The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

O~IiE feats of Hannibal in crossing the Alps have
been quite outcassed by the persistence of the
i Russians in pushing their way through the snow
heaped passes of the Carpathians. Because OF
the numbers engaged in this of operations the i'm
mediate menace Hungary of the nsh ing here
and the ultimate peril to Berlin the public has scarocy
needed the Russian campaign in the Trans-t,ouc,sln
region against the Turks. And yet the cars forces
have had contend there nature in her grmmes,
mood in order to hasten southwark agans, the Sultans
troops.
The Turks have offered battle not only along their
own northeastern frontier adjacent Trans-Caucasia
but they have advanced the enenys TERRITORY
ana the left flank of the Suans divisions has been here
tofoe supported by the activities of the squad
rons in the Black Sea. Thus the natural and easiest
route of Russian transports has been blocked or ham
pered by the ottoman ships of war Accordingly the
Cars soldiers have had follow overland route t.
leach IrahS acasIa ana thence Ia move further south
ward into Asatic Turkey Their trail been over the
Georgian military road which nearly feet
range
map of the region in question will show that the
caucasian range is tankcd by substantially parallel rail
roads running on the norh and south side noun
tans Reaching from Nladikafkaz on the north to Tlnls
on the south is the Georgian military road which
traffic is conducted by horses because the
grades are too much for the steam locomotive.
on the way many rs horses are h,ched To the
post coaches in order the climb The toll of
the ascent aernaes with the hazards the downward
trail and the sharp turns and the remen
dous decives along which the highway skirts at times
|ntl little over hundred years the barbaric.
freebootng mounainecrs dominated the PASS bu, Then
t" russian Government took things In hand began
ne building OF the present road, which opened the
route to wheeled vehicles. frequent military stations
where relays of horses could he had. The
Nadkafkaz to Tinis by way of the Daria Pass is "A
matter of a little short of 80 les.
According to Annette NJ. h. Meakn. In her book on
RUSSIA, THE Georgian Hillary road is divided into
twelve stages, beginning This in Asia and ending
at Nladikafkaz, in Europe.
The seventh post station is Meta in the valley of
the AragNa, 1861 feet above the and where the
forest covered mountains grow badcr and push their
SUBMITS skyward bare and raaorike, amid a general
setting of increasing wildness. Meta 10 the next
post station at Goudaour distance ,css than ten
miles the road zgzags back and forth Unfortunately as
1t climbs the intervening altitude of a little short of
5000 feet, Goudaour is 1857 above sea lcvc ana
there, according Ia Miss Mcakn. 1.-THE mountain tops
were covered with deep and gloomy raylucs
Jagged cliffs, valley of mountains sea of rocks and
rents" opened before the eye.
At the ninth post station on the way Vladikafkaz
Is Kobe $50 feet in the air and aud the
next station of kasbek is the Pass (Which cut
IN the rocky mountain skirts the wide valley of the
River Terek 1t Is a gloomy and impressive bit of
scenery Bare black rocks hang as We round
dizzy corner and below, far down in the valley tho
River Terek gurgles like tiny Here il is that
Mount kasDek, snowclad and sheer in abrupt rise
reaches heavenward to a height of 16 593 feet,
The Georgian road Is an engineering achievement of
he hrst order ana 1t is now repayng Russia she
mas spent upon 1t In the past for many corps of
the hardest and best OF her soldiers are pouring in n
steady stream southwark against their ancient enemies
the Turks