Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-24
wHAr OF THE FUTURE

...org feeling prevails THAT '"o
..;+,,de Of England, in encoufasihs
Russia with the thought OF war;: 4,
water outlet through the boslofus win
come day prove serious trouble 70
ENGLAND. Time alone can TELL
~ 10 we'll understood, that Russia has
long and perslstentIy sought an oo''e'
~ warm water. but owing to the oppo-
,s,tion of England she has never been
allowed to pass war vessels through tne
.+..;+ mast Constautinople. the capitol
of Turkey
Germany has always opposed the a"'
hit,ons of Russia in acquiring a war;"
water seaport. Since England has IN
directly stated that Russia will De al
lowed free passage of the straits from
the Black Sea to the Mediterranean,
Russia seems practically assured OF
that coveted outlet. for which she mas
employed every diplomatic move posi-
HE and has even gone to war Win
T,rkev for. The present war means
more to Russia than most persons are
aware.
The present population OF Russia is
1913 OO() 600. The vast area OF that
large empire is sufficient to hold hal1
the incubation of the world and feed
them. In the future Russia will be IN
a position to make and maintain very
strong demands when she secures the
warm water outlet that she now seems
SIRE of. In the event Russia acquires
Constantlnople and the Turk Is ex-
nelled from Europe. as IS expected. the
ROVER of the bear will be second only
to England if not her equal. In some
respects Russia will far surpass Eng
land when ii comes to war. Since the
failure OF Napolean it has been admit
ted that such thing as successfully
invading Russia is out OF the question
because of weather conditions. Russia
knows this and should the time ever
come that England and Russia are pit
ted against each other in war. Russia
will have an advantage Of great mo-
ment in that alone.
England may see the day when she
will very much regret that Russia was
ever allowed the opening to warm
water. Germany will not cease to re-
member England with bitterness after
the lapse of century and should the
time ever come when by combining
with Russia, England could be worsted
and brought to her knees it would be
tempting and sweet morsel for the
Teuton to JOIN with the bear and give
the tail of the lion such twist as it
has never had in all history.
Thus it may transpire that England
will see when too late that the great
est mistake ever made by the Briton
was when he insured the warm water
port to Russia while fighting Germany.
Mayor w. J. ,Pugh, of Monterey,
comes out in the Monterey News with
a very sensible article on cleaning up
the town for the prevention of disease
as we'll as for general appearances
The same admonitions would apply just
as we'll for Crossvllle.
We do not intend this as hidden
thrust at Mayor Johnson for We are
we'll aware that no citizen OF our town
has a higher appreciation of cleanliness
and order than he and no one would
90 farther to oeautify and keep our
town in a sanitary condition.
The point is. we should all take
sufficient pride in our town to keep our
,,rom,ses IN as neat a condition as
Feasible and above all look carefully to
the sanitary condition since that ap-
plies directly to the health of our fam
lies.