Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-12
THE DARDANELLES.

In these passing hours the worlds gaze rests the
Dardanees where there is swift climax Of the war IN
the far east
slower but no less sure dawning comes Of the new
civilization which is destined to cast its lights from the
BospOrus on toward the far east.
The Notifications of the Dardaneles supposed to have
been next to Gibraltar in strength have for centuries
formed the sharp dividing line between the decaying civ
zation of the east and the developing civilization Of the
west
Only the other day it was unthnkable that soon the
outer gates of the Dardanees should be swept away yet
now they are gene; the dreadnaughts of Britain and
France are leagues within them far up the straits they
batter the fortreSseS which have mOcked Russia for
turies, but which are now crumblng into sand
Gallipoli peninsula the tongue of land between the
Oardanees and the Gulf of Saros is geographical freak
In some places it is hardly five miles wide and it is more
than fifty miles long The Turkish fortificatons are
strengthened in an almost continuous line along its south
en shore the northern coast along the Gulf of Saros
practically unprotected One of the most dramatic Incl
dents of the thus far is the rang of this peninsula
by the fire of bateshps from both Sides From the Gulf
OF Saros shells are fired clear the peninsula into the
Dardanees forts the range being found by airshps 1t
is the best instance yet presented of mathematical ac
cuay OF modern gunnery reaching far beyond the range
OF eyesght Before it, Notifications and methods even
10 years old, are helpless
The time not to be fixed with mathematical precision
when the fleets OF the Allies will lie under the walls of Con-
stannope and their flags float from it's parapets but as
the sentne of the Dardanees vanish the star beside the
crescent turns very DIM
The Battle Of the Bosporus will loom large in history
The empire of the Turk will soon wing itself away into
the mystery spaces of the orient like smoky vapor driven
on fresh winds blowing out of the west
There is one good thing about the Mexican situation
anyway-t provides good first page copy for the news
papers when other sources become barren Now that
congress and of the state legislatures have adjourned
and the European grows stale Mexico comes to the
front with the possibility that the United States will be-
come involved in its troubles Probably nothing will come
OF It, but it will serve to hold public attention until some
thing really sensational breaks loose in another part of
this troubles mundane sphere
II Harry Thaw isn't declared sane pretty soon the state
OF New ork will have to take the benefit of the bankm
law He has been the most expensive unatc this country
ever produced
Those articles on profitable poultry raising in tbe
Farm Magazine section of The Capital Journal every Fri
day. are we'll worth reading if you are at all interested in
chickens ~''O' -
There are 1886 bills before the California lecisatro
IL Will no doubt require all the advantages that NAV flow
from an exposition and being wet to offset that load
Every time shell strikes one of those DardanoIIos
forts skaters the price of wheat in the CHICAGO nit