Hands M6ai1d frs8 fE61n statienary
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 ti With t4ie island 90 fkEeras1 oss ssr,xi1i ibifs and 5habr9s islands tiae BarIa- nel1e5 G6iiiH beeezosed tighter thahi 4 eVez aseerdirE t6 military ana naval 1 zneaa sslsre Tals Island IS Al miles t4rbna th6 Entrance Co fh6s strait, and Ii5 eiEknsa6f i6eazs6n and proper sdis- taiaes a5sliiaBly suited Is a naval IhaS6 aaadlsk the Bardane1les While EAuch, q base ebald be established on l1ial5FBs 4slands H4aaEp point Is t6e close fxe the Bar1aane4ieas and naE4 centrally lfhat purpose The Bfifissas have al- Eteaay reazized .Ehis; sa1aa, while heep- 4iasE A ~aArgA saalaz4bars ef vessels in the EEefhle Bay 1nnbres islaz6. maintain lthaf naval base against the Darda-s nel3es at LeHnpA.
 The passage between InBres and l4seznnos islands Is but 1S miles wide, land can easily be closed by batteries lon the eppeeing shores. The waters IbefWeen sI.e1nnpa and the island of ieoase batteries and the warships xna1Hfa1ned at the Lernnos base. In hhlB manner egresss from. and ingress Nq thes sDardaneiiess yEpN be render ed fnose sIif5ieuzss If moi Impossible, whenever 1t pfeasEd Inc pogver hold ang these 4slAnds to make them SO
 That the possession Of the islands iue Enbros, I4srnnps and Tenedos could be made-a strong military and political 3actor. was realized by the sconvextfon of london, which ended the Balkan war Greece was per anakted to proHzsfona1fY occupy these as1inds, firzklXd baaaAee s1saseece had neither the interest, nor the means, 70 forttfy them against the Darda- nelless secondly. because the major 1fy Of f+their inhabitants were Greeks
 The islands were occupied by Great Britain last October, and December, extending practically to this date However for 1t was only recently the British government announced the tenporary occupa<foneof the island of Lesbos orEAEefyiene> Greek military and civil authority has become a nneresHernnAAn the islands
 What anaourSs to a virtual block sade of <BuIgarian port of Dedea-i agatsch by the British fleet, has also ldrawn&aftentlon to the occupancy by the British of the Aegean islands DedeaEatsch is only 45 miles from Imbros island, a. fact which has caus- ed the Bulgarian press to view con- dftfons in the northeast reaches Of the Aegean sea, with considerable anxiety and resentment. Since the Greek port
 of Salonika would also be under the Influence Of a strong British base near the DardaneIies, no satisfaction with the new status Of the island has been
 exDressedT by inc Greek press, espec-s