The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-01
GERMANY DEFEATS BLOCKADE.
System OF Ferries and RaiIyyavs IN
scandinavian Countries Finest in
the World.


North Sea ports by Great Britain,
there has been no shortage Of provis-
IONS or war munitions in Germany SO
lar because Germany has received big
shipments through the Baltic and
scandinavian ports. BY this means
Germany has received several hum
dred horses that had been shipped
from Newport News and other Allan
TIC ports to Sweden and Norway, ship
loads of cotton from the Gulf ports
and war munitions.
The manner in which these cargoes
have been shipped through into Ger
many is explained in the current issue
Of The World of London, which SAYS
in part:
There is a general miscOnception
in this country as to the facilities
which Germany enjoys in getting sup
plies from the Scandinavian countries.
AS matter Of fact apart from the ac-
tual Baltic ports which are open to
Germany for shipping, namely, Ko-
nigsberg, Danzig, Stettin, Lubbock and
kiel, Germany is directly connected
by rail with Scandinavia over three
routes. Wagons can be loaded in
any part of Norway, Denmark and
Sweden, and run through without un-
loading to any point in Germany, Aus
tria, and the parts of Belgium and
france in the hands Of the enemy. {
AS an instance, the cars which are
loaded IN the highest points of Nor
way and Sweden travel down to
Trellebork (Sweden) are run on to a
huge steam ferry which carries the
actual railway cars to Sassnitz, on the
island or Rugen, in Germany.
The word ferry may create some
mlsconception in the mind of the
reader who has never seen these huge
Baltic ferries in use. They are ac-
tual ocean-going liners Of a couple of
thousand tons. On their main deck
are two sets of. metals divided by the
tunnels These ferries are run right
up to the end Of the rail head on the
main land, and when the train, saw
or ~ wagons, arrives at the rail head
station it Is divided-10 wagons being
run on to the ferry on the port side
of the vessel and the other 10 on the
starboard side. The time involved in
carrying out this operation Is but the
work OF a few minutes, and all tho
lengthy and irritating process of en-
parkation and Decentralization of pas
sengers and luggage to which the or
dinary cross-Channel passenger from
England 20 Continent is subjected
is thus avoided.
Besides the Trelleborg and Sass
nltZ route, there is one via Helsing-
borg in Sweden crossing the Baltic by
ferry to Elsinore in Denmark. run
ming through Denmark to Gedser, and
thence by ferry to Warnemunoe in
Germany. An alternative route from
Sweden is via Malmo by ferry to CO.
penhagen, and from thence through
Denmark and rail to Germany.
when once the car is in Denmark
there are various routes direct to Ger
many. Taking Copenhagen, Den
marks capital, as a radiating point, |
the routes to Germany by rail are:
CD Copenhagen to Korsor, ferry from
korsor to NybOrg crossing the Store |
Belt, and thence to Strib, from which
point the ferry crosses the Little Belt !
to Frederica on the Main Line to Jut-
land, where the train passes into
Hchleswig-Holstein. which is, Of /
course. German territory, or ca the
Copenhagen, Gedser, and Warnemundei
route mentioned above. The dis
tances are are not very great. From
the very farthest northern point.
Lofoten near Narvik. the trains run
through into Germany in under 72i
hours.
THE whole system of ferries and
lines throughout Scandinavia to Ger
many is possibly the most developed
OF its kind In the world. All the routes
are double tracked throughout. even
as far as the ferries are concerned
At each railhead station there Is :
double accommodation for the ferries.
one for the incoming and one for the
outgoing, and the facilities are so ar
ranged that the ferries are not incon- S
venienced or delayed i'm any way by {
he tides. The whole system Is work L